It is SUCH a small world!

Per an e-mail invitation to the community e-mail list (well, one of three such lists but this was the broadest) Kathy & I went over to a nearby neighbor's BBQ/housewarming. She'd moved in last fall, actually, but it's been kind of.. well.. rainy ever since. As one of her housemates noted, "the good weather starts after July the 4th"; usually true -- we are headed into the "dry" season of July and August.

The household, owner and renters, turned out to be a nice group of folks (I'm trying not to say "kids") about our oldest daughter's age, or very roughly 30. Mentally sharp, too.

But it was kind of a shock when Kathy discovered early on that one of the women was a Michigander; upon the inevitable question "Where?" she responded, "Ferndale" and was surprised I knew where it is; few people have heard of it. But I lived for a short time a half-block away in Pleasant Ridge and attended Roosevelt Elementary in Ferndale -- the very same school she attended 30 years later.

This less than four years after we met a couple from Ferndale, immediately in front of us in line under the Eiffel Tower to buy tickets to go on up.

I have promised to return with pictures for her.