catching up

The past weeks have seen a series of entertainments. Bill and Carla have been in town for a flash, back to Arizona next week. Love having friends within walking distance! If I could only convince more of you to summer here. . .

But entertainments at the Goose are nothing to what is going on next door to Bill and Carla. Bill sold a guy a piece of land, and  he has built a palace on the riverbank. The first thing he built was his outdoor kitchen and bar (below). Then he started in on the deck on the river (which Bill and Carla and Denise and Martin and I were able to enjoy after dude knocked off for the day) and a tower on piers. The neighbor throws big crawdad boil parties and cooks lunch for his construction crew there. Carly has been invited, but so far I have not. We'll see!