After a wonderful weekend, I learned today that I have another friend down with cancer. Same stuff I have. Same late diagnosis. A person with a million things to do, a new grandchild, a new love, plans for travel...damn! She does not want contact with people now, but I will call her in a couple of weeks. As I was telling my sister, who informed me of this sad news, it feels initially like hitting a blank wall at full speed. She needs time to recover from the shock.
But it was lovely Saturday and Sunday. A get-together at our neighbors' took us from dusk to mysterious night.
And on Sunday we went up to cousins.' Robert barbecued a big piece of beef and I ate so much of it it was obscene. Followed that with home-made lime sherbet. Feeling only a little bilious, I came home and slept for hours and hours!
Sue and Robert's yard: They live up the mountain a ways, and they get even more rain than we do.
I am eating a lot of watermelon! And lasagna!
I found out Sunday that a wonderful high school classmate of mine has mesothelioma. He was never one of the "popular, in-crowd" kids in school but he was a steady but fun person and he grew into such a fine man. He owned his own business and served as President of the community college and many other civic activities. He and his wife have been married for almost 50 years and they are in shock. Well, we just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Beautiful clouds over the water photo.
Posted by: Florence | July 18, 2017 at 06:17 AM
What a gorgeous place to have a meal with friends. I am sorry about your friend.
Posted by: Celia Andrews | July 18, 2017 at 12:57 PM
That's life these days: sunshine and shadow.
Posted by: Marianna | July 18, 2017 at 01:08 PM
Wonderful photo essay.
Posted by: Michael Strickland | July 18, 2017 at 09:37 PM
Michael: I'm very flattered. I do like the I-phone for this kind of thing. BTW: The woman wearing yellow with her back to the camera in the second picture is "Quack" Moore, who was musical director of Saturday Night Live for many years and now has put her efforts into a downtown Hilo movie theater, The Palace.
Article about her here.
https://keolamagazine.com/people/quack-moore-and-palace-theater/
Posted by: Marianna | July 18, 2017 at 11:31 PM