on the bright side

I had a lovely dinner last night across the street at A+B's house, along with neighbor D (and her beautiful dog, Zeus) and Gary, an old friend of A+B's who was very nice. A+B have two little dogs -- Gemmy and Ubu -- who completely dominate poor Zeus (he's a sheepdog, mostly).

D was praising K to the skies; she thinks he'd make a great boyfriend -- and I agree. I've got a vendor crush on him. I had D down as gay -- a contractor with a booming voice who loves to watch boxing and favors super-long basketball shorts. But last night she mentioned both an ex-girlfriend and an ex-boyfriend. Anyway, as D put it while we were gossiping about the neighborhood, it's the relationships that matter -- neighborly, professional, whatever.

Speaking of vendors, Ivan called the other day to see I wanted to get together socially. I told him I'd be happy to, as long as we are getting together as friends, and he said he was fine with that.

The sky is bright white today so I am posting a photo of Limantour that I took last month, on that wonderful hike with J+K. I baked oatcakes while the Giants were losing to the As, and now I am thinking about calling JSV. Or reading -- I am finding the second volume of Knausgaard's My Struggle as addictive as the first volume.