Weekend re-cap - Easter 2018 edition

Easter just seem to be suddenly thrust upon us!  I didn't realize that Hubby had Good Friday off with me, but it was a good thing because he accompanied me to Brenham.  We spent a scant four hours there, but got so much done.  Among other thing, we got my mother's computer going, installing updates and connecting her, once more, to the internet.  Swept/vacuumed all of the downstairs and mopped.  Cleaned her downstairs potty room. Moved her terrariums to their warm-weather homes.  Made her a nice lunch and washed dirty dishes.

Hubby also bought the lumber and rebuilt her asparagus bed, which we then filled in with more garden soil and watered. The weather was beautiful and we were pretty pooped, so we stopped by Saddlehorn on our way back to Austin.

 A glass of their Barn Red on their patio was lovely - it was cool and breezy there, and so peaceful.  Plus, they were super friendly.

I miss going there, and we briefly considered re-joining the wine club.  But the pick-ups always conflicted with two other wineries near Burnet, and wine clubs ain't cheap, so we decided we would just enjoy it whenever we are passing through Burton.  

And speaking of pick-ups, the next day we took Scout and Dutch to Bell Springs for the Spring pick-up party.  Again, the weather was perfect, if a little breezy.  We enjoyed a wine tasting, some brats for lunch, then sat outside listening to this guy:

He was so good!  People were tipping him left and right.

The next musician was not as good (strictly our opinion) so we thought we would explore a new place.  We happened upon a sign for Jester King Brewery, and since Scout is not a big fan of wine we decided to check it out.

 

It is a HUGE place full of 1000 of our closest friends, but they had a jazz quartet playing, and we managed to snag a newly vacated picnic table in the shade.  Next door they had several more bar areas and wood-fired pizza counter with people waiting for miles.

Hubby and I thought the dark beer (Simple Means) was meh, but Scout enjoyed some mead on draft that was pretty good - we will look the meadery up and visit it separately.  However, we do want to re-visit this place and enjoy a pizza and more beer!

 Card-playing and people-watching happened.  And we headed home around 5 p.m...

...where we enjoyed some basic cheese omelettes and biscuits and called it a day.

Easter dawned!

 Hubby and I enjoyed blueberry banana pancakes with Firstborn and Bubbie then puttered around until the Girl and Teddy arrived, followed by Scout and Dutch.  We spent more time on cards and eating appetizers, playing with Teddy in the backyard, listening to music, and just generally laying around.  We had a beautiful dinner together and naps were taken. 

It was as laid back of a weekend as Easter has become for us.  I didn't send out cards.  I didn't call anyone.  We wore comfy clothes and I took about three photos...We choose to stay close to home as we are not involved in a church on a regular basis.  And spending time together without obligation or stress was wonderful.  It got our April off to a happy start!

Gina