tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33673935672162453612024-02-07T07:15:15.665-05:00CAPE ANN DIARIESOUR LIFE JUST NORTH OF BOSTON WITH OCCASIONAL TRAVELS ELSEWHERE.
A BLOG ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS CORNER OF THE WORLD, OUR HOME, FRIENDS, FAMILY, FOOD, BOOKS, CRAFTS, PETS, BEAUTIFUL PLACES AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS!GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-3153148627594490572011-01-09T18:43:00.010-05:002011-01-09T19:19:37.501-05:00ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENE7T48K79bsNp7wwqTFusNj5wRUJTwDMmVFu6Krfzn7deg6ByN9MVJ52PLHkyME4iNIPr6CWo8hY5SqOiq2OjbWOSvO_MdxfBXkz2XweWgo-0689q43nhWA99YOoqebLMRD944fCjcc/s1600/Photo+by+Eddie+Ross.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENE7T48K79bsNp7wwqTFusNj5wRUJTwDMmVFu6Krfzn7deg6ByN9MVJ52PLHkyME4iNIPr6CWo8hY5SqOiq2OjbWOSvO_MdxfBXkz2XweWgo-0689q43nhWA99YOoqebLMRD944fCjcc/s400/Photo+by+Eddie+Ross.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560342674671220946" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ta</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">bletop pic courtesy of Eddie Ross and Jaithan Kochar of </span></i><i><a href="http://www.eddieross.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">www.EddieRoss.com</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="http://www.eddieross.com/"></a></i>HAPPY NEW YEAR! Now that the temps have plunged into the teens it's time to look back at days not that long ago when they were in the nineties!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In August when we were down in Katonah packing up the house, my blog friends Eddie Ross and Jaithan Kochar came calling with a bottle of wine! Robert and I were so tired, hot and sweaty from our week of cleaning, packing and sorting and I wish we'd been able to host them with the panache that they well deserve. They'll have to come to Gloucester for that!</div><div><br /></div><div>We'd spent days sorting thru what was still left in the house and we'd spent our nites sleeping on the floor. (Much to the bemusement of the pups!)</div><div><br /></div><div> The upstairs den was all stuff for Bill to sell at his tag sale, our fabulous 60 year-old handmade down-stuffed gloriously upholstered living room couch was broken into pieces and the last of it was out in the front yard providing much needed seating trailer-trash style, downstairs we had some furniture set aside for auctioneers, outdoors we had a pile of garden tools laid out by the woodpile, along with other goodies destined for Gloucester, and in my childhood bedroom I'd set aside a pile for Eddie and Jaithan to go thru! Somehow I just knew they'd appreciate some of our treasures. And I know that my Dad would have loved the idea of them finding new homes with this creative duo! And he'd get an even bigger kick seeing glorious photos of our family treasures on blogs and in magazines!</div><div><br /></div><div>Out in the driveway we had a big blue dump-truck which made daily trips to the dump filled with musty old stuff we'd tossed out of the attic. We had a fabulous few hours with Eddie and Jaithan indoors and indeed they found some fun treasures amongst the pile we'd set aside. And then we hit the driveway! I really wish i'd had enough stamina to get pics of Eddie as he dumpster dove; fishing out vintage shelter mags we were just too lazy to save and find good homes for! One man's trash is certainly another man's treasure!