One of the most important things in the word is friends. Unlike family, friends are chosen, and I find that many are chosen because of attributes we lack, and singularities we share. I have just found such a new friendship. Amazing how these things happen. I'm not really absolutely sure because I've never been a dog, cat, or other mammal, not fish nor foul, but I'm relatively sure they don't make friends through 'contacts' through introductions from Fido's cousin, or Snowball's mom. What makes humans different besides the frontal cortex is that ability to reach out and make friends. Some last a lifetime, others go poof in a blip, but all are important, and we grow because of them.
The no heat thing is such an example. We had been ripped off by a unscrupulous seller of DIY radiant floor kits, and last year we froze because of it. Add to that, it cost $9000.00 and you have a reason to go back on drugs. Anyway, after that fiasco and having numerous plumbers, technicians, suppliers and 'experts' check it out, we were finally lucky enough to find a real expert through a cousin far away. This person and his girlfriend braved the colossal snow storm we just got (2 feet of snow in one night) to install a burner (furnace, boiler, etc.) to get us warm. Since they had been up before helping us at thanksgiving to try and fix it, they were now here just before Christmas again, lending an unselfish set of hands and wisdom and bailed us out. It took almost 20 hours of non-stop work to get it done and the time was spend working hard and joking about our pasts which lead to such commonality that we fast became good friends.
Now as I sit before the glow of pixels, I am warm, not only by the heat rising from the floor, but by the thought that now our circle of friends has grown, and we can go to NYC, and on trips and share new experiences that will turn in to memories that will last for many years.
So, that's about it. Tomorrow I will post pictures of the snow and some shots around my block. It will be great. I love photography, as I do all art, and can't get enough.
Over and out fellow bloggers and don't eat the yellow snow, unless it's an Italian Lemon-Ice.
