And, as promised, I wandered off to Janet Altman's house. Now I tried very hard to talk myself out of taking a day off with my busy schedule, but I lost that arguement. Janet and I do not get together very often since we are both very busy women with full schedules and an opening has to be forged rather than taken for granted. Since this time was her turn to cook, I knew I was in for a treat. Janet cooks the actual German cuisine and it is to friggin' die for. On the menu for today was Rouladen served over freshly made Spaetzle Dumplings. This is one of those cases where a picture is worth a thousand words and one taste is a sky rocket trip to heaven. But let me first explain the fork. If you will notice it has 5 tines. It is a German made fork, as is the nice. The knife is not serated, but is sharp and balanced in your hand. Germany knows how to make silver ware that not only is a joy to use, but lasts forever. Of course it is nothing like the set I picked up at the garage sale last winter. I am afraid that this is probably something I am going to want again. But the story does not end here.
I had barely gotten in the door and Janet filled me in on the fundraiser she was attending tonight when the phone rang and the gentleman on the other end of the phone told her he had some pictures to drop off for the fundraiser and could he drop by soonly? Janet, being the ever gracious hostess invited him to lunch and he said OK, since it was lunch time, but that he would not be staying to o long and he had a friend with him. Imagine my surprise when the drop in guest turned out to be none other then Ed Posa! I have worshipped that man since I first saw his work. These are the two picutres he was dropping off for the fundraiser at the Senate and I can not remember who it was for. Damn! Why don't I ever listen?
For those of you who are new to the art world, Ed Posa is the local artist who does the Indian Paintings. Here is a link so you can go read for yourself. I am sure I could set here all night and not do the man justice.Click here to read about Ed.
So the quite little lunch with a friend blossomed into a lunch party with Ed Posa and his friend, Clem. I do know Clem was a student of Ed's when he was a swimming coach. Course I did not catch Clem's last name either. Hope it was not Kadiddlehopper! No, That was Red Skelton's alter ego.
I do have to say those two boys did justice to the meal. The first thing that went wrong for me was the battery in my camera went on vacation. So I borrowed Janets camera and used my card. Lucky me. I failed miserably at getting a picture of her dogs, but finally managed it!
When lunch was over the Ed and Clem left and Janet and I headed out for our walk.
We just took a short one by Minnequa Lake, but the day was beautiful. What more could I ask for? I got to spend time with my dear friend and fellow activist, Janet Altmann and I got to meet Ed Posa, one of my heroes.