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAnO4ksODEutAH2ZZG3f07AWBi_tZdP1dWHt5Nkrce2A7wqKpz6Oj5tvIlP-zN4MC7cVwRaZZN7bOOoYBcsHAl6NDm8Ba_zzuE0VY6lMFgJSrQahawyycVjGOoJE6ExG5X23_4a2SSDw/s1600/IMG_3698.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAnO4ksODEutAH2ZZG3f07AWBi_tZdP1dWHt5Nkrce2A7wqKpz6Oj5tvIlP-zN4MC7cVwRaZZN7bOOoYBcsHAl6NDm8Ba_zzuE0VY6lMFgJSrQahawyycVjGOoJE6ExG5X23_4a2SSDw/s400/IMG_3698.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560342497361756722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div>I was delighted to see Eddie's end-of-year retrospective. <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2011/01/a-look-back-part-2.html">htt</a><a href="http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2011/01/a-look-back-part-2.html">p://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2011/01/a-look-back-part-2.html</a> Scroll all the way down to the bottom for a pic of their golden New Year's table! What fun to see our ornately banded plates featured! And i think there are more pics to come! I cannot wait!</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote></blockquote></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-19065025500903892352010-12-05T19:02:00.008-05:002010-12-05T19:33:19.364-05:00SANTA SIGHTINGS<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Christmas is 20 days away but we've already had two Santa sightings! Yesterday in Rockport. Today in Gloucester! All we needed was snow!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemrSFJ2lpfbzpP0XNIsy9RfmI6MsZd4LC9FmDWQYn559KRCnPSlb_bYc8FJcRN1AujgqrM3O8Bt4Ww0mje5hWAkMwl60H7IkjwrLVgqZHo7UyTM7qyn3vwWN_uGeu5Ejjxo54sZRAJxQ/s1600/IMG_5845.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemrSFJ2lpfbzpP0XNIsy9RfmI6MsZd4LC9FmDWQYn559KRCnPSlb_bYc8FJcRN1AujgqrM3O8Bt4Ww0mje5hWAkMwl60H7IkjwrLVgqZHo7UyTM7qyn3vwWN_uGeu5Ejjxo54sZRAJxQ/s400/IMG_5845.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354275304899762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div>The dude in the Bearskin Neck window above was holding up a sign that said "moron". Scrooge! Bah humbag to you old man!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCFzNuq5QM9K8krok7YmlLLHE4SetcHvbv1VGCNZa85IsuGTKyrhixMwAw79QjBRN38VpuF4YYlmfipTlz1o0CGwn5s_x869X_P3fPh_IGgJ47_3tBQZU8ybIqeRU3hLrd_G9n_wMml8/s1600/DSCN1431.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCFzNuq5QM9K8krok7YmlLLHE4SetcHvbv1VGCNZa85IsuGTKyrhixMwAw79QjBRN38VpuF4YYlmfipTlz1o0CGwn5s_x869X_P3fPh_IGgJ47_3tBQZU8ybIqeRU3hLrd_G9n_wMml8/s400/DSCN1431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547355308845274818" /></a>Waiting for Santa's arrival by boat with a three year old (almost...her bday is on Xmas Day!) is very exciting!<br /><div>The sun shone bright as soon as Santa's boat pulled up to Motif #1. Check him out at the stern.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThCil6hU6jrTQ0Nhdij-HqVPiXaksa_UfuxjJ99RIReAJHzFnbpCKmkADQceGzN57ZydfGsmkXRebGGSge1x3hqQtYAjhQtfjIYs4V_qykpzOYmGBzqazTdRzSMzwgo-VZfgYrQCqmtU/s1600/DSCN1433.