Long week, this one.
Complicated on the East Coast by the arrival of Florence.
Good because instead of blowing ashore as a Cat. 4 or 5...she managed to weaken over the Atlantic to a Cat. 1.
Bad because she is so full of water and moving oh-so-slowly at 2 mph...dumping incredible amounts of rain on North and South Carolina and Virginia and causing devastating flooding.
Here in landlocked Indiana we aren't even going to get blow-back from this one.
And I am okay with that after last week's rains.
Working on John's black and white portrait now.
We had a wonderful midweek getaway together...through
Greenfield, Shelbyville, and East Indianapolis.
Finally able to meet several of his now-day friends...his grown son (Robert)...and his GINORMOUS cat- Gizmo.
Make our waitress laugh until she cried. (...yes...we are now one of those restaurant customer stories...I have no doubt...)
Made a Fall trip to J. Evelyn's...the BEST candy shop ever!
and got chocolates, of course.
And just had some quality US time.
It was perfect.
Sofi has almost doubled in size since she first came home and she and Shelby are adjusting to each other. Even playing together a bit.
The Tail Game.
"Seriously...just KILL me now." ~Shelby
"This is soooooooooooooooooo much fun!!!" ~Sofi
Still waiting for the Woodward book...hopefully next week. No new books or movies experienced this week.
Although the Colts lost last Sunday to Cincinnati in the 4th Quarter...it was a well-fought game and up to the last few seconds could have went either way.
And today we beat Washington!
Capt. Andrew Luck:
Dearest mother — I write with stupendous news. Our unit was victorious in battle. The feeling is thrilling. My sidearm was true and my soldiers brave. I shall celebrate with a bath and a bottle of Squirrel Oil. Our journey is bright. I miss you. — Andrew
Chris and Tina spent the weekend at Irish-Fest
I spent today with James and Nicole and The Grands.
Nicole outdid herself with Roast Beef French Dip sandwiches...and I baked Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Loaf with Cream Cheese Icing and Spiced Pecans for afters.
Per James' request we brought a tote full of photos from...basically his whole childhood...hundreds of them...and sat together revisiting 30+ years of his life with Nicole and his own children.
It was great.
Even ran across some I had forgotten.
Settling in this evening after a long but happy week.
More Anon...
