A few Rexvillians (mac, Sparky, JenCT), some spouses (Paul, Phil), a couple of German tourists (Michael & Silke), and a botanist (Sheila) or two rounded out the field for a delicious meal, a smattering of crossword gossip, and plenty of conversation about everything else. It's a curious and marvelous thing that the internet has wrought, enabling such a meeting.
First, the menu: chouriรงo with Jen's fabulous bread, Phil's garden tomato salsa, beef bulgogi & chicken satay, and for desert, mac's perfection of a pound cake with fresh berries and Il Bacio ice cream (the best you'll ever have!).
But Jen, our in-house part-time lepidopterist, brought us all a little bit of magic...
A crystal-clear jewel of a chrysalis, with a soon-to-emerge Monarch waiting within. She held it in front of the AC vents in the car during the 1-1/2 hour drive, to make sure it wouldn't emerge until just the right moment!
Neither words nor pictures can convey the wonder of seeing this happen before your very eyes. But do click on more below and take a look.
