12/31/21 Happy New Year

Reaching the end of 2021 we realize 'What a Long Strange Trip it's Been' this past year. 

Rather than review the past year in prose, which this blog has done fairly regularly, we decided to post photos taken during the year. 

Enjoy, and best wishes for a healthy happy 2022.

Charlie & Melanie

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Yes, it does snow in Green Valley                            where we had a rather small 'garden.'

               

                    We got vaccination #2 in February,                                        after lunch in Tucson....

                

Melanie's newly tiled dance floor                                        and an 80th 


While in New Orleans last summer we visited Jackson Square on a Sunday morning - click this link

Plus we saw Jesus Christ Superstar at Tulane                                 and walked on a beach in VA,.
         
had an infestation of streetcars in NOLA,

  

Camped in our own driveway in Derwood, MD,
the house was vacant at the time,


and picked the best apples we've ever had at "Coldspring."
 

         Autumn was spectacular.                                                 We dined at Cherry Pockets - FL
        

I started baking, again - 
this is a sourdough whole wheat.

On the road - we never stay in a motel.                                  An occasional portrait.was taken.




We visited the Ormond Plantation (LA)                                   and had a very festive dinner at David                                                                                                      Beryl's - this is the dessert stage.




Melanie browsed the Pugwash Market on Saturdays.
       We consumed a lot of wine (over the years...)
   
     A cattle penning competition in Northport, NS.



                                                                      "Coldspring" on a fine autumn day.

and here's a sunset through an old apple tree.

                                                                                                            Garth's soliloquy with a pint...


  


                   Tony celebrated another one                                            The tide is out at Coldspring Head


  
Guess who, and it's not even Halloween.   


The Shinimicas on a fine fall day.







Efforts at a lemon cake and a Key Lime pie.

     

      Bev & Jean's new wheels                                            This is not really Tom & Beth's new home.
                                                                                            


 Morning at Bob & Judy's - Concord, MA
Cousins Ken & Dunc with Kim (Dunc's wife)
brunching in DC.                                             

  







 Thanksgiving dinner in Dundee (FL)

Sunrise over the Santa Rita Mountains east of Green Valley.

         And after we'd left, Don & Clare took a 'self portrait' 
         over our newly plowed fields (Coldspring).


                           

As the days dwindle down to a precious few we continue cooking, shopping, rearranging furniture, going to New Years Eve parties, planning our winter class schedule in Green Valley, corresponding with friends and family (of which you are one), etc., etc., etc.

By way of repetition, best wishes for a very happy new year. Hope to see you somewhere, sometime, along the way.

Charlie & Melanie

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Charlie  203-244-7388                 Melanie 504-670-9829

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