It's
all over--due to Jill's generosity I have experienced freedom by her
lending me her car for a few months--even if I didn't want to go
anywhere or had anywhere to go just having a car IF I wanted to go
was/is a great feeling--now that is all over--I am a prisoner until Allen comes over on Wednesdays--I am so happy/lucky to have friends! (Maybe I should add a car--including insurance--to my birthday list--oh yes, I make one--why get something I don't want ???)

It
finally happened--the last avocado fell from the tree --and, by
accident, I saw it falling as I was sitting at my table--I am surprised it didn't smash into pieces as it fell from the equivalent of a building 3 stories high--it had was a dent.

And there was a bird in the tree just before the avocado fell!

I
need to get a better camera--hint: my birthday is in 4 months--there is
a bird in each tree--I watched them for about an hour--fascinating.

People
say we don't have 'seasons' in South Florida--well this is one of the
pictures that dispute that theory as you can see--the leaves are
changing color!

This
is my next to last cover for the Gazette--it is of the maintenance and
security staff--I sent in my resignation to be effective after December
issue.

Remember
when Bill was the young kid on the block?  Lady GaGa gave him a Marilyn
Monroe Jack Kennedy "Happy Birthday" at his 65th birthday party. And President
Clinton said, “I am the only former President to have a 65th birthday
attended by both Lady Gaga and the Secretary of State!” See all the
performer's pictures at  http://janefonda.com/category/my-blog       

   


Steven Sondheim   Andrew Lloyd Webber  Jerry Herman

The
3 top money making composers of Broadway musicals--possibly, aside from
the Beatles, their music is played more often,  make more money and are
recorded by more musicians than anyone else in the world--you may think
you don't know their music/songs but you do--from Sondheim's "Send In
The Clowns" to Webber's "Music Of The Night" from "Phantom of the Opera"
to Herman's "Hello Dolly" and "Mame". It is said of Sondheim that he
changed the course of Broadway music while Webber was responsible for
the British invasion of spectacular musicals and Herman was one of the
few composers to have 4  hits on Broadway at the same time with best
selling songs. Check them out on
                                                     https://accubroadway.com/

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you can be certain of improving,

and that's your own self."

Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963 English Writer