John and Tracy come to dinner

October 10...Good friends (Rob's best friend) John and Tracy came to dinner and card-playing evening at our house. The photo shows part of the meal, ingredients to a "salad bar". They brought a couple of yummy dishes, roasted garlic bulb and beets cooked with a lemon sauce. All four of us smeared the roasted garlic onto crackers and gobbled them down, mostly in self-defense! You better believe there were no vampires in our neighborhood that night.

We always enjoy John and Tracy's company; both are intelligent, compassionate, caring people. Besides, I like to beat them at "Golf", a card game the four of us played! :-) (Sorry, John.)

St. James Art Fair

When the weather is perfect the first weekend in October, like this year, hordes of people scramble around each other to view the art at St. James Court Art Fair. I elbowed my way through the crowd; it's hard being short! :-)

Digirido player at St. James Ct. Art Fair

This guy created the most haunting, exotic sounds with the digirido, shells wrapped around his legs, the variety of other instruments on the ground beside him, and even with tapping the side of his cheek when blowing into the digirido. He drew as much attention as the actual works of art at the St. James Court Art Fair.

Corn Hole Tournament

The patio home development where we live has regular, fun activities. For instance, Tuesday of this week, September 28, we had a pot luck dinner and corn hole tournament. It was just a good group of people who attended. Here's Jerry and a couple other guys being the spectators. We drew numbers rather than pick our partner; the guy at the far ended up with me as his partner. [Uh.... we won. ;-)]

Perfect Day, October 1, 2010

Thank you October for bringing cooling breezes and a promise of the end of seemingly endless 90+ degree days! With the top down on the convertible, Jerry and I zipped around town running errands, picking up new glasses among others. On our way back home, Iroquois Park beckoned us with crunchy acorns and walnuts on the ground, crinkly leaves, and whispering wind. We had an invigorating walk then sat on a huge tree log to rest and plan another trip when snow starts falling. We're planning a cold weather picnic in a scraped clean, wooded area. We polished off the afternoon with a stop at Sister Bean's, a new coffee shop right across the road from the entrance to Iroquois Park. We thought our day was done but when we got home, there was a message waiting for Jerry from his brother Mike telling him about a 1970 Pleasure Ridge Park High School reunion this weekend. So, the two of them are meeting for this evening's activities at Mike Linnig's. And I plan to catch up on some reading for mine and Amanda's trip to Paris in LESS THAN THREE WEEKS!!!