21 August 2017

Notes - another day /



       Yesterday you drove to Kim and Paul's then you and Kim went to Aunt Patsy's house to browse. You found a portrait of a Dutchman topped with a black beret sitting at a table, smoking a pipe and holding a partially built model ship with both hands. It was painted by your cousin Louis Orndorff. You also found a two seated wooden bench (furniture) and an antique rocker your great, great, great grandmother Decker brought with her from Holland. Your cousin Wendy was happy you took them as Aunt Patsy had wanted them to stay in the family. You drove home this morning and watched the eclipse in your neighbor's front yard -- everyone shared the same specialized eyeglasses for viewing. Tonight you and Carol watched last night's PBS Masterpiece production,  "Endeavor" after having takeout salads from Prada’s Street Italian. - Amorella

       2236 hours. I had a nap earlier but I'm ready to go to bed. It has been a fun but tiring few days. Friday and Saturday we were in area around Westerville, New Albany, Lewis Center and Sunbury looking towards buying or building a house sometime in the next year or so. A realtor is coming Wednesday to give us advice on selling our home in Mason, again, sometime in this next year. I don't know if we are actually going to go through this process but it is time to think about returning north to be closer to Kim, Paul and the boys and Otterbein where Carol and I met and to home base, Westerville. As we age being closer it will be easier for Kim and Paul to help though we do not want to become a burden to them or to interfere too closely with their own living and lives. We have very mixed feelings on this, part of growing older, part of living a very human life. I am satisfied that we are still very much in charge of our lives and our eventual return and resettling will keep us in the forefront of living our own lives our own way as we have for the last fifty years. - rho

       Post. - Amorella

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