Day 50

We got hold of Debbie (Pete) as she was just leaving to pick up her mom, Gladys, who is in Palo Alto. Debbie was driving to SF from San Jose to pick up her craft wares from a gallery in SF. We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant, then later drove to Palo Alto, Gladys’ place. We harvested and pruned her orange tree. The oranges were the best. I’ve never eaten freshly picked oranges and these were very delicious. She gave us 2 bags and some lemons to take home. Ole also cleaned her gutters. Later Debbie came back to Gladys’ place and brought Pete along. We had dinner of fried tofu with chives, boiled freshly-picked chard from Debbie’s garden, rice and leftovers from lunch. Afterwards Gladys’ served strawberry cream pie. We also met her sister and brother-in-law Bob.

We took the Caltrain back to SF and arrived almost midnight. Ole went to bed feeling sick and bruised from climbing and pruning the orange tree. Earlier, he fell when he stepped onto the street and miscalculated the height of the curb, which was pretty high actually. Luckily, he was not hurt.

Today is Shanti’s 20th birthday! Her friends are throwing her a party tomorrow.