Friendship, it's all about friendship.......

Tigger is a three legged cat that lives in a house (Ian's) with a changing bunch of dogs - some visiting, one living there that chases the cat, and a few that show up - including Koa, who likes cats.  Shameful that this fearsome dog (people walk in the streets rather than share a sidewalk with him) likes cats.   He is very sweet and sensitive - shepherds have a bad rap. Tigger carefully walked out the door, across the porch and started eating out of Koa's dish - they shared for a moment until Koa decided the whole thing was beneath his dignity.  Koa rubs noses with Tigger, and would like to play, but the communication between the two is a bit flawed. 

Robert is recovering from food poisoning in this photo, (Eileen's house - Scottsdale) and Sami decided to be the nurse.  Sami lives with three or four other cats and has decided that Koa is her dog.  She brushes up against the big dog who rolls his eyes and acts as if nothing strange is occurring, and wriggles all over.  A cat orgasm is an interesting sight. Koa is not supposed to be on the bed, but felt that if Sami was allowed, then................

The Coles and daughter Kirstin - part of our former desert diners group. Sally Allexan and her husband give great parties and decided that they should host a desert diner's do with the old group as we were in town.  John would usually holler, "there's the redhead" - but it is a sign of the times that he sort of muttered it as we all walked in.  Perhaps it was the sight of changing hair....ahhh, aging.   Wonderful food, great friends and great times together.  Stretch patiently helped us years ago with the framing for the bath addition at the rock ranch.  Harriet, we watched successfully get to her master's degree, and Kirstin, we hope to know better.




Debbie and Eileen enjoying the dessert and the fact that Bill Luke said we would start a new church. I claimed the pope position and that is why Jeanette, perhaps made a face.

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John, Donna and Sally, who makes the best corned beef ever. Carolyn had suggested we have a lasagna feast for Robert, and Sally said no way, we are having corn beef.,  And then Carolyn, who had the party idea decided to go flying in her driveway and was in Mayo waiting for the surgeons to put her back together as we had corned beef..  We really missed her. 
Being with friends after being away for 2 1/2 years is interesting as there is an efficient grapevine of sorts that lets the people know where we are and were and  we are able to take up where we left off.  That is a gift beyond price.