Recent pictures from friends and family

My friend Tracey’s Halloween pumpkins:

Here’s Laura for Dia De Los Muertos:

For years Laura’s blue willow dishes had been missing. I was sure they had been stored at her dad’s house since her childhood, but he insisted he didn’t have them. Turns out he did, and he came across them recently. The long-lost dishes are finally reunited with Laura.

Here’s an end-of-summer patio dinner in Laura’s backyard with Alex and her dad and stepmom (and Zane, the dog).

Zane and his buddy Bucky:

In addition to Zane, Laura and Alex have another new pet, Caden the cat. He’s shy, and spent his first few days hiding in the closet, so they put his bed in there for him. He’s slowly getting braver with his new surroundings.

A really cute picture of two of Emily’s girls:

Here’s all three of them, Daphne, Thea and Phoebe:

A few days too late for Halloween, here’s a funny picture John took of me dressed in disposable painter’s coveralls when I was painting kitchen drawers and cabinets. Lol, I didn’t really paint with the hood up, I just did that for the photo. But if I had been painting overhead, it would have come in handy.

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