We were up at 7:30 this morning to sunny skies and 70 degree weather. Tom cooked breakfast and we talked till 9:00. By 10:00 we were on our way to the Living Desert, the sponsor of our safari last June. It is a living desert botanical garden and zoo in a setting compatible with natural habitats. We reveled in seeing several big horn sheep atop a cliff. Two of them were at the edge of the cliff outlined against the sunny blue sky. We saw camels, giraffes, butterflies, warthogs, cheetahs and many more. At one point we wandered in on a program about cheetahs and ran into Alan Monroe, president and CEO of the Living Desert and the leader of our safari.
After a lively chat with Alan and reliving some safari escapades, we left the Living Desert and drove back toward Indian Wells, current temperature 96 degrees!! Before returning to Bea and Tom's we stopped at Bella Cucina for lunch and Whole Foods for groceries. At home at 2:45 we relaxed a bit, read the paper, and Bea and I decided to get a pedicure. At the nail place there was a one hour wait so we made an appointment for tomorrow morning and did some more window shopping!
Back home we played some Hand and Foot.....Bea and I CRUSHED the guys!!! After a collaboratively prepared dinner (Peter made an appetizer of Burrata and tomatoes and also cacio de pepe over fresh pasta, Tom grilled steaks, I made a salad and Bea set the table) we ate on the patio in candlelight under the desert sky!! Beautiful.....and delicious!!!!
It's amazing that we've known Bea and Tom for 50 years. We met in 1966 when Bea and I were first year teachers in Marblehead MA. Shortly after Tom and Peter met, Tom introduced Peter as George Petero to a classmate at BC Law!!! We often use that name when together!!! And we are godparents to their son Mark! And they are godparents to our son Matt! All these years and we still talk and talk and talk and talk.......
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