Italian sausage & fontina toasts and baked brie with cranberries and pecans.

A few minutes after cutting into the brie, the warm cheese made a pretty “lava flow”:

Oh joy. I have missed quite a few Th@Ms so today was quite special. Old favorites: Artichoke dip and Shrimp black bean avocado salsa. And wine.

And Thursday @ Merrilyn’s on Wednesday. Corned beef sliders and macaroni and cheese – everything was delicious!

Merrilyn is totally vaccinated and I’m halfway there so we “risked” it and got together for a visit. We were both in veggie mode. Toasted walnut hummus with pita crackers and raw vegetables and – a favorite recipe of Phyllis – Veggie Bars.

Pretzels with beer cheese sauce and Prosciutto blue cheese stuffed mushrooms. And wine. Yum!

Margaritas, champagne, Leek tart, French bread pizza with sausage, clams and mushrooms …

and Lucy! (She is waving to all of you.) Alas, no Bob to take a better picture.

on a Wednesday. Sweet oat walnut sesame crisps with brie and Crostini with fennel sausage:

My favorite tree is crape myrtle and this is one of the best and oldest.

Twisted trunk:

Artichoke dip (individual serving dishes) and Shrimp and Spinach Tortellini with Sund-dried tomato dip:

Spring rolls and Shrimp avocado black bean salsa. And wine!