Ilze, cousin Rasma and cousin Aigars having lunch! Our waiter was still hung over
from Ligo 3 days earlier!!!



Rasma picking rhododendron plants for Ilza and Cande.
She's an expert on rhodendrons!!!



Rasma telling all about one of the thousands of rhododendrons where she
works for the Latvian state university just outside of Riga.





Rasma is always smiling!

Cande in a shop in Riga where she ordered a handmade vest in

the traditional style and colors of the region where Renda is located.

Sometimes I think she is part Latvian! She'll get the vest in September or

October.

Cande on the bank of the river in Riga.

The Freedom Monument in Riga square. Every time I see this

I give thanks that our country is free and has never been

occupied and also that Latvia is again a free nation!