…and open hearts that I am so thankful for.
On Sunday we were invited to a get together with dinner on Hatzic Lake in British Columbia. Anneliese and her dear husband put the invitation out for an end of summer celebration with any of us “girls” and our husbands that were available. So thankful for their open home and hearts for hospitality!
Dear and I were the last ones to arrive after a long wait at the border crossing. Thankfully we realized just a mile from home that we had left our passports at home and turned around to retrieve them. Sheesh…that would not have been a sad discovery if we were farther up the road.
Anneliese and her H had made preparations for us and also made sure we had everything we needed while we were there.
Such a beautiful peaceful setting to enjoy time together.
Thankful hands received all that was prepared for us to enjoy starting with appetizers.
Bev prepared the marinade for the salmon that her husband Harv caught and then prepared on his smoker grill for us. So thankful for these generous and helpful hands that are always ready to serve us.
Judy and her dear husband Elmer just home from a trip East brought the famous and fresh Chilliwack corn for us all to enjoy. So thankful for these hands that are always open to blessing me with a place to stay when I come to B.C.
Anneliese prepared several side dishes for us to enjoy with the salmon. Thankful for her generous hands.
I am so thankful for friends that speak my love language of enjoying food together and their hands that don’t tire in preparing dishes for us to enjoy.
We enjoyed the meal together after we sang “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow”
Our canopy at the dinner table was a beautiful very old Walnut Tree.
We enjoyed several different trees during our time together…
This is an interesting tree that has fallen over but is still producing fruit. Julie wrote a great post about it and if you click here you can read it.
Who knew this swing would be a temptation to our group?
Anneliese and Judy got us going enjoying the tire swing that one of the large trees supported. You can see more fun on the tire swing at Lovella’s blog post.
The fire was lit just before we sat down to enjoy dessert that Lovella’s and Julie’s hands prepared for us.
Lovella made a delicious Coconut Cream Pie.
Julie made her Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake from the cookbook (gluten free, of course!) Rich and Yummy!
Just before we left to cross the line back to the U.S. Dear and I took a short turn on the tire swing, too.
On the road back to the border we were able to enjoy a double rainbow reminding us again of God’s goodness to us.
We had 2 long border crossing wait times this time around but it was worth the time to enjoy these cherished moments with our “Canadian Cousins”.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Great post Ellen – the food pictures are delicious looking!!!!
‘Many hands make light work’…so the saying goes. Many hands also make for a delicious meal…in our experience! What a fun night. And what a good re-cap, Ellen.
What a sweet time! And the setting was truly perfect.
What a lovely setting for a nice gathering. And those pies…you’ve got me dreaming of my favorite pie…coconut crème….mmmm!
Hi Ellen, this looks like it was a perfect day, great food, special friends! I haven’t seen a walnut tree in a long while, it reminded me of the one at my grandparents home. And the tire swing, is one thing that is on my wish list. Thanks for sharing enjoy your day.
Sue
Wonderful post, Ellen, I enjoyed all of it, the food, the friends, the scenery! I have caught up here, love your new floors and so good to see your mom smiling! God bless her.
Yes, enjoying the last days of August, but Sept is a most beautiful month here. I will miss seeing the grands on weekends though, once school starts we don’t see them very much.
Such a sweet time with friends of the heart. Good food, good company, good fellowship.
Such a delicious meal in such a gorgeous setting with such lovely friends.
Love love love this post – the food, and the sweet picture of you and Mr. B!
Such fun…such good food…such wonderful friends…such precious memories! 🙂
You all had a WOW day! Wonderful to read about how you work together with helping hands to create such a memorable time!!
It looks like you had a lovely time of food and fellowship. What could be better…nothing really!
Xoxo
Cori g.
Ellen, the fact that you took the long drive to come and spend a few hours with us was the best gift! Thank you!
The setting is just gorgeous for an end of summer meal. Beautiful everything.