here is a rule i live by: when it's the last day of december and seventy sunny degrees outside, you must have a picnic.
a new years eve picnic turns out to be an incredibly peaceful and sweet way to end the year.
so i paid homage to my parents' swinging nye parties (also in the seventies) by making classic cheese fondue. it's super easy to pull together for an inpromtu little feast in the backyard. a little cheese, a little wine, a dash of grated nutmeg is pretty much it. for dipping: sourdough bread, chicken sausage and apples.
are these not the most beautiful olives you have ever seen?
and of course, some bubbles. my favorite sparkling wines are sofia blanc de blancs in the wee pink can or a spanish cava. my market was out of sofia so i went with the cava. pink. sipped through a straw.
ken joined me in choosing a word for 2012. i made little cupcake toppers for the occassion.
him: balance. me: abundance.
one of the issues with having a picnic in our backyard is managing our pack of beasts. luca, the wire fox terrier, uses the table as his lookout on an everyday basis and kept trying to jump up during our meal.
we finally let him up at the end to take care of the tiny bit of leftover cheese in the pot. (yes, i know this is why they are beasts. because they are spoiled and get their way.)
simon is a chubby corgi with really short legs, so he can't jump on the table. he was happy with a tiny bite of sausage.
roxy the cairn terrier pulled a greta garbo and remained aloof and out of camera range.
i wish you all a beautiful, colorful and abundant new year filled with love and beauty and grace and picnics.
if you would like to choose a word for 2012, susannah conway has a wonderful way to explore, click here. i love hearing others' words, so please share.
also, my absolute favorite new blogger, meg worden, has written an exquisite bit on nourishment. please click here to read. it's brilliant. truly, i believe it has become my manifesto for a beautiful life.
9 comments:
This is a beautiful way to welcome 2012. I love your word, Lisa. It's a good one.
And may you be showered with abundance, love, and good things this year. xo
Abundance is a great word and a picnic seems like the perfect way to celebrate it. Thank you for posting the link to Meg Worden. It's exactly what I needed to hear. Especially on the first day of the year. Happy 2012!
Abundance? You shall surely have it. Luckily, so will the pooches.
My word? Home. Because it's time I finally found my way there.
Happy New Year!
Wonderful words and those lollipops are a fabulous way to display them!
Mine is CONNECT.
Happy New Year Lisa! I love this tradition. Abundance was my word for 2011, it proved a good choice:)
This year my word is FOCUS. This year I feel like focus is really what I need but then I realized that being BRAVE will also be key to creating what I'm envisioning so for the first time I'm going with two words. LOL
i'm loving your words!!!
xo, lisa
I have chosen a word every year for the last 4 or 5 and I even get a ring made to remind me daily of my goal...this year is REFRESH. Thought it encompassed my head, heart, home, all the aspects of me to clean up and make over and also mainly to make my head and heart feel lighter and find my glow again.
Always grateful to your blog for the sharing you do and the beautiful images to inspire!! Happy New Year!!
You always have a great way of capturing life!
Happy New Year!
P.S. I have a new blog called 'dreamer:believer'
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My word is balance. Loved this post! We have a tradition of doing fondue on Christmas eve. The kids love it. It was a tradition in my husband's family when he was a kid. <3
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