Meeting My Great Niece

The extended family had all been invited to a celebratory wedding lunch of a young couple at beautiful Pinecrest Gardens in Miami.  Apparently this was the location of the former Parrot Jungle attraction. My nephew's baby made her appearance at this event. It was beyond exciting taking photos with her, all the doting relatives descending on the sweet baby.

After the lunch, some of us took a walk through the gardens. Here is a video of some turtles.  Of course there were mosquitoes given the heat and humidity.

The baby's grandparents had planned a 200 person dinner party that evening in honour of their grandchild. My cousins from both sides of the family were in attendance. Everyone seemed to be in the mood for a fun reunion. It was so much fun catching up with everyone, we hadn't seen some relatives in years.

A Reunion

I saw this pretty skirt at the mall and took a photo for you:

This article talks about a new Alzheimer treatment using ultrasound waves that is curing memory loss in mice.  The best thing is that human trials start in 2017!  This article is a year old, but it sounds like a cure is finally becoming a real possibility.

In other news, I had a reunion with a co-worker from my former workplace.  We had not seen each other for some sixteen years which was when I last worked at my job.  We met for coffee and caught up on news of some of the people I had lost touch with.   I think we will keep in touch as we both enjoyed the meeting.  This co-worker is now retired.

A Reunion of Sorts

I had a social Sunday. After church, I ran into some family friends and they invited me over to chat at their table at the McDonald's restaurant nearby. A daughter in the family had recently gotten married. I was shown fabulous wedding photos on her dad's cell phone. Wedding photos always bring me near to tears for some reason, I guess it's such a beautiful, sentimental event. Coincidentally, I had gone to university at the same time as one of the dad's brothers and he had come over from Australia for his niece's wedding. I was treated like a long lost friend! It's amazing how we can remember people from over thirty years ago, and be able to catch up on the past somewhat. In fact, they said the occasion marked 46 years since all the dad's siblings had been able to re-unite. They are spread all over the world.


Then I had to run off and go about my business. I had to go to the Roger Mooking Executive Chef series downtown (see yesterday's post). It was a busy day.