Each day we were able to walk around the lake with Stela, training for our fall Camino walk while enjoying the abundance of wild flowers and gardens in bloom. Well, Stela wasn't in training. She will spend our Camino in Lexington with Steve and Meg.
As the week progressed, we read and did some watercolor sketches.
We watched the rain fall and the loons swim by. We bought a few things at Adirondack Rustics, which we love to visit.
Wednesday, we had a nice lunch with Cousin Charlene in Ogdensburg. It was a pretty drive over through the Amish farm country, Colton, Canton, Heuvelton, and Edwards. Charlene ordered us up a huge feast from the local Italian restaurant and her caregivers picked it up for us. She was in fine fiddle, counting all the caregiver assignments on the white board, bragging about how well they make coffee and Spruce Street House, and talking about her birthday trip home to Watertown, where she grew up, next week for her 76th birthday. She will stay at a hotel, visit her old haunts, and meet up with an old friend from her family's church there. Last year when we visited she was in a lot of pain. We were very happy that she was more comfortable this visit and that we could chat more.
Jim and Sue Conner came by for lunch on Thursday. they are Gainesville friends with whom our lives have multiple intersections. they summer in Rochester, where Sue and I both grew up. Jim went to Eckerd College, as did Meg (Several years after Jim's time there.) We are all cheese fans and nature lovers. They had been on a road trip through Maine, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. They returned through the Adirondacks to Rochester and we were luck-for-us right along their route. It was a great visit with multiple tomato sandwiches made with home grown tomatoes that Pam and James, and Kit left for us. We topped off the sandwiches with scones left from the Class of '61 and Friends party.
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