Meet Annette

Dear FFF

Hope all is well with all my family, friends, and followers!!

Meet my new "roomie" Annette Taylor.  We were introduced by a mutual friend and hit it off right from the beginning.  She is a spirted, young, eighty nine year old who had a stroke a few years back but is doing remarkably well.  Like most people her age, her memory is not what it used to be ie. "did I take my pills today?" which is why I am here.  I do the cooking (which she is loving) cleaning, the driving, and general upkeep. I am also doing what I do best; cleaning and organizing cupboards and closets!  Like most of us she has accumulated a ton and I am trying to make her life more simple.  Ann is an artist (mostly acrylics) and is looking forward to getting back to it. She does beautiful work and even had a painting hang in the State Capitol for three years.

I moved in two weeks ago and have my own bedroom and bath and of course share the rest of the house........which is a lovely one high up on a bluff overlooking The Puget Sound.  It is in a quiet neighborhood where everyone has the most unbelievable flowers because the temperatures are so mild out here.  It is in the seventies most of the time with very cool evenings.  Washington definatly lives up to their state motto, "The Evergreen State".  Would be a GREAT place to retire except for the fact that the cost of living is 30 to 50% higher than the midwest!  Guess you can't have everything...but, just the same, I think I'll stay out here for awhile.  My address is 1056 Vista Del Monte, Camano Island, WA 98282

I still will be able to take some time to explore.  Last week, six gals and myself took advantage of the Washington Ferry System and island hopped throughout the sound.  Was a fun day and some of those scenes are attached.  Haven't seen a whale yet, but hope I have my camera with me when I do!  Will keep eveyone posted as I continue the adventures of Gypsy Joyce!!