The trip in May to Boston and N.York - only N.York for me - is starting to take shape. The flights, Boston and N.Y. accommodation has been arranged, to be confirmed once a couple of loose ends are sorted out. It's some time since I last visited NY so I look forward to re-visiting it . I haven't been there since the Twin Towers disaster happened. In fact I went up on my last trip and well remember the fantastic views of N.York. Time permitting I'll visit Ground Zero to see what has been done there. It'll be fun to catch up with my sister-in-law and niece whilst there. My s-i-l will try to get her and me tickets to the ballet or another type of show. More on the trip anon...
Meanwhile back on the ranch, Easter is upon us. We'll be taking it quietly - realxing and being spontaneous for the most part except for going out for dinner with friends tonight. An Italian resto I believe - nice and local so that we have only a few mins travelling there. The only bummer is that I am on antibiotics for some kind of mouth infection I have had. Which means that I can't drink any wine - grr ! Not that I'm one of those who must have alcohol terribly frequently, but I do savour a glass or 2 of nice wine at the weekend/ dinners. Hey ho I'll just have to watch the others getting more and more locqacious (sp) and just hope their merriment is infectious enough to engender faux alcolhol effects in me !
One nasty note from the past week is that a quite close acquaintance from our gym who we frequently shared chats/coffees with, dropped dead whilst playing squash there the other day. My partner had seen him shortly before and they had joked about that very topic. Poor guy - and his family also, of course. His daughter is getting married later in the year, so that will cast a shadow over the event.
So as not to end on such a sombre topic, I'll think of plans for the garden - of the salvias, cosmos and other plants I'm growing. Without wishing to seem callous, life must go on and it's good to nurture plants.
Have a good break one and all. Cheers, J xx
Meanwhile back on the ranch, Easter is upon us. We'll be taking it quietly - realxing and being spontaneous for the most part except for going out for dinner with friends tonight. An Italian resto I believe - nice and local so that we have only a few mins travelling there. The only bummer is that I am on antibiotics for some kind of mouth infection I have had. Which means that I can't drink any wine - grr ! Not that I'm one of those who must have alcohol terribly frequently, but I do savour a glass or 2 of nice wine at the weekend/ dinners. Hey ho I'll just have to watch the others getting more and more locqacious (sp) and just hope their merriment is infectious enough to engender faux alcolhol effects in me !
One nasty note from the past week is that a quite close acquaintance from our gym who we frequently shared chats/coffees with, dropped dead whilst playing squash there the other day. My partner had seen him shortly before and they had joked about that very topic. Poor guy - and his family also, of course. His daughter is getting married later in the year, so that will cast a shadow over the event.
So as not to end on such a sombre topic, I'll think of plans for the garden - of the salvias, cosmos and other plants I'm growing. Without wishing to seem callous, life must go on and it's good to nurture plants.
Have a good break one and all. Cheers, J xx
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