Through the window. . . . . . . . . . and feeding the workmen!

The past several days brought brilliant sunshine and heat from early morning until dusk.

Today the sun is hiding and it will stay a little cooler which is good for our work crew.

Hurricane Maria, while thankfully not a landfall threat, churns north, impacting

 Hatteras Island, NC today with high winds, bands of heavy rain and possible

 flooding along coastal areas. Tourists were told to leave and many residents have

 evacuated to safer inland areas.

 I've only served assorted cookies on paper plates, along with dozens of chilled

 water bottles, to the men who don't seem to even stop for a lunch break.

Today I offered to make lunch for the crew - now numbering six - before I even

 thought about what big, muscle-bound men working up a sweat as they

 knock my little house down around me, would eat!  Vichyssoise with dainty

 cucumber sandwiches, followed by cream puffs won't cut the mustard for

 these guys!

As I don't fancy a trip to the grocery store this morning, I must use what I have on

hand. So I'm planning a big steaming bowl of pasta with roasted veggies and

 marinara sauce, scattered with fresh-clipped garden basil and grated parmesan

 (already told them I don't do meat and they didn't seem to mind!), accompanied by

 chunky, crunchy cheese and tomato panini sandwiches.

 For dessert I've made a rustic yogurt cake studded with the last picking of figs

 from the garden, and scattered with toasted almonds, healthy right? 

They will eat outside on the deck. Perhaps I'll feel like one of those Italian 

farmers' wives feeding the vineyard workers, or the olive pickers!!!

Do you offer refreshments to people who work at your home?

I'll let you know how lunch works out later.

Edited:  They really enjoyed lunch - and cleaned their plates!