Home. After 7 months away, we are back home. I was good to see that it was still standing and none the worst for wear. OK some of the bushes and trees needed trimming. The grass in the front yard was a little underwatered, but all-in-all, it looked pretty good. Our friends have been keeping an eye on it and doing a good job.
I miss Tallac and the great weather and beautiful location, but most of all I miss the family of friends that we made there. The sitting around chatting and laughing and telling stories, both real and exagerated. ORPI is remote and far away. Tallac is a lot of work. But we go to those places for the people. We go there because we are all are interested in each other and what is happening in each other's world. We will go back next year for the companionship and love.
One of the programs that we put on at Tallac is called Vintage Vatican. The Pope family called their summer home the Vatican Lodge. Our late afternoon program offers our visitors an opportunity to come as a person famous in the 1930s and have hors doeuvres with Mrs Pope on the porch of the Pope house. Expamples of the guest list include Albert Einstein, Georgia O'Keefe, Douglas Fairbanks, Henry Ford, Gourcho Marx, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. It is great fun for the volunteers and guests alike.
