Nick, Bob and Flowers

Let's start with the flowers, shall we? Sue emptied the flowerpots almost two weeks ago, but somehow this small flower bloomed in the garden on a branch that was totally separated from any form of life support. It was just lying there in the cold, all alone but still living. Sue put it on one of the border rocks so it would stand out better in a photo.

Although she pulled all of the flower pots, several tiny white ones flowers still came to life in one of the pots — in a Canadian November if you please. It's about the size of a fingernail, but it still lives.

As for Nick and Bob, the former made this ↓ ↓ meal for the latter's birthday, which is actually today although we celebrated on Friday. Nick is a Ukrainian Canadian, so he made culturally appropriate cabbage rolls and perogies although you can't see the perogies in the picture. You do see Ukrainian beer and bread and also authentic kielbasa. Pretty good for a bachelor in his 70s. 

Before the lunch, Bob was sitting across from me in the living room. I put my phone into portrait mode at 4X zoom and clicked. This is straight out of the camera although I did apply some cropping because even 4X zoom didn't get me close enough. I shot, cropped and sent it to the boys via Messenger while we were still sitting there, or at least Bob and I were sitting while Nick was scurrying about. Sometimes, phones are simply the best.

I had made this card for Bob. I think it's appropriate for a photographer, but you have to read it to get it all.

I have reached the stage in life in which one-sided postcard sorts of greeting cards are sufficient. I've done about 4 zillion folding cards in my life, and I am done with them.