Fresh Start Cleaners Closing

Kristan got me started, bringing my shirts here to Fresh Start to be laundered, and I've fallen into a comfortable routine with it, over the years. I got a phone call earlier this evening, asking me to come pick up my shirts, because they're closing tomorrow. After I picked up my clothes, wished them good luck, and climbed back in my car, I found myself experiencing an inordinately intense surge of grief. I guess it's because this routine she got me started with has ended, which has me thinking back fondly of all the different places she tried, before she settled on this one. Oh well. At least these surges are temporary.

Blue Light Special

I'm in the pretreatment 90 minute waiting period,

at the dermatologist, prior to receiving their Photodynamic "Blue Light Special" Therapy. *Then* they "burn my face off" (my words). They applied a special solution to my face, that will bind to the precancerous cells in the skin. Then they will hit my face with a strong blue light, which will kill the bad cells. The goal is to hopefully avoid having these cells go bad on me in the future, because they won't be there any more. This is supposed to be much more effective, than running around my face with liquid nitrogen, and burning individual spots away.

Dorothy's here!

It doesn't get much better than this. My niece is here!!! She's joining Jim, Mandy, and I, for breakfast at Racine's, and our usual walk around Denver City Park. Hooray!

Enjoying a "Viva La France" French toast breakfast, on my Friday off. Mandy's in the car on this 43° morning. Today marks the anniversary of my 37th year working at the same company (if you count all the corporate pac-man shenanigans), and 41+ years since I started working professionally. Here's a nice Fall color pic, of the trees on Ridge Road this morning.

K's Birthday

Enjoying an informal birthday dinner in honor of Kristan, at Romano's, one of her favorite local restaurants, with some of her closest friends... Very nice to have them all around me, right now. Happy birthday, honey, wherever you are. And Mandy's snuggled up out in her bed in the car, like she always was, when we came out to dinner here.

Checking out the foam mattresses just for fun, while waiting for Jennefer to get off work, and join us for dinner. I see this picture of Mandy, and it makes me think of Annalisa's comment back in January, that "she seemed a lot bigger in your pictures." That's because she's a big part of my life!

Lunch at Breckenridge Brewery

Just finished a delicious lunch at the Farm House, and now playing Bocce Ball, with my neighbors Jim and Katie, at Breckenridge Brewery in Littleton! This place just opened a few months ago. I haven't played this game in several decades. Katie beat us both, 4-2-1. 

Blueberry's closed!

Boo! Blueberry's has closed their doors permanently! I am *so* going to miss this sweet little café. The people. The food - especially the blueberry turnover! The walking destination. It has been the only place we could reliably count on, to walk to breakfast on a bad weather day, and have someplace covered and warm to sit, while we eat. I sincerely wish David the best of success in his future endeavors, and the same for all the staff.