Neighborhood BBQ

Location, Home in CA

I didn’t have a chance to update the blog yesterday. We had a neighborhood BBQ in the cul-de-sac late in the afternoon. Fortunately the weather cooperated with sunshine instead of fog. It was a nice gathering with plenty of food and a chance to catch up with local news. Everyone has such hectic lives that we rarely talk to each other.

We drag a few BBQ’s out to the street, set up tables, gather chairs, and talk. There is not a lot of organizing except to notify everyone and assign a few dishes to make sure there is a variety. Everyone cooks their own meat and we always have lots of desserts.

The one striking notice is how many children we now have on the street. When we first moved here 40 years ago, every one had young children. They all grew up and left, families moved on, houses sold, and now we have a whole new generation of young families again. It really is nice.