Fall Suppers

It's time......I felt it in the breeze. It whispered to me....call together the friends of summer, friends about to travel south in a few weeks. Call them to come bearing the gift of Potluck. For the menfolk it means................right, no preparation needed. The prep work falls onto the broad and resigned shoulders of usually the woman. As Hostess I must prepare the menu, prepare the venue, assemble the food stuffs, prepare said stuff,organize the beverage center, assemble the dish and glassware, arrange seating, prepare floral arrangements, maintain yard work, decorate entrance, and bath the puppy. Then comes the people serving, the food serving and then the tear down and cleanup.....Makes you really want to do it and I do, It was just so much less painful 10 years ago but today and now it is still worth the work.....just to see the happy face on the Man as he does his part and opens the wine,