On 17th April we went to Parkside Church where they had a mission Sunday with a potluck lunch.  Our friends the Shawvers were honored as they are retiring from their mission service in Puebla, Mexico.

Next day, my birthday, we had breakfast at Denny’s and an after supper pie at Milt’s. When we returned home from Milt’s there was a phone message from Ken Weeks, a friend from our Peace Corps days in the ‘60s!  We returned the call and met with him at Milt’s for lunch the next day.  Even his friend Jackie could chime in on the reminiscences as she had been a British Volunteer in Botswana in the 60’s.  What a shock to find how tempus fidgets

On the 5th of May our Goldenaires choir began a series of eight concerts with songs from the Beetles!  (We sang eighty-four rather than sixty-four.)  Some of the audiences sang along.

On the 6th we celebrated Anne’s birthday at the Red Lobster. We also celebrated at Lora’s with lunch on the 8th followed by ice-cream cake and games at Anne’s.

On the 10th, of course we were at the potluck at Paul’s where many of his succulents were blooming.

On the 13th we had lunch with our exercise group at Don Perico’s.  That evening we had a celebratory birthday dinner at Polly’s sister Martha’s in Fresno. (Her birthday was the week before, but our grand plans to celebrate and visit the Fresno zoo fell through because James just bought a house in Susanville and was too busy to come.) 

On the 14th we went to Mark Muradian’s in Laton for a potluck lunch and garden tour with the Fresno Cactus and Succulent Society.  We had seen his garden before, but it has grown tremendously – especially the rocks.  He has a whole forest of huge petrified trunks.