just to let you know. . .

A cold front blew into San Antonio Friday night and we awoke to quite a chill-a good February chill along with wind. So, we bicycled 4 miles downhill but against the wind, a nice route through downtown neighborhoods; my cycling gloves were good and warm, but Ugh. . .the wind resistance. . .I was ready for coffee and cherry strudel!

John locked our bicycles to a tree next to the Gunther House Restaurant-a lovely old stone place, the original home of the Gunther family, founders of the Pioneer Flour Mill-and we waited for our table, sitting on a wooden bench overlooking the river. I had a little knitting project in my Toto basket just incase we needed to wait-a pink project for sweet Julia.

So, we waited and I knitted and it grew colder. . .but sitting next to John on a chilly day is nice, akin to cuddling a furnace-it's been that way for 37 years. . .

Then we were seated. . . and I was surprised by my husband's breakfast choice-biscuits and gravy!(funny how you think you know a man's favorites)-fluffy buttermilk biscuits, filling the plate, covered with creamy sausage gravy and Applewood bacon on the side- he sipped hot chocolate from a glass mug and I. . .well, of course, coffee with my cherry strudel. . .I ate the whole thing, imagine that!

Next the challenge of a 4 mile ride home-cold, windy, and uphill all the way. . . but the return trip is part of the adventure, don't you think? The last half mile I could hear John calling to me, shift down, shift down!

So. . .here I have filled this post with trivia, the insignificant details of a pleasant anniversary outing- but life consists of a tapestry of trivial details-colors, heat, cold, tastes, textures, sounds.

-all good things gifted from the hand of our Creator God, who gives us all things richly to enjoy.