It was Shabbat and Hannukah
so we put out the nuts
got the challah
peeled the potatoes
(once more with no flash)
got out the apple sauce
and broccoli
and paid tribute to Josephine
for her fruit
and vegetable
salads as Suzanne
pondered what was next and Jane
and Kevin
worked on the never ending project as Benjamin
and Nate
looked at the project
but decided that Back Yard Baseball
was a better choice. Kevin
was nice enough to call Fred about car pooling which made Suzanne
happy enough to endure the melodic accompaniment
while worrying that the car pool would be late.
When we got back from the journey, Robert
was teaching the fine points of potatoes
to the crowd
assembled in the kitchen who felt it was their solemn responsibility to
always look away from the camera. The clementines
started to fix this but the door interceded
as Sarah
said good bye and we went back to kitchen pictures
that missed the point even as the mixture
got ready to be cooked to everyone's
amusement. There was cooking
which led to latkes
as the oil
boiled. Then there was a guest cooker
and flipper
as Sarah showed the magazine
she had gotten from the Jewish Center and the penny histogram
was reassembled as the first latkes
left the room and the finished products
grew even as more
were cooking in the good pan
and burning in the other
though the oil presented a pretty picture
that would have kept the Macabees in oil for many weeks.
We did the lighting of the Hannukah candles
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and then Suzanne stepped forward
to light the Shabbat candles
after which we could eat
so I made this plate
and Benjamin made this one
and we ate. These were the views
before I cleaned my plate
for fork pictures and Jane
came home to look around the table
and then we were back to Jane
and the long shot across the table
as dessert appeared
and was eaten. The conversation was animated
as RA
and mother
watched and Sarah and Laura
kept things going until it was decided that Ed
should juggle
but first we had to get Jane, Ben and Kaylen
off the computers to watch and this is what they saw
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and then it was back to conversation
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and closeup photos
and the ever popular knife pictures
taken in my napkin. After a little more conversation
I focused on Sarah
then the others
then the adults
then said good bye to Sarah
and Laura
as everyone
got ready to go.
Happy Hannukah to all!!
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