Entertaining Friends … and a Bit More

Sunday, 28 July
Lake Greenwood Motorcoach Resort — Cross Hill, SOUTH CAROLINA
Temps: Lo 69F / Hi 88F (20.5C / 31C)

We’ve not done anything exciting since my 10-day overview post last Saturday.  So why post today?  I want to make sure I don’t overlook the fun evening we had with Nur, Mui’s high school classmate, and her husband, Faruk.  Consider it a “making the journal whole” blog entry.

After enjoying their hospitality the week before, we invited Nur and Faruk to join us for dinner at the Phaeton on Sunday (the 21st).  Despite a rain delay on their way from Spartanburg — it was sunshine and blue skies here at Lake Greenwood — we were able to proceed with plans for cocktails on the patio.  It was a bit hot and humid, but with the awning curtain in place, we did get to sit outside for a couple of hours.

Shrimp cocktail, mini quiche, and a cheese platter accompany our adult beverages.

Around 7:00p, I took Nur and Faruk for a walk around the resort, giving Mui a chance to set up for dinner.  Knowing that with dusk the pesky mosquitoes would make an appearance, we opted to have dinner inside.  On the menu: salad, grilled salmon and grilled vegies with a balsamic reduction, and key lime pie for dessert.  Thanks go to Nur and Faruk for the sweet ending to our meal.

An enjoyable evening was had by all!

We enjoyed entertaining them at our home; and they said they enjoyed the hospitality.  So, by all accounts it was a successful and fun evening.

This week has been a quiet one for us — one of several in a row.  With the weather cooperating, mornings on the patio has been the rule.  Since we’re early-risers, this has worked out quite nicely.

This great blue heron visits the neighbor’s dock in the mornings.
I was just zooming out to show you the big picture when he decided to take off.

What better way to enjoy breakfast than on the patio?

By noon, the rising temps start to signal that it is time for a change of venue.  We stretch the outdoors time with the help of the fan, but eventually we have to retreat inside for the hottest hours of the afternoon.  A good time to catch up on indoor projects and chores.

Installing a screen-door bar has been on Mui’s project list for a while.
Sure beats pushing on the screen to open the door.

Pool time in the late afternoon has become a pleasurable habit — one that we will miss when we leave here.  Surprisingly, we’ve had the pool to ourselves on most of the days.  One of these days we will remember to take the camera with us.  In the meantime, here’s a photo — albeit on an overcast day — from our first visit here in June.

The pool water warms up nicely from All the sunshine we’ve been getting — just the way I like it.

The weather this week has been really great — far better than we anticipated when we booked our mid-summer stay here at Lake Greenwood.  Mostly sunshine and blue skies.  Mostly dry.  Yesterday was the only on-and-off-rain day.  Not a bother since I was feeling a little under-the-weather and was stuck inside anyway.  I curled up in my spot by the window and read books on my Kindle — yes, I have finally joined all you eReaders out there; and so has Mui.  The rest of the short-lived wet-stuff has been making an appearance late at night.  Tonight’s the exception — the out-of-nowhere rain shower came through just in time to ruin sunset for us.  But no worries, I have pictures from earlier this week.

For those wondering if we’re ever going to get off our butts and do something … the answer is yes.  But it probably won’t happen until we leave Lake Greenwood.  We’re enjoying this resort too much to go anywhere else at the moment.