Old friends

I was looking at the list of followers today, and noticed the number had gone up to 35, so I had to investigate who was new.  After working through the list and finding names I am familiar with I saw one of those "no picture" names, and saw with joy that it was Sandy Keller, who was my next door neighbor for about 25 years!  So glad to have you following, Sandy!

Friends are like dogs in one particular way...they are all different, and add to our lives in  different ways.  Some friends are spiritual, some are athletic, some are good with money management, some are neat housekeepers, some are animal lovers, some are travelers, some are intellectuals, , etc.  I have come to realize and appreciate  the qualities that people have, both those who are similar and those who are dissimilar to me.

Sandy not only was a great neighbor, but she has a wonderful son who enriched my life while he was growing up!  Sandy and I liked yard work,
travel, dogs, and beauty. 

Today I was working on the blog, and all of a sudden I heard a movement on my sofa, looked over, and there was Fleur roaching!

I'm getting ready to try on Mom's sun hat!

Then there was a knock at the door, and of course the two guard dogs ran the 3 feet to the motorhome door to see what peril waited!  It was Cari, who shares a mailbox with me.  She was bringing mail.  When she sat on the sofa, Fleur jumped up on the sofa( her usual seat), and Cari told her to" get off the sofa"!  Fleur got down, but then I told Cari that I had changed the house rules to allow the dogs onto the sofa.  So I took Fleur onto the sofa, and Power laid on the dog bed.  Then he jumped onto the sofa. on the same spot that Fleur was lying.  I did wait a minute and he saw that Cari was in his spot so he got down.  To me it was quite funny.  It's been many months since Cari was in my motorhome so she was not in the know about the dogs.