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThCil6hU6jrTQ0Nhdij-HqVPiXaksa_UfuxjJ99RIReAJHzFnbpCKmkADQceGzN57ZydfGsmkXRebGGSge1x3hqQtYAjhQtfjIYs4V_qykpzOYmGBzqazTdRzSMzwgo-VZfgYrQCqmtU/s400/DSCN1433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354265014258002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf7JUBxvLaiAdH7jbBtrR-ec0_bDaluVvnCZnuPF9AZ54f3nm98GkmTYUZs5AgbXZCsQzAy8s1999ToOA81bz45WqvCRkNccwe5sDnxLm0kwLW5DkbHpHqRKlnQ_ptHxn0X0vw1Ovvas/s1600/DSCN1438.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf7JUBxvLaiAdH7jbBtrR-ec0_bDaluVvnCZnuPF9AZ54f3nm98GkmTYUZs5AgbXZCsQzAy8s1999ToOA81bz45WqvCRkNccwe5sDnxLm0kwLW5DkbHpHqRKlnQ_ptHxn0X0vw1Ovvas/s400/DSCN1438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354273027767986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div>Big fat Santa had to climb a ladder to get ashore!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZdxlHZD0Hd1GFeIXknMov9Nzhlg62x3FXJ-wHnMQu33Cs3BzJnZL4y3lsG1kEPp4EZKe4HUmbWddA_8NH0t2o194irG9_HEkW3osVtyAQJ6ONdEyy5-dZrHiurYt3B38r2uoPeqoljg/s1600/IMG_5853.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZdxlHZD0Hd1GFeIXknMov9Nzhlg62x3FXJ-wHnMQu33Cs3BzJnZL4y3lsG1kEPp4EZKe4HUmbWddA_8NH0t2o194irG9_HEkW3osVtyAQJ6ONdEyy5-dZrHiurYt3B38r2uoPeqoljg/s400/IMG_5853.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354278221599426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div>And he traveled to Dock Square in a vintage firetruck....in a parade led by little scouts.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH6q3yIq1pLWfEIQ2TcmiEiFpChHpY4tTdUORtq2qy95zpuvRvrTgtVuNASPBI_hDLlK_VgK7QmcnsGSIAYu4sE_qlYYli5MVV48kDCH_dHR1tGLhegSB9HmjmnHEe8QJU1w6QhyJHMw/s1600/DSCN1459.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH6q3yIq1pLWfEIQ2TcmiEiFpChHpY4tTdUORtq2qy95zpuvRvrTgtVuNASPBI_hDLlK_VgK7QmcnsGSIAYu4sE_qlYYli5MVV48kDCH_dHR1tGLhegSB9HmjmnHEe8QJU1w6QhyJHMw/s400/DSCN1459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354708529807954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 400px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruFiXihfRiI0gyp63zhoXivbHVS3uwphGKv-O2K_6GxIddXdFKXCg0IyimTNLASWJg_6orsCaPjhD7v_D-LhneM4PoB8OiSB8jz6rHfwZ-UqF2rOVfGFz6E3BR_G-wCJIHNJbPt8r2lI/s1600/DSCN1477.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruFiXihfRiI0gyp63zhoXivbHVS3uwphGKv-O2K_6GxIddXdFKXCg0IyimTNLASWJg_6orsCaPjhD7v_D-LhneM4PoB8OiSB8jz6rHfwZ-UqF2rOVfGFz6E3BR_G-wCJIHNJbPt8r2lI/s400/DSCN1477.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354714996535378" /></a><div style="">THE PROPOSAL was filmed in Rockport...but it was filling in for Sitka Alaska!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJ9qwomMEXHErkpuOm63GNLyyehVeTiTkdkkUS13_hnLjulNP1jATjsTD6y14fvzYV0gMS1IusJ58t0jD_a9bHtBlOBBWDhWj0Tp0ACveua8trI6bUFZpgnsgikbZSmqXTVVackRFHZQ/s1600/IMG_5877.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJ9qwomMEXHErkpuOm63GNLyyehVeTiTkdkkUS13_hnLjulNP1jATjsTD6y14fvzYV0gMS1IusJ58t0jD_a9bHtBlOBBWDhWj0Tp0ACveua8trI6bUFZpgnsgikbZSmqXTVVackRFHZQ/s400/IMG_5877.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354703405112018" /></a>Lots of people, lots of cocoa as we all waited for the lighting of the tree in Dock Square.