Left at about 11:00 to bus to town and meet Noreen. It was a lovely day--sunny and cloudless and lower seventies, so we ate outside at Café Fiore. Here's Noreen:

I'm sorry I didn't include more of the lovely greenery, which consists mostly of succulents.

We had a good lunch--virtuous Noreen ordered a big salad with chicken, but naughty Mimi had pasta la something with plenty of high-cal ingredients. Of course, N. had her white wine and I my hazy IPA. We then proceeded to talk and talk and enjoy the day. We parted after two hours or so and I strolled Main Street--very quiet on a Tuesday--and stopped in a few shops. In one, I saw this and thought it was made for my crew: 

Of course, that does NOT include my absolutely ideal and perfect children--or me, for that matter--just all those others. (HA!)

Bused home and actually watched T.V. (again! in the daytime!), a fascinating Netflix piece called Hitler Home Movies. Here he is in color (not sure if that's colorized or original), at the Eagle's Next high above Berchtesgaden, along with Eva Braun and other cohorts--wow.  

Earlier, I received an email from Maureen at Groendyke about the insurance and was incensed to find Orchid (the carrier or whatever they are) had listed an increase of almost five hundred bucks! Damn, if this is because the inspector made a mistake, I'm going to pursue it. I also want to know if the increase would have been made if my earlier tenants had remained. I'll bet not.

Unfortunately, my sleeping well phase ended at 3:45 am. Got up for the usual and, although I stayed in bed, I haven't since. Darn.