Relationships - An Interesting One

All is very still this morning. Just a bit of mist on the far side of the Pond moving off to the northwest away from the dam. The yard is covered with iron weeds and dandelions. So, Steve showed me how to start the push mower before he and Donna left yesterday - offered to cut, but I insisted I want to do it! So, this morning as soon as the dew evaporates, which won't take long in this heat, I'll mow paths to and from the cottage and the Yogatorium and where students park so we don't get our ankles whipped. Not much grass growth, so no need for a complete mowing yet. It's also fire ant treatment time. Tried one yesterday with club soda (Anne says it works) so we'll see. Found another directly beneath the entrance stone at the labyrinth (THANKS, FAYE, for the stone). Yesterday I had a delightful lunch with Lori at Kickers in Greenwood. What fun it is to have a monthly lunch with a girl friend. We have yet to repeat an eating place. So far, Kickers is the winner by a landslide. Great salmon salad - not quite as exciting as the salmon I had in Ireland, but a pretty good substitute. I'll certainly go back there. What's really nice about lunching with Lori is strange - it's fun lunching monthly with someone with whom you do nothing else!!! It's tempting to expand the relationship, but I think something precious would be lost. I'm not quite sure what it is - maybe the rarity of seeing each other adds spice? And, the simplicity of it makes it "comfortable"? Relationships. When I get right down to it, relationships are what define my life.