Marilyn and I started our day by heading out to Rose Plantings, an annual thing. The VIPs each get a rose planted at their house, where they host everyone in attendance. The first one would be 'brunch' type food and beverages, the second would be lunch and the third is dessert. Usually it's the Rose Society President, the Prime Minister and the ( Read more... )

I was up around 7:00-ish this morning. Marilyn woke me as she was leaving the house for her 7:30 a.m. meeting! She had meetings all morning long, actually -- one ran FOUR HOURS straight!!! I honestly don't know how she does it ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I had fried green (and red) tomatoes today. And zucchini, too. Yummy.

And we watched a very good 2016 movie on cable, Mean Dreams," a Canadian coming-of-age film. (One of Bill Paxton's final movies prior to his death.) Sophie Melisse and Josh Wiggins were both wonderful. Marilyn and I really enjoyed it ( Read more... )

Marilyn is a saint, all that she does for our sister. The amount of work she's put into being Sue's medical manager is astonishing. Here she is on vacation and not getting to relax or do anything for fun. I feel bad for her ( Read more... )

Early day ( Read more... )

Sorry I didn't post yesterday.

Monday, September4:Marilyn and I dared to drive out on a few errands. I say 'dared' because of yhe horrible air quality in Portland due to the wildfires ( Read more... )

So TIRED this week! Totally spaced blogging late last night... (It's actually 6:00 a.m. On Saturday -- and not Friday... sigh ( Read more... )

Marilyn, sister Sue and I tried to drive down to Sauvie Island to u-pick green tomatoes, but we couldn't get off the St. Johns Bridge!!! We literally sat for more than half an hour on the ramp leading down to St. Helen's Road (highway 30). When we finally got up far enough to see, they were laying blacktop below! There was NOWHERE for traffic to go ( Read more... )

First, we decided to go shopping today for clothes for our New York trip. We started at Macy's, where Marilyn got two pairs of pants ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I finally got down to Kruger's Farm on Sauvie Island today, to u-pick green tomatoes. It's hard to believe we're going for the FIRST TIME this year on the last day of August ( Read more... )