Below is a picture of us with our friends: Grandpère, Hugh, Ginnie, and me. As I said in my earlier post, we visited the Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building, in the picture below, and then had lunch at the golf club near Lockport, Louisiana. The couple's son, Andrew, is not shown as he took the picture, and I'll have more to say about him later.
Our friends and GP and I talked and talked. Ginnie and I stayed up very late talking Monday night, so we were tired and went to bed fairly early on Tuesday. Ginnie and Andrew were my companions on the nightly walk with my dog Diana.
We lost track of our friends for many years after we moved and they moved, and then several years ago I found them through the internet, and we've stayed in touch ever since and visited back and forth several times. Of course, we had filling in to do about what had happened over the years, but we seemed to get back quickly into the friendship groove.
That looks like a beautiful old museum. Old wood and bricks always look so warm and appealing. Ginnie and Andrew look pleased to be there too. It's nice to catch up with old friends. I often find when it happens you just pick up where you left off, even if it is a gap of more than 20 years.
ReplyDeleteCathy, the old Ford dealership is the perfect building for the boat center. The large doors built for the purpose of driving cars into the showroom allowed the boats to be moved in. That the building itself is historic, dating to 1924, adds to its appeal as the location for a museum.
DeleteReal friends are priceless, and well worth the effort to keep relationships going!
ReplyDeleteAllie, what you say is so very true. When we first got back in touch with our friends, it was almost as though no time had passed. TBTG our politics went in the same direction. None of us was particularly political when we were young so far as I can remember, and these days the world of politics is so highly charged.
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