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New Year’s Party Continues
Well, we got to bed last night about 2:00 a.m. Late, late, late, but January 1 is the big Japanese day for the New Year and every year Ken prepares a marvelous New Year’s breakfast. So, at 6:00 this morning, when Tilly our cat lept onto my head to tell…
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New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve and we had a party. Good food, good wine, good dancing and great friends. Here are a few pictures.
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Cape May
Ken, Yumiko, Yumiko’s friend Laura and I took the day off yesterday and headed to the beach for a sleepover at a wonderful old bed and breakfast in Cape May, New Jersey. It rained like crazy the whole three hour ride down, but soon after we got there the rain…
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A Merry Christmas
It’s Christmas night around 8:00 p.m. The turkey’s been carved and put away in the refrigerator. The presents are all unwrapped. My brother Peter and his wife Anna blessed us with their wonderful wit and humor all afternoon and have now gone home. Ken’s friend Yutaka was here early and…
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The Blessings of a Snow Storm
Well, as the U.S.A. knows, we had a whopper of a snow storm over the weekend. More than two feet here at 470 Glenmary Lane. By the middle of the day on Saturday, Yumiko was feeling quite snowed in and just wanted to go out sledding in the midst of…
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Still Snowing!!!
It’s still snowing. Here’s a little dove from yesterday. I’ll post more later after I get out there today. Oh boy….
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Milkweed Shines!!
Who would think the lowly milkweed could be a thing of beauty. Well today, I got a message from the good people at www.betterphoto.com informing me that my “Milkweed Husk at Dusk” is a finalist in the November Photo contest. All those walks among the deer ticks at Valley Forge…
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Soaring
I was back at Valley Forge this morning walking the fields, taking pictures of milkweed. I took way too many, but the light was too bright and the day was too clear to get anything good. However, as I was getting back into the car I looked up in the…
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Snow and the Nutcracker
Yesterday it snowed like crazy here in St. Davids. At the same time, Yumiko was dancing as a beautiful snowflake in the Nutcracker at St. Joe’s University. Click on the girl to check out that extension.
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Mr. Stinky WINS FIRST PLACE!!
Guess what? My photo entitled “Stinkbug on My Car” won first place from the Masterpiece BetterPhoto contest!! Wu Huuuuu! The contest has been over for more than a month, but the winners were just announced today. There were over 200 photographs entered and to tell you the truth, I thought…
