Wow, is it really a whole week into January ?!
We are really enjoying Galveston and being a small part of "a social scene" ...... of course, to us, more than one social outing every couple of months is big. But really, being with friends you really care about is ..... big.
Charlie has just returned from her trip to Israel.
We will stay here until Feb. 1st and move back up to Pearland for a few weeks. Plan 'right now' is leaving the area by Mar. 1st.

I thought I would use this time to show you something I didn't get a chance to when we were in Maine.
We were in downtown Bangor one day and I happened to look up on the top of a hill in the middle of town and saw a really strange looking building.... looked more or less like a giant wedding cake. We set off to find our way up there... when we got closer it just looked like a big mansion:

...............well, the "insert image" button is not working again ..... ? so, I'll show you the wedding cake another time.

anyway, it was a standpipe water tower.  The tank was enclosed by a round building with wooden shake shingles on it, a balcony around the top .... it was really a nice looking "water tower".  Also, it is on the National Register of Historic Places, because it was built in 1897 and was considered a real feat of engineering at the time.

Say, what about this r-a-i-n we are having ? ........ Charlie and I did a jigsaw puzzle today up in the clubhouse (while the laundry was going).   Vera just returned from a quick trip over to Delta Downs with another friend who lives here in Galveston.

More later, Marilyn