Another Flower Just Started Blooming

This flower just started blooming in my garden. The bush now has 6 flowers on it. I don't know what it is called, but the flowers smell very nice. It smells very much like a lily of some kind.

I've Got a Job

Here I am sitting in my lounge chair doing my latest job. I'm shelling bean pods for Sue to save the seed to be planted in the community garden. This bean is a special one. It is a purple stringbean that turns green when you cook it. It is called Purple Teepee. It is no longer available in the seed catalogs, so the community garden has to grow its own seeds.

Inside My Friend"s Home

Here we are enjoying time at Dick and Judith's home. Judith makes the most delicious roast turkey and often invites us over. Bob took this picture. From left to right, there is Sue, Judith, Dick, and me.

Judith frequently invites me over and she is a very good cook. She also keeps bringing me flowers and plants. She is one of my best friends here.

Sunday Dinner with Friends

Sue, Bob and I were invited to my friends' house for a special Sunday dinner. Judith baked a big turkey and made mashed potatoes, gravy, filling, and peas. Ice cream for dessert.

In the photo I am sitting on the sofa with Dick. The dog is Bella, a German Shepherd Sue gave Dick and Judith 4 years ago. Bella is a very nice dog but she is very strong and energetic. She is a good watch dog for Judith.

Judith likes to do flower arranging and ceramics. So there are many flowers around the house. The cups we ate the ice cream from were made by Judith.

Company for Lunch

Bella

Judith

Today I had company for lunch. They brought the food.... lasagna, ceasar salad, orange juice, pasta salad. The food was good and I ate too much.

Dic

Carmen sat the whole time on the sofa. She won't come down the whole time that Bella is here. Bella wants to be friends, but Carmen doesn't like her.

Judith and Dick are good friends. I have known them for years. They come over on a regular basis to visit.

Puzzles Today

I did this puzzle yesterday in my spare time. I usually work on it 2-3 hours a day. I was able to do this one really fast. It use to take me 4 times as long but it goes along a lot easier now. I'm a lot more mentally alert now than I was a few years ago. 

This is the one I am working on today. 

Over the years I have collected dozens of puzzles. Some of them I have done several times, but months apart. The ones that I didn't like I did them, but then I donated them to the market table the sells things to raise money for the Ka'u Hospital. 

Easter Dinner

Out for Easter

     Sue and Bob frequently take me to the Naystation for dinner. It is like a museum with about 10,000 small items on display. It is very interesting and you see more each time you go. John Nay use to work at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He's always bringing in new items.
     I meet a lot of my friends up here. I never saw so many different kinds of butterflys from so many different countries. John has hundreds on display. There is one large butterfly that when you turn it upside down it is completely different in coloration and pattern. I think it is from Peru. He gave me one from Peru that I have in a little glass case. It was a present for my 86th birthday from John and Myrna.