Christmas in Lenox Park has passed and we are awaiting the arrival of 2011. With the leaves missing from the deciduous trees inside the park, we have a clear view of the lake and fountains from my deck. The record snowfall from last week has melted and the days are much warmer.
The Christmas lights have not been taken down and put away for next year, so the night is still alive with colorful decorations. I don’t know if it was the Christmas snowfall, but it seems the colorful holiday lighting is staying up longer this year.
This year, we had guests from Belgium that seem to enjoy being in Atlanta during our holidays. We met them over thirty years ago when they participated in a Friendship Force visit with us. Since meeting them so many years ago, we have shared holiday mail, and now more frequent e-mail. Their children are adults now, and we had the pleasure of attending their oldest daughter’s wedding in Belgium three years ago. A wedding we will always remember fondly. Our Belgium friends go for a walk every day in the park, even when it was a little too cold for me and my wife to join them on their walk. I have some real estate appointments today, so my wife is taking them to see the Olympic Park and the MLK museum.
Tonight, we will go out to dinner at Ted’s Montana Grill. I thought this might offer them a unique opportunity to dine on bison, after a week of eating southern styled chicken and pork. Tomorrow night, New Year’s Eve, we plan to prepare fondue for our guests. Their departure will be on New Year’s Day.
It has been quiet for my real estate business since just before Christmas and I was taking a well deserved holiday, but an Agent phoned me yesterday to see a commercial listing, so it’s back to work today. Happy and successful New Year to all.
