Letter: "shades" of autumn

Dear Diary,

Adam:  I received a letter from my friend, Antonio.


Dear friends in New Zealand -

After several days of cloudy, rainy weather, we are enjoying a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon.  It's one of those rare, perfect "in between days" - not really summer anymore, but not yet autumn.

Looking cool.

 I took the opportunity to sit out on the patio and enjoy the nice weather (and the quiet).  

"Are you awake?"

Benjamin Roy joined me for a while, but then went off to play with his friend Pete.  

Beauty in cut crystal.
I also spent some time arranging some lovely autumn hued flowers that we picked up at the market.  As you can see, both B.R. and I are absolutely loving our new sweaters that Jesse made us.  Angelo and Adam: you are very lucky to have such a crafty papa.  We suspect that if Steve attempted to knit, we would have to be standing by with a scissors to cut his fingers loose.  Thank you again for the beautiful gifts.

Take care.

Anthony      

Adam:  Love the shades, Tony!



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