Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Yacht Harbor, Long Term Friends and Antoine St. Exupery

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Three of us long term friends enjoyed a get together at the harbor last week, you can see my friend standing at the top of the deck. Antoine  de Saint. Exupery in his "Wind, Sand and Stars" wrote "Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak." Aren't his thoughts beautiful? He is well known for writing "The Little Prince" and sadly he died when his small plane crashed during WWII as he was helping in the war effort.
 

Restaurant where three of us celebrated a friend's birthday. The restaurant above is at the yacht harbor and we sat on the outdoor deck in ideal weather.

The birthday girl is on the left and that is me on the right.


I am on the left and friend on the right. We three have been meeting since 2009 and before, don't recall the exact year and we have been friends for longer than that. We met at work and during the worst of covid we met on Zoom twice a month. It is so worth it to have long term friendships, they are special.



16 comments:

Betsy said...

Old friendships are wonderful with many shared life experiences. New friends are really good too as we're learning with our move back to Nebraska after 30 years. Many of our former friends have passed on or moved themselves.
I'm glad you had such a refreshing time with your friends and that the relationships have lasted through the years.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Hi Terra from a first time visitor who appreciated your visit and comment on my blog, The Frog & Penguinn. How wonderful to connect with friends to celebrate a special occasion and especially niw that you can meet up in person. I liked the quote as well, so true about friendship.

Miss Merry said...

What a fun lunch! I still "hang out" with former co-workers and long time friends. Right now I lunch three times a month. Once with "library friends" who I worked with from 1989-1995, once with high school friends who recently reunited, and once with "glass girls", a group that took stained glass classes at our senior center for several years before covid. It's great to keep in touch.

Margaret D said...

A good friendship which is not often heard of or seen.
Lovely photos.

Frugally challenged said...

That looks to be a lovely day out!

dori said...

And old good friendship is a great present!

I love Antoine St. Exuerie very much! I read the Little Prince and Citadelle. Great great great! He is like a best friend for all his readers through all the times.

O you have summer here!

Best greetings and a lot of blessings to you and to your beloved from Dori from the white Bavarian Forest

Kathy G said...

What a lovely day!

Tabor said...

It is a blessing to have those friends.

DawnTreader said...

I can only agree about long term friendship. For one thing, when you know one another well you can usually skip a lot of "explaining" all the time...

Christine said...

It is a blessing to have treasured friends.

Salty Pumpkin Studio said...

Happy Birthday to your long time friend!
It is nice to see people happy.

Wanda said...

Oh what a treasured friendship and a beautiful place to share time together and a birthday.
I have a treasured friend of over 75 years. We spent the first 20 years of our lives as neighbors and then off to college together. After that our lives went in two different directions. With her husband became Missionaries with Wicliff Bible Translators and translated the New Testament into Zapotec. I married a Pastor, so spent over 50 years in ministry. But miles never hurt the friendship...we are forever friends. Now that we are all retired, and getting old and frail, we still keep in touch!

Rian said...

I love that quote about old friends... and so glad you got to meet with yours. Shared memories mean a lot.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

It's so wonderful to get to spend time with friends at such beautiful places! Enjoy your day my friend!

Liz Hinds said...

Common memories are so precious.

Back2OurSmallCorner said...

Long term friends are golden aren't they. I hope your friend enjoyed her birthday with you.