Saturday, September 16, 2017

Last Latte?





People
 
So, maybe our last Latte in the rynek today. We'll be gone for two weeks and by then I think the outside cafes will close. Thus ends another season, our 10th. Even a simple thing like sitting in the rynek drinking coffee and watching the people, especially the children, makes the day worthwhile. Actually, just waking up in the morning and seeing Joan next to me does that. We've had 42 years of that, minus a few years when I had to follow my own dream of living in the forest. I wish we had 42 more but time and age won't allow that so we live each day to it's fullest. To be sure we have both changed over time but the one constant between us is love.

Now she is in the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner, large sweet potatoes with a salad. It's a little amazing how little meat we eat anymore. It's mostly various salads, fruit and pasta in spring and summer and soups in the winter. Oh, there are also the cold soups for summer like gazpacho and ch艂odnik. I'm happy that she finally has time to cook again after years of working. After long days at work, we usually got home at 18:00 and then, tired, she had to make dinner. Now she can take her time preparing it and that makes it more enjoyable for her........and me too. If we were rich I would hire a cook so she wouldn't have to do it at all.

Mo偶e nasze dzisiejsze latte na Rynku jest ostatnim. Nie b臋dzie nas przez dwa tygodnie, a gdy wr贸cimy, jak s膮dz臋, kawiarnie na zewn膮trz b臋d膮 zamkni臋te. W ten spos贸b ko艅czy si臋 kolejny sezon, nasz 10. Nawet proste rzeczy, jak siedzenie na Rynku, picie kawy i przygl膮danie si臋 ludziom, zw艂aszcza dzieciom, sprawiaj膮, 偶e ​​dzie艅 jest atrakcyjny. Tak naprawd臋 wystarczy, 偶e budz臋 si臋 rano, wiedz膮c, 偶e Joan jest obok mnie i czuj臋, 偶e dzie艅 jest pi臋kny. Sp臋dzili艣my razem 42 lat, odejmuj膮c tych kilka, gdy pod膮偶a艂em za marzeniem 偶ycia w lesie. Chcia艂bym, 偶eby by艂y przed nami kolejne 42, ale czas i wiek na to nie pozwol膮, dlatego staramy si臋, wykorzysta膰 ka偶dy dzie艅 w pe艂ni. Oboje zmieniali艣my si臋 z czasem, ale jedn膮 sta艂膮 jest mi艂o艣膰 mi臋dzy nami .

Teraz ona jest w kuchni przygotowuje dzisiejszy obiad, bataty z sa艂atk膮. To troch臋 zadziwiaj膮ce, jak ma艂o mi臋sa jemy. G艂贸wnie r贸偶ne sa艂atki, owoce i makarony wiosn膮 i latem, i zupy w zimie. Och, s膮 te偶 zimne zupy na lato jak gazpacho i ch艂odnik. Cieszy mnie, 偶e Joan w ko艅cu ma ponownie czas na gotowanie, po wielu latach pracy. Po d艂ugich dniach w pracy, zwykle wracali艣my do domu o godzinie 18:00, a potem zm臋czona, musia艂a zrobi膰 obiad. Teraz mo偶e spokojnie zaj膮膰 si臋 przygotowaniami, co sprawia, 偶e ​​ jest to dla niej bardziej przyjemne ........ i dla mnie te偶. Gdyby艣my byli bogaci, zatrudni艂bym kucharza, by nie musia艂a tego robi膰 w og贸le.