Drippy Sunday

Oh goodie...... another drippy, rainy, dreary day........ which means another soup day. We didn't even feel like going out anywhere. I swear I've made more soup these past three months.......

Last night we went to dinner at J & S's..... they live on the other side of our subdivision. They invited another couple (a retired engineer and his wife who goes to Europe to buy antiques to sell at the markets here). Nice dinner..... J & S are from the Philippines and they made some of their ethic dishes---- rice noodles with vegetables--- delicious. Interesting that the woman we met there travels to European flea markets to look for antiques. I would imagine she'd have to make enough of a profit on her purchases to pay for their trips back and forth across the Atlantic. Not to mention the cost of shipping the things here. Plus, she pays a lot to store the items till the shows come around, since she doesn't sell through a shop. Seems like a lot of work when mostly everyone is shopping on eBay these days.

Always interesting conversations with J (a retired medical doctor)...... he's into everything spiritual, and very well-read on the teachings of Buddha. He can also make you think about the different 'levels of reality' as he calls it. His wife, however, brings him right back down to earth by saying something like 'his reality of the moment is anything chocolate.' He's very interesting to listen to, no matter what he's talking about. J is also the most serene person I've ever met, and he just exudes a calmness that one can't help but absorb. We have a friend who can see a person's aura and when she met J, she said his aura was bright gold, which is as near to a god-like state as one can get.

Nothing much going on today..... as I said, it's been raining all day long. I was sitting in the dining room having a cup of hot chocolate this afternoon and decided that I was tired of looking at the curtains in that room. So off the rods they came. I fashioned a Roman-type swag out of a large ivory damask tablecloth. Fabric is fabric, isn't it? That damask no longer looks like a tablecloth. Plus, over that, I layered some lace curtains, so the whole thing looks like a puffy valance of lace. The windows look better than they did before (there are three of them in that room, floor to ceiling, close together, and they don't open). Just something to do on a rainy day. Next time I'm at the stores, I'll have a look-see at the curtains. Until then, my puffy-cloud valance looks just fine.