Our Waiters

Our waiters made the trip special - I think they especially liked Terry!

The natural spring - I forget the word for it - at Progresso was beautiful. The three pillars represents three stars

Progresso

Our guides for Progresso were Victor and David. Victor was especially interesting - he is 73 years old and was born in a Mayan Village. He has been a guide since he was at least 25 (when a group from Richmond VA that he had spent two weeks with paid for him to come to the US for the first time). That's Bev and I up on the top stair of the Temple.

My ship Mates

Bev, Kathy, Terry

"Fun day at Sea"

Arrival in Mobile

My Cruise

Kathy and I leave for Mobile today, where we will meet up with Bev and Terry. Our cruise sets sail tomorrow. People keep asking where we are going, so this is it. I will be back in a week and will post pictures then.

My Grandmother's dishes

These are my grandmother's dishes. The story is that they were a give away at the movie theater in Chicago were my mother is from. My mother and her 5 siblings wanted to give them to their mother as a gift. I have a complete set of 12: 12 plates, salad bowls, cups, saucers, dessert bowls and 12 of each of two smaller plates. There are also two platters, a gravy bowl, a covered dish and an oval serving dish. While I am sure they enjoyed the movies they saw, it must have taken even 6 children quite some time to earn all of this. Did they keep it a secret from their mother until they had them all? Did they have to save up the admission to the movie? I don't know. But I am struck by the devotion they had for their mother to stick with it. We don't have many things from either the Oberts or the Cushings to pass down, but that's okay. For one, it makes the few things we do have more precious. More importantly, it isn't the things that are precious at all - it is the stories connected with them.

Our good friends Tom and Patty came over to play cards Saturday night - not surprisingly the deck of cards were never opened. They make us laugh and laugh. Everyone needs a friend who can do that. As long as you laugh life can't get too bad. Thanks for being in our lives!

I got a new camera to take on my cruise. Chet very graciously sat for portraits while I tried it out and checked the different settings. I think it takes great indoor pictures don't you? I can't wait to try it outside. Now I no longer have to borrow Chet's camera.