Latest News and Happenings -In Words and Pictures

Dear all,

Once again, you’ll have to excuse me for writing a collective message to “undisclosed recipients”.  Be assured that I am thinking of all and each of you, but I do not have the stamina yet to write individual messages.  Here go our latest news.

We are now officially Californians – our license plates are proof of that, even though the dealer’s name is still from back in the boondocks…

We are enjoying the back yard of several levels, and the weather. It has been unusually hot for this time of the year, but it gets cooler at night, and there is always a wonderful breeze from the ocean.  Here is one of our outdoor dinners (made by Valeria and Creg) in our lovely back yard! The plums are from our trees… It is a summer dinner  – grilled swordfish, caprese salad with heirloom tomatoes and wine, of course!  Even a vase with our flowers!

A very proud San Francisco! Our opera house, Coit Tower, SFO, City Hall-  Today is Gay Pride Parade, and many buildings have the colors that go with it! 

We were in San Francisco yesterday for Rosana’s Solarthon Fundraising Barbecue Extravaganza (https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/rfrancescato/bay-area-solarthon-2013) It was the first time we saw her condo and met many of her friends. I had a great time!  Guido went to lie down on a bed part of the time. I was having such wonderful conversations that time flew by. There were younger and older people, all of them extremely interesting and very, very friendly. It made me feel good, and I hope to have made some lasting friendships. Guido stayed close for a long time to a couple that have a sailboat, and they have invited us on it soon 😉

Today I could hardly get up after having partied for so long. We were there for a few hours, and it was worth it!!!

And this is what it looked like a few days ago, when it rained (actually just drizzled) for about two days. It was a welcome change after too many deep blue skies 🙂  I need to acknowledge that this photo was taken by Rhys Bowen, an excellent writer who lives close by.  She managed to take a beautiful photo from the balcony of her home. Her view is much nicer than ours, though… We are planning to get together soon!

It is hot these days, and we are starting to feel it, but with some fans, open windows, cooler nights, and low humidity, it is quite bearable. It was at least 10 degrees lower in San Francisco!!!

Next, we have another party – a Fourth of July neighborhood picnic! It is hosted by our neighbors across the street, and it will be easy to get there, for sure! 😉

Finally, Valerie managed to finish opening and organizing the content of the last four boxes in the room, and now we can start breathing a bit better. We are still waiting for the contractors to finish the work in our house in Potomac,so we can sell it…. Then, it will be truly goodbye to the past!

Many hugs,
martha