Another Party...

Over the holiday weekend, we attended an afternoon party in the neighborhood.  That morning, I had put on a women's polo top and shorts, with bare legs and ballet flats, and wore that to visit my mother, and until just before the party.

Came time to get dressed, and my wife put on her pretty blue dress (one I'd truly love to wear if it would fit - but don't think it would, and anyway she wouldn't let me wear it.)   She looked at me, saying "Those casual shorts will never do...put on your white capris, so you'll look dressy and attractive."  It was a big surprise, but I'll never argue!  So I did.  And off to the party we went...

Turns out that we were standing in line for food, behind two elderly grandparents with their two grandkids, a 4 year old girl and a 5 year old boy.  I was wearing my dark sunglasses, and by moving my eyes, not my head, I could easily follow their eyes, from looking at my long-haired head all the way past my necklace and women's blouse, my long-nailed fingers, my capris on bare legs, all the way down to the ballet flats on my feet.  I wonder what questions the grandparents got asked that night after the party was over?

We ended up sitting with a nice couple when we ate our meal...  It was the first time we've met them, they're longer-time residents than we are, and it took this long to run into them! No issues at all...

Some of you may remember from an earlier post that I regularly wear a necklace which used to be my mother's, and that a lady from the neighborhood inquired about it some time ago...   Guess who was at the party?   And she was just as complimentary about it this time, as she has been in the past...including the touchy-feely part about handling it. Wow.  And I'm not even sure she knows my true gender...I was once again wearing my name tag with my now-female first name on it.  (And there is a female in the neighborhood with that same first name...)

Next week is going to be a busy one, thus for now,  I'll leave you with this bit of ferroequinology:

B&O's Carrollton Viaduct, Baltimore, MD

Per Wikipedia, the Carrollton Viaduct, located over Gwynn’s falls,  near Carroll Park in Baltimore, MD, is the first stone masonry bridge built for railroad use in the United States.  And it is still in daily use, carrying heavier loads than in years past.   It was named after Charles Carroll of Carrolton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence and a director of the B&O Railroad, who laid the cornerstone on July 4, 1828.






This picture was taken about 10 years ago, and the scene is timeless, it hasn't changed much...