Sunny morning!

Forty-six years ago I was preparing to get married tomorrow.

This morning--Yoga class--invigorating twists and stretches

Farmer's market--big strawberries, basil, green onions, lettuce, blueberries

Weeding--the succulent patch, trimming the Mexican sage, clearing ivy in the Lilies of the Nile

Preparing for the big barbeque tomorrow with my Japanese friends, and welcoming

author Banana Yoshimoto and her family,

Rainey is making me a fresh summer berry cobbler and her famous cheesecake.

Still sunny in the afternoon 

Gunther brought over his big bargeque--a glass of wine on the pation to discuss the party, his earlier picnic in Tilden Park, various neighborhood goings-on

Anders and Auggie came over to ice and decorate the cupcakes I made

Robert and I cutting up the squid while the kids watched--thrilled, but not daring to touch the guts and slime

Dinner, and a video,  Lorenzo's Oil.  A true story set in 1984 of two parents with a boy who suffered from a then-incurable degenerative genetic disease, ALD, that hits only young boys.   On their own, they researched the biochemistry of fatty acids and found what scientists couldn't--an oil combination that can cure the disease in little boys if taken early enough.  I am humbled by people's love and tenacity.  Robert knew about a lot of it by his own study of fatty acids.

A day to treasure