Santa Margarita Lake

First, thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and words--here, on e-mail and in cards. You've been really wonderful. I miss my girl a lot--she would have loved this past weekend! It was great to be outside and with good friends. :)

We saw egrets, herons, vultures and ducks galore... wild turkeys, deer, fish jumping... heard bullfrogs and crickets... took a couple of great hikes... and spent an afternoon with a rented boat. It was *happy sigh* good. And the fresh air tasted lovely. So did dinner cooked over a fire and the s'mores! :-D