Neighbor Joyce had a lovely baby shower with a tea party theme for her daughter. There were four of us from the neighborhood, plus relatives and friends. I did not ask for permission to publish photos of people, so I’ll show you Joyce and the lovely spread of goodies.
The choir sang a spectacular piece at the beginning of the service featuring a professional trumpeter. I was in the next room when he began to warm up. Oh! What beautiful sounds he made just playing scales and arpeggios! You can see him on the left side of the photo, and grandson David is second from the left in the choir. I was looking only at the performers and didn’t notice until I saw the picture on a big screen that special friends from New York were in it, too, sitting ahead of me. Since their faces weren’t visible, I didn’t ask permission to use it.
Neighbor Logan came over to visit. He, David, and I did the Wordle for the day on two phones. The fellows both had fast times doing Set online. I didn’t work on that until they were playing chess. You can see they were concentrating on the game. Both are used to my camera and were probably aware it was aimed at them, but they were focused on the board.
Mehrling Muse 
Chess is a great game for kids to learn strategy and analytical thinking. My boys did it for years.
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Grandson David said he hadn’t played chess since he became a teenager, but he was able to win a few against neighbor Logan. Logan is new to the game, but he is extremely smart. It was fun to watch them play.
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Sounds like Logan could become a champ if he is interested
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Logan is interested in many things. It has been fun watching him grow up.
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Glad to hear of a young man not attached to a smartphone and little else.
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Logan’s parents restrict his use of tech things. They do let him shoot hoops in his driveway, and I love hearing the rhythmic sound of dribbling when I go out on the porch.
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I have had teens shooting hoops aroud me. Sometimes it is rhythmic and sometimes slightly annoying, but only slightly. I like that the kids are doing something other than looking at screens! It is a brave parent that restricts access to techy stuff, but the child benefits so much from this. I never let my boys watch the Simpsons TV show – as all the boys at that time were walking aroudn talking like Homer Simpson. My boys didn’t – the trouble is they were also ostracized in the playground conversation as all the other boys would discuss the show every day at school as the show aired nightly on TV. …. my intentions of letting them develop their own voice was trumped by social isolation from their peers….
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That is quite a story. What a strong backlash!
We didn’t watch TV very much, nor did our children or grandchildren.
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Good! There are much better things to do.
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Logam knows chess? What a clever boy. That spread look yummy Anne🥰
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Sorry, I mean Logan.
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Logan is extremely smart, but he is also personable and caring. He has brought a lot of joy to us.
The party food was as delicious as it was pretty. There was a cake on the counter that looked like it had come from a bakery. The mother-to-be made it herself!
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you are rich in friends and poor in enemies……..a great life!
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Yes. I’ve been blessed with a great life.
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A lovely spread for the baby shower! My niece had one recently and it was the first I’ve know of in the U.K.! A special time for all and she’s now all set up for the arrival of her first child! Ahhh .. Logan’s looking so intent on chess and a great game to be introduced to as young! Who won?
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Logan is 12 and did very well for a beginner. David is 27 and hadn’t played since he was 12 or 13. They seemed to be evenly matched yesterday. Both won several games. If Logan keeps playing, he will soon trounce David.
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Fresh news. I asked David who won the chess games. He said Logan won two, and he won one.
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Thanks for the update, Anne and well done to Logan! 😀 They’re well-matched! We used to play chess with my son but it wasn’t long before he won all the time!
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There are some games I don’t mind losing all the time, but chess is not one of them.
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Does your son still play?
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Not so much now as he is a full-time student at university and lives with his girlfriend.
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I love the tea party theme
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Neighbor Joyce is good at planning parties. She has wonderful ideas, which I first observed at her retirement party a few months ago.
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That is a beautiful spread!
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I had never eaten a macaron before, although they have been popular for the last few years. Wow! It was worth the wait! Everything there was super delicious.
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I’ve never had one either.
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Do try a macaron if you get a chance.
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What a perfect day!
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Two days in a row were perfect. I particularly enjoyed talking with a person Joyce grew up with. Joyce mentioned blogging, and I found out her friend has a blog on WordPress! i came right home and looked her up. She is a powerful Christian writer. I read only one or two posts and followed her.
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What’s the link to her blog? I’d love to see it.
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You do some fun things. The baby shower looks wonderful with all those goodies. xo
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I was so busy chatting that I didn’t watch all the gifts being opened. Some were bigger than a suitcase, so I’m sure the new baby will have lots of wonderful equipment.
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The tea party theme is so pretty with the food and dishes!
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Joyce is a master of detail. I did show her one thing — how a person in the south of England would pour tea for herself.
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Oh, how cool! That made me smile.
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Logan would like meeting my grand-daughter, she is in her elementary school chess club. I love the look of the shower goodies. Mmmm, I just had lunch but the sight is making me hungry again.
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I don’t know how much Logan has played chess. You are right, he would love to meet your grand-daughter. At the party, I had one of almost everything and counted it lunch. It’s a good thing I have nice manners. Pigging out would have been frowned on.
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what a delightful few days!
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I haven’t played Chess in years, but I enjoyed it when I was a kid. The spread in the first photo is beautiful, making me hungry.
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I tasted about half the treats at the tea party. They were marvelous!
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A memorable day!
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Lots of yummy-looking goodies in that spread. I still play Wordle every day, but my win streak is not all that great. I do like the Spelling Bee game that appears at the bottom of the page after you finish Wordle. I played chess years ago. It was one of the activities in a local park where kids could gather and be entertained all day with various games – we also had checkers, mancala and marbles, plus making crafts using plastic laces. I had so many lanyards I could have sold them.
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I never heard of
mancala.
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I’d never heard of it before moving here Anne … the board looks like an egg carton and you use marbles, but I don’t remember the rules. I think it was of African origins.
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Do you use all your marbles playing mancala? I’ve begun to lose mine.
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It’s been years since I played and back then (late 60s), I still had all my marbles, but now … not so much. 🙂
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