Happy May Day!

It was a beautifully sunny day here today. There was a warm breeze blowing, and the birds were singing. Grandma enjoyed reading a book while sitting outside this afternoon. Abigail and I lovingly prepared a very economical, but festive meal.

On the menu:

Chicken Salad on Croissants
Chicken Noodle Soup
Fresh Strawberries
Lemonade
Iced Tea

I boiled chicken to make the chicken salad, and Grandma suggested that I keep the water, and throw in the leftover noodles from dinner the other night. As I was preparing the chicken salad, I sliced celery, but instead of discarding the tops I threw those into the pot as well. Abigail peeled and sliced four carrots for the soup, and we called it done. There was no chicken in the soup, but it was flavorful just the same.


We washed up our dishes from the preparations, and then went outside to pick a few flowers for the table. The pickings were slim, but we found enough to fill two interesting bottles, one for each end of the table. We placed a small votive candle into a pretty little dish that Abigail bought me from the thrift store, and set in in the center of the table.


We used our china tonight, and the entire table looked lovely! Abigail thought our special dinner should have a name, and called it the May Flower Dinner. Special indeed!