We skipped two Thursday Community Dinners in a row, due to other considerations, so we figured we might be looking at lots of people. Well, we were!

Neighbor Mariella (who took all the photos, thank you!) brought a friend from Ohio who may move to Bloomington in the spring. She’s on the extreme left in the above photo.

Before the hordes descended Mariella took photos of various individuals and couplings, including Eva and her Aunt Sophia and Mom Wanda. Sophia spends part of her year in Canada, and goes back next week.

Then there’s John, who was here for the first time, and felt a bit shy . . . He had told us that he wanted to live here, and and we said, come to Dinner first, and we’ll see how we fit!

Then Eric huddled with him during dinner . . .

. . . and so, by the end, he relaxed! Mariella caught this shot of the two of them.

We all appreciate John. He’s in. Will arrive September 1. And, he says, will join next Tuesday morning’s work party before that!

Great pic of Marita, filling her plate from the greatly depleted food tables.

Me. (Ann K.)

Back to the dinner . . .

 

Yes. A great time was had by all. So happy that our little Green Acres Village can provide a regular meeting space on our patio (which used to be a basketball court, after all, it’s Indiana!) for many many months of each year. The Thursday evening dinners are now so much a part of the rhythm of community life that, when we miss even one, I have a hard time remembering what day it is.