Just Rick, Tim, Sue, and me at The Great 2012 Two Year Hip Replacement Ordeal Memorial Backgammon Tournament And Snowshoe Challenge! because of short notice and flukey weather. But we had fun!

I fixed Italian herbed sweet sausage, mushroom, and broccoli in a thick yogurt and wine sauce and the movie of the night was Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) that none of us had seen; what great special effects.

Sue and I had planned to go on a snowshoe challenge hike over at Kingman Farm in Durham at 3:00pm with anyone wanting to join us. But because of the warm weather and no one available to do so, we decided to go on an explore out to Strafford, NH looking for an antique store Sue had heard about after running some morning errands. We were gone on that most of the day, not getting back home from food shopping for the party until late afternoon.

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I got a few games in with Tim between trips to the kitchen to check on the food.

Sue made up this nice center piece candle from an empty Limoncello bottle.

Sue photographing the intensity of one of the players. Er, that would be me, I guess....

Rogue photographer in the crowd (that would be me, I guess) snapped this picture of Sue totally ignoring Rick's stare.

Tim focused on his game.

Rick in the middle of something important.

And finally the chef gets the dinner out!