Wow, I looked at the blog because it's a part of this machine that I am somewhat at ease with, and there are new things on it. I was very saddened to hear of Richard's death and send my most sincere care to all of his family, both ones whom I know from many years ago in Cleveland visits and others, and ones whom I have not met. As I told Linda and Ken in an email, I am very glad that they were able to to to Arkansas and visit with everyone. I visit vicariously through Linda's internet postings.
Winter is at our heels here, with nighttime temperatures in the low 30s but not quite freezing. Our yard duck, who is larger than most geese, wonders where all her furniture went, since she likes to nap out of the mist, rain, or sun. Vonnie and I took a trip to Ashland, Oregon, in the summer and saw some Shakespeare plays and other plays at the theaters there, and also had a reunion with a couple of people whom I had taught with in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in the late 60s. These were people who use to enjoy my trips to Cleveland because they loved Granny Gray's vegetable soup base and her turnip greens that I came back with. One of my friends from there, who also suddenly died earlier in the summer, very like Richard, unexpected, had actually gone with me to Cleveland once and met both Granny and Granddaddy.
Vonnie and I have a new favorite place in Bellingham, which is Boulevard Park on the bay. It is the start of a long boardwalk that connects downtown to Fairhaven (a smaller area that was a historical town long ago and is now a cute and busy tourist haven), but our magnet is a coffee house called Woods, with a fireplace, coffee choices that Linda and Ken say can only be found in Washington, and views of the boats and water. Matt might remember the park because it is where the antique car show was that he liked. Vonnie says that Woods is equally as good as Starbucks. Wow! I always smile because instead of ordering small, medium, large, or for Starbuck lingo, grande, viente, and tall, they order by Spruce, Fir, and Evergreen, in tree sizes.
I can't remember the sequence, but I know that I generally get a Spruce.
All of our kitties are fine. Mithril Boy had to have a new collar. Our neighbor called to say that she had found it old one in her driveway area a few days ago, and was worried about him. Sweet Winkie got locked in another neighbor's garage and is now virtually a house cat, not wanting to go out much. And Kim is still the Alpha Male ruler of the house, bossing the other two around, even though she is the youngest and newest.
We enjoy seeing all the pictures that are sent out way, and get somewhat embarrassed that we still haven't learned to load pictures to the computer to send. We need a tutor, here, daily, it seems. We will send some paper pictures out with Christmas.
Hello to all. Love, Llew
