It’s the day after Christmas and today’s WordPress photo challenge prompt is Warmth. This is the perfect opportunity for me to share the warmth of friendship.
We had friends Mona Liza and Steve over for Christmas and just because we live in a RV doesn’t mean we can’t cook up a fine meal….. a meal that one might even refer to as gourmet.
While listening to the waves crashing in the distance in the cozy warmth of my tiny RV kitchen I managed to prepare a pork loin accompanied by sides of veggies and mashed potatoes. ML prepared Lumpia, a Filipino dish, as our appetizer.
The wine and laughter flowed freely. Our meal ended with one of my specialties; Bananas Foster. Our guests were duly impressed with this flaming desert and even more impressed that a fire extinguisher wasn’t needed.
We had a lovely day even though the weather was a tad on the blustery and cool side. That said, the weather didn’t curtail the two birding buds from taking a walk in search of photo ops.
I hope all my friends in the blogoshere had an equally special day shared with the warmth of family and friends. Now my thoughts ponder….. “How can we possibly top this for a New Year’s celebration?”
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69 responses to “Warmth of Friendship”
Beautiful bird shot… I think you will one day be a serious birder yet! A lovely meal with good friends for Christmas in your cozy, comfy RV. Merry Christmas Ingrid and Al!!
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[…] speaking of Christmas guests, we had MonaLiza and Steve over for Christmas day. Our RV is only big enough to entertain one […]
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Lots of warmth visible in these photos.
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Thanks and thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂
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That looks like so much fun, Ingrid! Good friends and delicious food are a great combination.
Throw in a little birding, and that’s my kind of celebration. We’re just recovering from a few delightfully insane days with our 4-year old grandson, so I’m a bit behind in my blog reading. 🙂 Glad you guys are continuing to have such a wonderful time together. Your photo of the heron is amazing!
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We did have a pretty great day and sounds like you did as well. A 4 year old at Christmas…. I’m sure was pure delight. What a fun age and special times, times to savor. Stay warm!
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Great setting, great friends, great food. What a wonderful way to usher in a New Year! Thank you for sharing it all.
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We certainly can’t complain. Hope your holidays are as equally fun 🙂
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Bananas Foster – wow! Glad you had a fun day. Happy New Year!
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One of our favorite desserts and always fun to make for friends. Here’s to lots of fun adventures in 2015 🙂
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What great fun you four had; looks wonderful!
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In the absence of family, friends are the next best thing…. definitely a wonderful day 🙂
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How wonderful! Nothing like it indeed. Looks absolutely fabulous. I am sure you will come up with something for New Year’s. 🙂
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The weather in south Texas is not looking very favorable for the New Year’s Eve celebration. The cavorting may need to be postponed for fairer temps and clearer skies. Yes, we’re spoiled 🙂
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Clever entry for warmth! Hope you have a great new year, Ingrid!
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Thanks Carol and wishing you a relaxing New Year void of moves 🙂
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Superb flight shot! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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That looks like a great way to spend Christmas. I just found your blog through the WordPress photo challenge. We live in our RV too, and love every minute.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I just went over to your blog and am now a follower. We too our enjoying this lifestyle very much 🙂
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What a great way to spend Christmas, good friends and good food…doesn’t get better than that.
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It was a very enjoyable day and I thank the Malouf’s for being my practice guinea pigs. The bananas foster turned out even better on the 2nd go around lol. Hope to see you guys again before we leave 🙂
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A wonderful tribute to friendship! Loving that last capture Ingrid which is stunning!
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Thanks Sue. It is wonderful sharing our journey with like minded folks 🙂
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An awesome day with a wonderful couple, for sure:)
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Yep, sure was and how can one not have fun with those two!
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Sounds like a delicious meal. My dad was Dutch Indonesian and used to love making Lumpia. 🙂
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The Lumpia was a first for me and it was yummy. Hubby is already hinting to Mona Liza that she needs to make them again. It was a lovely day 🙂
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Where ever you are and what ever you prepare ….it’s always special.
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Awe, thanks Cheryl 🙂
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Wonderful Christmas! Thanks for sharing.
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Hope yours was equally as special 🙂
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Looks like a perfect little group for a wonderful Christmas dinner! Dennis and I did our famous ribs with cole slaw, potato salad and beans..The beans may have been the “deal breaker” for Santa riding that sleigh all the way back to the North Pole…wink wink!
