gillette castle and an evening bonfire
uncle warren was on holiday today, it being saturday, so we traipsed off to gillette castle with our bicycles. after biking around the grounds for a bit, and having a picnic overlooking the connecticut river, we watched "all the comforts of home," a drawing room comedy written by william gillette. it was free, and was performed outdoors by the east haddam stage company. it was delightful, and thankfully only twenty minutes long (having been adapted from it's original four acts by a member of the company). it was very warm out, and some of the older members of the audience found sitting out in the heat a bit soporific (cough, cough); having the play be only twenty minutes long was a wise choice.
after the play, we hiked down the hill to the water.
there's a small ferry that shuttles cars back and forth. we've taken it a few times and it's a fun trip across the river. today we just watched it's journey back and forth, and watched other boaters who were out tubing in the river and swimming along the bank.
in the evening, adam made a bonfire in the firepit . . which was once was home to the above ground pool! we do miss swimming in it, but we really enjoyed the fire. kathy picked up milk and dark chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows for s'mores. they were delicious . . and i was able to toast my two marshmallows to a brown perfection! they tasted so good with the chocolate and cookies. they were the best s'mores i'd ever had.
uncle warren was on holiday today, it being saturday, so we traipsed off to gillette castle with our bicycles. after biking around the grounds for a bit, and having a picnic overlooking the connecticut river, we watched "all the comforts of home," a drawing room comedy written by william gillette. it was free, and was performed outdoors by the east haddam stage company. it was delightful, and thankfully only twenty minutes long (having been adapted from it's original four acts by a member of the company). it was very warm out, and some of the older members of the audience found sitting out in the heat a bit soporific (cough, cough); having the play be only twenty minutes long was a wise choice.
after the play, we hiked down the hill to the water.
there's a small ferry that shuttles cars back and forth. we've taken it a few times and it's a fun trip across the river. today we just watched it's journey back and forth, and watched other boaters who were out tubing in the river and swimming along the bank.
in the evening, adam made a bonfire in the firepit . . which was once was home to the above ground pool! we do miss swimming in it, but we really enjoyed the fire. kathy picked up milk and dark chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows for s'mores. they were delicious . . and i was able to toast my two marshmallows to a brown perfection! they tasted so good with the chocolate and cookies. they were the best s'mores i'd ever had.
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