After the gym on the weekends, a group of us get together for coffee, snacks, and gab. This has been going on for years, like 15 or so. The hangout for the past 10 years has been the mall in which the gym is located. And in the outdoor seating area is a water fountain (except over the winter holidays when it is a poinsettia tree). Anyway, last year there was a pair of ducks that made the mall/fountain their home for most of the summer. Miss J and friend "K" dubbed them Cocoa and Bubbles (they are clearly a couple!). But suddenly one day towards the end of summer they were gone. We had heard rumors that some store owners were not thrilled with this wild life presence, and we feared that they had been "relocated", or something worse. But lo and behold, they reappeared on Sunday looking plump and happy. Miss J was thrilled and spent nearly an hour talking to them, feeding them, following them, etc. She humored me and let me take her picture.
And on the subject of rumors, the authority in China that does the matching of babies to families has been said today to be "organizing paperwork". This is encouraging!!! Maybe news of the cut-off by Friday and the actual referral early next?!? It is a nerve-wracking exciting time!
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| Miss J, Bubbles, & Cocoa |
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| Watching Cocoa root around in the planter. |
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