Miscellaneous . . . .and go to "The Gerald!"

     On Saturday, Asha's friend Kimberly came over to play and rollerskate.  They had fun.  Here's a photo:

    
     On Sunday, Averil served a fantastic meal to our Dutch neighbors:  quiche, chicken marbella, green salad, cheese course, and apple pie.  It was muy bueno!  Here is a photo:

     On Monday, Ed hurt his back.  It did not happen in the gym, which Ed regularly visits for the purpose of picking weights off the ground and putting them down again, over and over, for days, weeks, months and years on end in an interminable process . . . . rather, it happened when Ed was putting on his left sock.  The "back tweak" required several meals in bed.  These meals were prepared by Averil and served by "Alice the Skating Nurse" (Asha in her roller blades).  Thanks Asha!

     Speaking of Asha, she had been looking a little asymetrical lately -- with a big gap on one side of her mouth where she recently lost a tooth.  Fortunately this was cured last night with the loss of a matching tooth on the other side:

     Ford has been tearing through the books we recently received from Amazon.uk.  Here, he has taken up a position on the windowsill:

     Did you ever watch the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small?  We've been watching the episodes (on DVD).  They're very funny.  We weren't sure the kids would like them, but they do! Last night Siegfried got drunk when he was supposed to be impressing some important people -- he ended up trying to wash the car window with a dead chicken, thinking it was a rag.

The big news of the week is that Averil's brother Kevin is opening a bar/restaurant in Ballard in Seattle.  Here is the link to the restaurant site:  http://www.thegeraldseattle.com/.  Opening this weekend!  If you live in Seattle, you should check it out.  Good luck, Kevin!!