Can you even hope to look this good at 102? This is Don's Aunt Shirley who will turn 102 in January. She still lives in her own assisted living apartment in Rochester and complains about the food in the dining room. She plays bridge once a week and can do a post mortem on every hand played. As you can see in the photo, she doesn't wear eyeglasses. She has a few broken bones in her feet because, at this age, her bones have become brittle, but she keeps going even though the going is slow and painful. Best of all, she still wears red lipstick and nail polish!
Cousin Harvey Bunis, her Rochester nephew, picks her up and takes her to doctor's appointments and to social events, such as this lunch out with us and Jill. Aunt Shirley's hearing, even with two aids, is not very good, so conversations are limited now to one-on-one, but she has the most amazing memory. She sometimes reminds us of past events or people that we have forgotten.
We had lunch with her on Monday, 13th November, and that was the highlight of that day, although we did take advantage of being near a particular mall to do a bit of clothes shopping as well as gift shopping. The bulk of my time that day was spent unpicking part of the bed quilt I made for my grandson Tom when he was 2 years old. He's had it on his bed every day since then where repeated exposure to sun at the foot of the bed faded and eventually rotted the navy bottom panel. So I unpicked the stitching and removed the panel which I then measured so I could buy some fabric to replace it with.
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Today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. We miss the family gatherings and the turkey-and-all-the-trimmings feast. We especially miss the day-after turkey sandwiches. You probably wonder why we didn't plan our trip so that we could be in the States for Thanksgiving. As it was, we were cutting it close weather-wise. In fact, there were snow showers last Sunday, the day we left. One doesn't want to get into a rental car to drive any distance in snow, particularly as we had to drive back up to Toronto for our flight home. Normally, we would have made our New York trip in October but the opportunity to go to Cognac came up in early October and then my quilting workshop was scheduled for late October, hence the later schedule.
Following one Thanksgiving tradition, however, I got up today and got some baking done early so I can share it with others; today is my day to provide pudding for the Thursday Club. In a wee while, Don and I will go to the White Church to share a meal with others in our community--for which we are thankful indeed. Right now it's time for me to delivery the pudding so the helpers can get it ready to serve.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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