Friday the thirteenth. Day begins with a black cat walking across the patio in front of the floor to ceiling south facing window. Twice, actually.
Not an evil omen though. The rest of the day mild and sunny. Temperature about 18 in the shade. Happily, not warm enough to prevent Christmassy fare with our group at the Blue Song.
Horst has made glühwein, a spiced mulled wine that is his specialty. He himself is German but says the recipe is Swedish. Not normally a fan of mulled wine, considering it too sweet and usually both uninspired and tepid. This is none of the above - well spiced, just below simmering, and containing both raisins and tiny pieces of walnut. Surprised both that he adds walnuts to the drink and that it works.
Many of the members have brought homemade baking as well, so a pretty cheerful lot out in the sunshine.
Stop at the little supermarket on the way home and see that there is sourdough bread in their oven with nine minutes baking time remaining. Well worth waiting for.