Pie Day

Monday was a public holiday so we went for a drive out in the Hawkesbury area. We wanted to have a pie in a place where all the bikies stop and have something to eat when they are out driving. However, it really wasn't the day for it. It poured with rain all day and you got completely soaked when you left the car. We ended up sightseeing from the car and having pie indoors. The place is aptly called 'Pie in the Sky' since you drive up a very winding mountain road to get there. It is probably fun for motorbike riders, but I got a bit carsick.

Hubby had been hankering for a pie for days. It's funny what you 'hanker' for. I guess as a Swede I would feel more like having herring or something like that.  Anyway, it was served in the traditional way with peas and mashed potatoes and gravy, a real 'stick to the ribs' meal on a rainy day.

There were some charming old advertisements on the wall, and I have to show you this one which is for mustard, but there were plenty of others equally cute.

I need to explain why I called this blog 'pie day'. Well, when the kids were little and we used to visit the grandparents in Melbourne, it was a bit of a treat to be taken to a sport event, say a cricket match for example, and have a pie.  However,  sometimes when they were out shopping, their grandpa would sometimes talk about 'pie day' and explain that it  was the reason why there were so many people in the shops etc. The confused look on their little faces was priceless. Grandpa had obviously been talking about 'pay day', the day people get paid from work but they were just thinking of pies. The reason for the confusion was that grandpa had a very strong Australian accent and pie and pay is pronounced the same way here in Australia to the untrained ear.

I have to leave you now, dear friends, and do some house cleaning, since we have some UK friends arriving this afternoon. It's a flying visit but it's always nice to catch up with old friends.

Oh, and by the way, I apologize for harping on about leaving comments here on the blog. It turns out  to be much more difficult than I thought, and I think you have to have a Google account or Wordpress or something. I am not sure at all. Let's just say I am always available on e-mail and Facebook if you want to make a comment, or correct something, or just say hi.