I don't know about you but I don't like being on The Other Side of a camera. I wasn't always this way. Back before I got serious about photography, I'd grin like a fool at any camera pointed in my direction. But now? "Hey," I say to myself, "I belong BEHIND the camera, not in front of it!" So today (Thursday) I felt a bit strange when my dear friend Dorothy turned her camera on me and started clicking away. This photo shows her doing just that!

Dorothy arrived yesterday from San Francisco and we're looking forward to her being with us for a week. On today's walk, she kept saying how she loves our big old Michigan trees, especially with their lime-green spring leaves. "We don't have trees in San Francisco," she sighed. Once we got down to the lakefront park, she said, "That grass is so green I want to roll in it!" I said, "So why don't you?" Dorothy, who's 80, replied, "Because I'd never get up!"

I want to offer Ed's and my deep gratitude to all of you who have been sending him get well wishes. Every day he has less pain and is getting stronger. This morning he showed me how he can walk without the walker. Yes, he's slow and bent over, but this is something he couldn't have done yesterday. Later in the afternoon he walked TWO BLOCKS using his walker! So, please know your well wishes are working. Thank you so much. Muchas gracias. Merci beaucoup. Obrigado. Bedankt. Dziekuja. Danke sehr. Motashakkeram. Go raibh míle maith agat. Kia ora rawa atu. Sukran. Tak. Grazie mille. Supashi-bo.

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