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Your dinner sounds absolutely delicious… right up my alley. I’m thinking a Texas BBQ is in order for our New Year’s celebration 🙂
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What a wonderful way to celebrate our Lord’s birthday! Love your last photo.
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Thank you Marsha. I know you had an equally special day shared with family 🙂
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Merry Christmas! Looks like a perfect meal in the presence of great friends…and the bananas foster is definitely a yum yum!!
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Hope you had an equally great Christmas. Fun friends and great food made for a very special day 🙂
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Thank you for the warmth – I can feel it through the screen. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year – love the shot of the crane the colors, texture, and framing are stunning.
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and dinner sounded wonderful, too!
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Definitely 🙂
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Thank you Clay. Stumbling upon the crane while walking on the beach was icing on the cake. I love watching these guys fish. Here’s to a great New Year!
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What a great time! And the Crane was stunning! Connie and Henry started off last week as full time RVrs. I think she is going a little bonkers trying to adjust from the large house to the confined space with a husband and two dogs. 😛
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The first year on the road was a mix of emotions for me. It takes time to find a groove that works. It’s an individual thing. Best of luck to them and running into that crane was a treat.
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And to think I thought it was simply “fried bananas!” Just finised our Whole30 grocery list, pantry is cleaned out, and ready for the new year! Have a glorious one birding with your bestie 🙂
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We move to Rockport on Monday and I’ll be defrosting the frig and reorganizing the pantry… starting fresh for the New Year. Here’s to a great New Year leaving 2014 behind 😉
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That heron shot is stunning! Our neighbors brought over some lumpia that their mother had made while visiting — had never ate it before and thought it was delicious! Looks like a perfect Christmas — Cheers to the rest of your holiday season!
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Thank you Kat. The Lumpia was a first for me as well and it was so delicious. Good food and fun friends made for a perfect Christmas indeed. Cheers to you as well 🙂
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What a fabulous way to spend a holiday! Love that bird shot. 🙂
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Thanks Lu. It was a fun day 🙂
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Looks like a fine way to spend Christmas. Great bird shot.
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Good food, fun friends, and plenty of shutter snapping…. yep, a great day 🙂
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What a beautiful Christmas dinner you had!
The bird photo is awesome!
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Thank you and thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂
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Looks like a wonderful day with good friends and fabulous food!
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Yes Lisa and I don’t think we could’ve asked for a better way to spend the day 🙂
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What a lovely post! And yes the warmth of our friendship also warmed us physically as we endured this not so nice weather here at the gulf. Hmm new year’s eve is just around the corner, I wonder how we can top that gourmet meal you have prepared 🙂
We thank you for sharing the spirt of christmas and were very glad we are nearby to enjoy it with you and Al.
Cheers!
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Somehow I think we’ll be bumping into each other regularly over the next few years. It’s a lot easier to do when one stays west of the rockies 😉
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Bird is gorgeous! Merry Christmas!
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Thank you. Now the process of deleting photos starts… keep the good ones, delete the rest 😉
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It is a huge project! With the digital technology we do not think anymore how many shot we do. Then we have to spend hours to clean up the memory card and computer.
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When it comes to landscapes, I take my time and don’t use burst because it is so time consuming, but with birds…. well they aren’t usually accommodating thus the need for LOTS of shutter snapping and lots of deleting.
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For sure animals, birds and kids take a lot of shots.
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I love your rv set-up! What model do you have?
Merry Christmas! 😃
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I LOVE our RV. It’s a 2011 Keystone Laredo 266RL that we purchased new after looking at tons of RV’s. At 31′ long we’ve managed to squeeze into a lot of National Forests, National Parks, and State Parks that had we been much longer would’ve made those stops impossible. Having been a home builder, I knew exactly how I needed our RV laid out to accommodate OUR way of living.
Feel free to email me anytime if you’d like any other info. Hope you had an enjoyable Christmas 🙂
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Thanks so much for the info. We’re still years away from breaking away, however I’m a planner! Hubby is a plumber and I’m an urban engineer, you’re so right about personal set up. Very important. I’ll be sure to bug you as questions are raised!
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A lot of shopping, looking, and soul searching helped us buy the right RV the first time 🙂
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What a lovely day you all had. Good food, good friends and on the road, what more can one ask?
If anyone is keeping track….Banana’s Foster is one of my all time favorites, just sayin….
Happy New Year to us all!
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Nope, couldn’t ask for much more…. perhaps the weather could’ve been a tad better though. I see Banana’s Foster in your future this summer in Colorado 🙂
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