The Week At A Glance

It has been an eventful week.  First we want to extend birthday greetings to a very special friend who celebrated an important "zero" birthday on August 3rd.  Below is his photo and I doubt that you'll be able to guess his age.  Happy Birthday, Ed. 















Saturday and Sunday we enjoyed an overnight visit with our lovely granddaughter, Rachael, and a short visit from her mom, Carolyn.  We all went to the Iranian Festival down at the Park Blocks, next to the Farmer's Market and the weather was perfect for an outdoor event.

Sunday afternoon, we headed to the waterfall area to give Roger a chance to take some photos for a class assignment.  We have probably visited them at least two dozen times but we never tire of seeing their beauty.  The water flow changes with the seasons so now they are smaller than in the winter.  We've never checked out the restaurant at the Multnomah Falls but we were both hungry and it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.  The weather was warm so we had a patio table where we enjoyed an early dinner.  This trip we went up a little further toward Hood River where there is a bridge that crosses over to Washington State.  It was a beautiful drive and Roger got more great photos.

Two of Roger's classes end this week so he has been busy taking photos and doing a charcoal drawing for his art class final project.

The oncologist rescheduled Roger's last Chemo treatment to next week so that really helped.   Roger will have a CT scan tomorrow and then we'll see how the recovery phase is progressing.

This afternoon I took MAX down to the Union Station where I picked up an old school chum of Roger's from their teen years in Tehran.  Parvis is a famous Research Scientist who lives in Canada and he attended a conference in Olympia WA so we're pleased that he could spend some time with us after the conference ended.  Dinner has finished and the "boys" are busy catching up on the past few years.  I finally have email service again so now I can reconnect.

Weather continues to be "perfect" (at least for me) in the 70s and low 80s.  Next Thursday the heat/air in the living room will be upgraded to a ductless system so I'm hoping to have lower energy bills this winter.