SEASON'S GREETINGS!

 

It's that time of the year yet again.  Not sending Christmas cards this year but click on "Read more" below and have a look at The Year in Photos.  Here's hoping for a more peaceful New Year.

THE YEAR IN PHOTOS

JANUARY

                                      The Potomac River in flood at Great Falls, Maryland

                                                      Dinner with Paul and Andy in D.C.

                                                                        FEBRUARY

        We are back in the Philippines at Lake Taal in Tagaytay

 Regee with Mama (100 years old next year!) at Sonya's Garden in Tagaytay

We met up with Ivo & Gracita who flew in from Switzerland just before we left Manila

                                                                     

                                                                           MARCH

                                                               An early Spring in D.C.

                                                                                                          

                                   Veronica played Queen Athena in "The Little Mermaid"

Max's soccer team were the League Champions

                                                                         APRIL

            I visited my brother and family in Essex, England

Maureen, Finlay, Mike & Becky

We did a lot of walking along the River Blackwater

Finlay is the best goalie in England!  His Dad, Steve, is the Team Coach

                                                                           MAY

Regee and Jose had their birthday on May 5 and Max's birthday was on May 6!

Regee made Max's birthday cake!

                                                

        Paul and Jane celebrated birthdays in May

                                     Nature Preserve in East Hampton on Long Island, NY

      Our new apartment in Reston Town Center. We moved on May 29

                                                                            JUNE

              On my Annual Road Trip to Washington State with fishing buddies, Rich & Wayne

An amazing night at the Newport Rodeo in Newport, WA

          We have our own "rodeo" back at Bussard Lake where we stay every year at Rich's house.

                                                                             JULY

Curtain call at Jose's "Here Lies Love" Opening Night on Broadway!

Even Ivo & Gracita were there from Zurich, Switzerland.  Veronica was at camp in NH.

We did a lot of eating!  Jose was already at the theater

                                                                         AUGUST

My great niece, Eleanor, graduated from university in Essex. 

With her sister, Paige, and parents and grandparents.

                   Sarah & Asher--with a new bike helmet

The weirdest sunset in Reston Town Center.  It was the night of a "Blue" moon!

SEPTEMBER

With our traveling companions in Mola di Bari, Puglia. 

Maria, Vito, and Armida (her husband, Atchet, took the photo)!

Regee and Violeta, our good friend at Cafe L'Incontro in Mola

I took this photo from the car window as we sped along a narrow road!

Puglia is famous for its wines.  These are "table" grapes.

Reflected light at the Cathedral by the Sea in Trani, Puglia

After Puglia, we stayed with Ivo & Gracita in Zurich.  We visited this mighty glacier.

On the Bernina Express through the mountains

                    Ivo & I take off on our 350km bike ride through three countries and some mountains!

We found the mountains!

An easier form of transport!

Switzerland is absolutely stunning!

OCTOBER

Another visit to "Here Lies Love."  Max and his friend outside the theater.

                             This time with Veronica and some of her friends from Boston....

.......and also with Sarah and Asher

After the show with Veronica, Erik, Jen, Jose, Ralph and Rosalie

NOVEMBER

Yvette, my fishing buddy Rich's wife was visiting D.C.  

This is the National Gallery.

A golden day in the Fall.  A little lake just down the road from us.

A leafy path above the C&O Canal in Great Falls, Maryland

DECEMBER

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Slightly out of date but the last time we were all together at Christmas in 2017!