Sunday April 12, 2026 Sadness

 

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Sunday April 12, 2026

 I got a call late last night informing me that my oldest brother, Fernand (Fern) had passed away mercifully.  

He was 87 years old and deeply touched the lives of his family, his siblings, and everyone who met him, with his empathy and kindness and strength.

He will be sorely missed as the stable sounding board that he always was to us younger ones.  Rest In Peace dearest Brother.

 

 Al, Cristina and family

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Saturday April 11, 2026 Birthday..?

 

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Saturday April 11, 2026

Thursday morning I awoke before my alarm and decided that 6am was a good time to run up to the Domo with the $1.54L gas prices.  $78 later, I headed to my mechanic and left the Regal there for a quick check because I could hear the power steering growl on some turns when it was colder.

Then I spent the day working on 2025 spring photos.  I guess I do it as my hobby, and to kill time, because my PayPal is still inoperative, so I am working for nothing...

I picked up the Regal after lunch and the mechanic didn't even charge me because he could find nothing wrong with my wonderful old car...  That made me smile .. a lot!!

I cancelled my free Prime membership again.  I think I am done ordering junk for a while...

Friday I went on my Gio to the Library, returned 3 books, and tried to find one unsuccessfully... drat!  I came home and put a hold on the next 4 of the "Private" series of James Patterson...  I have trouble enough retaining a storyline without reading a series out of order.. 

Then I worked on many more pics from May and June 2025.  It certainly helps pass the time.

Today, I was invited by cousin Jeanne for a late Birthday celebration for me.  On the way, I checked out a liquidation place on Fort Road and left very disappointed.  Prices were not great and most of the merchandise was broken and in bin after bin that they wanted $25 per item...  Fat chance...  80% wasn't worth $5....

We had a good visit with Jeanne and her dog, Suki.  Later we were joined by her good friend Meng and we discussed travel extensively and world politics.

Then I got to see the Canon R100 mirrorless camera with the 18-45mm lens that Meng had bought her for Christmas.  It took us a while to figure things out because it is so different,.. like a manual flash, and why it would not retract... But, with the help of Google explanations, we got comfortable with it and determined that it took very good photos and would be easy to use, just left on Automatic mode.

We had a wonderful roast chicken supper and a monstrous chocolate tuxedo cake to celebrate my Jan 1 Birthday, along with a bottle of Brut champagne that Meng had brought from Italy.  It was a lovely, and thoughtful evening, and the leftovers came home with me... 

Meng is going to a medical conference next month to Florence and I am so jealous!!  This is his sixth time going to Florence and he hasn't yet seen the sights.... What a silly man!!!

I had put Bob's scooter out front of our building for the last 3 days with the For Sale sign, but no bites yet...   

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Sweet old Suki

Wish it were real!

Meng is a foot doctor

Happy Birthday to me

 

 

Wednesday April 8, 2026 Snow Go Away

 

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Wednesday April 8, 2026

On Monday, the sun was directly overhead at our home in Andalucia, meaning zero shadows at noon.  I was late reminding Cristina...

Don again came to share his supper of steaks, so we ate much too much again.

Tuesday, I got Tripp's email address, so was able to send him the larger and better photos he had taken, processed by yours truly.  The young man has a great eye for composition so he will become a good photographer, but I cautioned him about thinking of making a living at it,... that just doesn't happen any more.

Today, I spent all day producing more Cuenca Kids pics for later uploading.  I may go on a binge for more picture processing, then upload 2 or 3 per day for sale as I did years ago.  I have a pretty healthy backlog right now.

This evening, Don called, announcing that it was Wing Night and he was going out for either wings or maybe nachos...  I went along and we shared a plate of nachos (delicious!!) and one order of salt'n'pepper wings.  It is so hard to keep my girlish figure when this stuff happens.

Hopefully tonight is the last night for snow for some time...  We are aching for spring so we can get out on the scooter(s).  I still have not sold Bobby's Tron... 

 I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Darn snow....

Tired of the white stuff already