Last Sunday March 16th it was Roberts' birthday. Because of that we had decided to throw a party and for the first time invite all the people that we have become friends with in say the last half year. So it was also a house/ garden warming party. And it was super! the photo gives an impression an that is in our front yard. People were enjoying their lunch under two freshly bought parasols. Very ingenious ones, as they are square and stand aside of the table so together they cover the table quite well.
I did realise how special this is. That at our age we have encountered so many nice, internationally oriented people, Swiss, English, German, Ethiopian and Dutch, who are now our friends. Some of them knew each other, some not and that made the party extra interesting. I also realised that we live parallel lives now, a life here in Ethiopia and a life in The Netherlands and they exist at the same time. It is like what they say about space and time, that you are the same person that lived 300 years ago and that you are still connected to that time/space. This is similar. and it feels gooed. it doen not feel as being away from home, because home is here. And home is also in Renkum. It is what Robert and I always have tried to live up to: home is where you are.
Treat of the week: we found a white Pelargonium (usually called Geranium) in a streetside nursery, and bought it. Exactly the flower Robert wanted as a birthday present.
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