Let me share with you a few photographs taken last Saturday, when one of my Creative Writing friends invited us all to her lovely home in the countryside for a farewell feast for one of our other Creative Writing friends who is in the process of packing up her Swiss life to return to her roots, so to speak, in California.
Here she is, with her friends, blithely unaware of my camera ...
... but not for long: 
Susan is who Susan was peering at:
It was pretty warm out despite the big parasol ...
... but conversation was lively, hilarious, focused, searching ...
... until two graces grabbed all the attention:
Roll over, David Hockney! What a great pool, Sue and Susan!After some cool drinks, including lovely margaritas, and a sumptuous lunch, the heat chased us indoors. We enjoyed dessert and coffee before a mad rush for trains. This is the quiet before the storm, so to speak:
Everyone looks really intent on what our Ozzie is saying.
Ah, Susan, we'll miss you!A Londoner by the rocks ...
... an Ozzie ...
... an African (well, ok, from Yorkshire originally) ...
... a Swiss ...
... an English Scotsman ...
... a Yankee and a Virgin Islander ...
... two earnest Africans ...
... who don't want to leave you without a smile ...
... as well as a couple more Brits and Yanks plus this here Swiss -- all of whom didn't make it to the party or into a photograph -- we all wish you well, Susan! May you be very happy and successful -- and I'll be sure to look you up! :)
PS: These are all my photos, but if anyone else has digital images of our event and would like to share them here, I'll be more than happy to upload them (and to give you credit, of course!).
10 comments:
Hallo Margaret
Would love to see the photos, have been into/onto your Blog but can't open them as you probably surmised and therefore said you'd send another version. jpg? Anyway, whatever, am looking forward.
P.S. The Blog looks good and so do you in your purple finery!
G
Dear Margaret,
have just looked at the photographs. Good ones! [...]
Have a good week. Love
I.
P.S. I'll browse through your blog another time.
Hello I. and G.
Thank you both for your feedback and your compliments.
You're totally right, G., for some reason, the photos all disappeared from the blog. Amazing what can go wrong... I'm still learning. Keeps me on my toes.
Hold your breath, everyone, -- I'm working on it despite a heavy workload today.
Hugs
M
photo problem should now be sorted.
Hi Margret,
What a lovely background. I like how you took your time to tell the story of that beautiful day with pictures. Picture perfect they say.
I noticed the blog is in contrast to the calm blue of your website. But I like it. It is a happy colour suited for festive ocassions. If your are sad, the color alone will cheer you up.
Althea
Blog looks nice. It was good seeing everybody and I'm glad I have it to
refer to.
We will definitely keep in touch.
S.Ro.
Dear Margret -- Well done! It all looks wonderful. G
Thank you, everyone, for your comments and compliments. It's great fun to do this, especially when the response is so gratifying.
Love to you all!
M
Dear Margaret,
just to say how much I enjoyed the party and that the photo you took was a very good one. [...] I don't photograph well and it's one of the few I really like.
Best wishes D.
Lovely photos. Like the commentary.
See you Saturday.
Hugs
K
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