Thank you all, good friends, for the kind words you extended on yesterday's post.
They may be a bit premature though.
Yesterday marked an anniversary of Judy's and my first meeting.
We didn't get married until April of 1971.
Nevertheless, your kindness was greatly appreciated.
And a couple of things I left out.
As Tom (of France) pointed out, she is also an accomplished fence painter!
As well as an artist in many art genres over the years.
And a lover of books as well as the author herself of a finished but unpublished novel.
And, is it even necessary for me to mention that she is a marvelous cook?
Tradition tends to rein in our kitchen, as in a delicious and savory "pot of beans" she whipped up recently.
The 15-bean mixture was flavored by the addition of a ham-bone left over from our Christmas feast and some red onions.
Her long-time accompaniment comes from a recipe by her Hoosier (Indianan) mother.
Let me tell you, nothing goes as well with "a mess of beans" than a slice of that great cornbread.
So yes I have a multi-talented wife and you might recognize why I refer to her, respectfully, as SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed)!