Christmas 2009

Or the Day After

Candy had to work on Christmas Day, so it was decided that we would celebrate on the 26th, with dinner at Gwendolyn's.

Probably just as well, since Peri had been ill much of the night before and was kind of blah on the 26th.
The table was beautiful, and the grown-ups would enjoy a spectacular dinner, but Frankie just picked and Peri enjoyed chicken broth.

Dinner began with artichokes.
We enjoyed it very much - Peri, too, but Frankie passed.
This was followed by Shrimp Bisque.
After opening a few presents, we had shrimp cocktail.
Then a few more presents until the main course:
Twice-baked potatoes and Chateaubriand.
Wow!
Cookies and apple pie were dessert.
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Peri perked up quite a bit as the evening wore on.
She turned into a puppy. Frankie wants us to notice her doggie ears..

Aren't they lovely.

I'm not sure what the game was here -
Perhaps more puppying.

Delicious!
Wish you were here!
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After all that food, we just sat and chatted.

God Bless us Everyone!

This has been a spring and summer of getting around. 2005
You can see those pictures:
We're off to Maine for a week of pictures and lobster! Day 5
The New York State Fair - lots of chickens and other animals.
A search for Rexford Falls and finding the Sherburne Historic District.
Antique Firetrucks in Liverpool.
Balloons at the Spiedie Fest.
A trip to Utica to see Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum and Fountain Elms
We rented a canoe at Nathaniel Cole Park.
A visit to Hanford Mills and the Lumberjack Show
Hancock Shaker Village.
A trip to Pixley Falls and Delta Lake.
We watched them set up the Big Top at the Circus
We went to the Utica Zoo
Then we went to the Syracuse Zoo
Wickwire House in Cortland
A trip to babysit the grandkids
A visit to Boston to see a Red Sox Game
Drive through Edmeston area to see the animals
Ithaca Herbert F. Johnson museum trip
Skaneateles
And there are lots of pictures of our trip out west.

2006
travel to Texas
Texas Day 1 San Antonio to Pearsall
Texas Day 2 Pearsall to Laredo
Texas Day 3 Laredo to Brownsville
Texas Day 4 South Padre Island

Texas Signs amused us
More signs.

Art Museum at Vassar

Mid Atlantic: Longwood Gardens
Assateague
Longwood Fountains
Longwood Flowers
Winterthur
Winterthur Silver
Winterthur Children's Park

Old Stone Fort, Schoharie, NY
Cherry Valley, New York
CMOG Corning Museum of Glass -

Hot adventures
from other summers:

Chittenango Falls
Fort Stanwix
Carousels
2009
Celebrating Christmas 2009.
Yorkshire pudding is fun to watch!
Leslie's new toy has arrived.
Oh, oh, cluck, cluck.

We saw some very unusual clouds - altocumulus undulatus.
The cool of autumn brings a taste for bean soup.
We pressed apples for cider.
Then Peri came for a visit.
Frankie came to visit.
Hubbardsville Mall is a destination.
Frankie and Grandpa enjoy a water fight.
New Years Day sundog.
A Balloon Chase is always fun.

2008
Frankie plays LaCrosse. And we see the second game.
The ballet recital features Peri!
Candy graduates with a BS/RN.

Gardens:
Then there was a new moth. (Eight spotted forester)
A hailstorm surprised us in June.
The daffodils are in bloom in April.
In May, it's tulips and bleeding heart. And pinks and purples.
And weeds!!
Tomatoes are ready to start.
And there are beans.
So are onions.

Spring finds us in Maryland and Delaware.
New Castle, Delaware, is a quaint river town. may not be published yet.
The flowers were lovely.
And so were the birds and other animals.
Longwood Gardens has opened it's Children's Indoor Garden with wonderful whimsical fountains.
Oh, my, there are orchids!

Fall trip to Vermont and New Hampshire.

2007
Our trip to Baltimore and Washington.
Baltimore people watching
Baltimore Architecture
Baltimore Orioles game
we're off to Washington, DC
Washington flowers are here
American Indian museum
Fireworks on the Fourth of July

Garden - heirloom tomatoes
Garden in June
We made Dill Pickles
And we picked blueberries and made blueberry buckle and cobbler.

We love the minimalist (NY Times) no-knead bread.

In July the daylilies are blooming

B-Mets game
A strange vine appeared
It's carrion flower - or Jacob's ladder.
We went to Meredith Dairy Days
Downy Woodpecker feeds its baby.

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