A Welcome Home Meal

It's Thursday -- time for Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. And since it is December -- it may be time for those Santas and deer and red and green plaids to appear!

But, alas, not at Linderhof . . . . for we are back to reality and our "welcome home" dinner was simple indeed!

But whether it is a gourmet meal or take out, there is no reason not to have things "nice" (as my Grandmother would say).

The centerpiece of an iron pumpkin and fall leaves, cones, pumpkins in the blue oriental bowl on the table -- a centerpiece remnant of mid November when we left on vacation. An English mat at each place and a white napkin in the silver napkin ring -- since it is a soup supper -- the large European spoons and knives are at each place.

And a jug (or bottle) of wine and a loaf (or a few slices) of bread . . . which will go swimmingly with our soup meal.
A spicy corn and crab chowder served in blue and white Spode bowls. Dessert was creme brulee.

Having eaten very well the last couple of weeks, our welcome home meal had to be nice -- no canned soup for us but . . . it is a Costco soup that you heat (and it is heavenly) . . . the bread, too, is Costco and the creme brulee -- from Costco as well.

To two tired travelers it was a great meal with very little effort -- almost as good as our meals on ship!