Got the February blues - throw a party!

Before we moved to the Pacific Wet Coast, we lived in Ottawa, Ontario which was cold and snowy. All our friends were super busy in December, so trying to get a group of them together seemed more of a chore than a celebration.
So one year, I decided to hold a February Party!  Yes, I admit I got funny looks, but why not use the February Blues as an excuse to cheer everyone up, get everyone to dress up in bright colours, cook up some warm and cheery food, and have a party.

If we hold it a couple of weeks from now, I could make nettle pesto - bright greeeeen!

My ducks are laying - I've got a cake recipe that looks awesome with cranberries folded in - bright red!

Any suggestions for a yummy spring tonic?

Double-edged sword - I'd need to clean up all my sewing in the living room and get last fall's pumpkin harvest off the floor!  

Anybody want to join me? Think of a few friends or neighbors you couldn't share a meal with in December when the Omicron risk was through the roof and no one wants to get sick at Christmas? Maybe now's the time?

I have no big desire to turn this into a "gift" thing, but I do have a few seeds that are looking for new homes... planting seeds in Feb isn't such a bad plan!

In BC, it's officially "Family Day," a statutory holiday, the third Friday in February, so that makes this even more "legitimate!"".  

In my opinion family need not be "blood relations".   It is my dearest friends who compromise MY true "family."

Great idea!

Just yesterday we held our first annual "Life's a Beach" day.  We cranked up the heat a bit, had summer foods (my husband's amazing ribs, peach pie and cobbler from last years frozen harvest, strawberry shortcake also from same).  We watched a beachy movie (Moana, since there are younguns, and because mutiny was threatened if anyone suggested Point Break).  We wore summer-ish clothing and snuggled together, happy in our 'beach' house.  It was so much lovely fun.

Yesterday, we made an apple pie and I fixed cabbage soup for supper.

Earlier, between making the pie and fixing the soup our daughter called to say she was coming to spend the night.

So in a way, we had a "Family Day"!

Good food, family, and just good conversation.

It doesn't take a lot of people to make a party.