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6vu9XFx87GJp60aQUn6nxPaAIamF_0_v4RNOS-UnFZurxL-BIIi0_PBvHyEIizWnrz-m-lWvqwYtqAZyj7cNdhfkWRJr0-Bza7gmR577Cil4UlU-CXI0bgIWaOaAm2tfJZvqjZslVHE/s1600/DSCN1466.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6vu9XFx87GJp60aQUn6nxPaAIamF_0_v4RNOS-UnFZurxL-BIIi0_PBvHyEIizWnrz-m-lWvqwYtqAZyj7cNdhfkWRJr0-Bza7gmR577Cil4UlU-CXI0bgIWaOaAm2tfJZvqjZslVHE/s400/DSCN1466.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547356822375198850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>What fun to be with BBB, EB, CW and JB---and singing carols while awaiting the lighting of the spectacular Dock Square tree!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7Wa8nWH53Kcsa6yp-Aj1bkjSNlXL4g3WHBa-vVF-P2qLgqKl5mhgBAIOnuURtfdIbfOIumVWGkwMLbmPwacDDgitMqapLw-SQmJ3kPq_Tf3nO2FK5VAjv0x1FBbLSYF9Ycv7GSg_wFI/s1600/IMG_5880.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7Wa8nWH53Kcsa6yp-Aj1bkjSNlXL4g3WHBa-vVF-P2qLgqKl5mhgBAIOnuURtfdIbfOIumVWGkwMLbmPwacDDgitMqapLw-SQmJ3kPq_Tf3nO2FK5VAjv0x1FBbLSYF9Ycv7GSg_wFI/s400/IMG_5880.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354699436496834" /></a>Santa left Dock Square in Rockport right before the tree was lit-but today he resurfaced a few miles down the road and JoJo got to meet him at Cape Ann Animal Aid's little fundraiser at the new Ace Hardware in Gloucester Crossing! She loves everyone-but she didn't love Santa! (i just realized i have not blogged about JoJo yet-eegads-i've got some catching up to do so i can introduce our new pup! We adopted her on Labor Day!)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jvRxWWQJ05Pdf09xBIrKozqJgF_cfVljHi5iOXi9yhTWKouZhX0WR5qXRa9GOxEo1jAL59x1n2oUpNJHl72f1Fi3MDHlibxWjCrR-b7LB90oJXUoxuj7LkavapAC0f_qcPs6NYdJmoA/s1600/DSCN1507.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jvRxWWQJ05Pdf09xBIrKozqJgF_cfVljHi5iOXi9yhTWKouZhX0WR5qXRa9GOxEo1jAL59x1n2oUpNJHl72f1Fi3MDHlibxWjCrR-b7LB90oJXUoxuj7LkavapAC0f_qcPs6NYdJmoA/s400/DSCN1507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547354718663001314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Hzyt42ejav3ZiBourq2LcjYKu6vvZmJyTsT4miZDzSD2Zk0Pdv393xNnYPWHzBNbCnMkwPxnSPr2LCtWve1vkrD6FkicNWezJaWg3TqTXbv3s4bH0ro4AegMY-8oYbe7cG0mHPfHuWE/s1600/DSCN1431.JPG"></a></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-34683987368996128872010-08-08T13:21:00.011-04:002010-08-08T13:50:27.050-04:00WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A TRIATHLON aka GIRLS OVER FORTY RULE!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XydRM3FtHxxE38cnYekG5aKuCnXduHLRGnXds9ea0geu9t0Bcc__8cit1MYRpfOJ-auNCSi8dLwU0N147DzRow-AgErHOA6_CtDNCI19n_03EprzGw2jHlD0a-r7IdbqL0hBYRzUZLM/s1600/P1110690.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OoSb9vN5G131kmjgBbDWOjVOs7oo4LMGSDEFfOjQ11YIMdpS1qoycxVl4gvIeXaPzifsXQAwTr5Si_-MyTrlm7P66fbRdiwo64MuUBSroil8Au6OVuyx2yGYxZ1FbEXNsDj4dsiopgw/s400/P1110642.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503097497549374994" /></a>Big smiles before the race!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy3nz3-XHYCR6v1pVr6vhCBFeZ5l8vl2tg9tj9ZOAnu_wHnc5yHiT92l2FP2BZoGtT1cSghpw4_1rHv-fyTeCeYTHePFFoVBrSlyuAlr50h8h_KTFHD8dVi0-0bFRbHJAmaEKQ2A7xYY/s1600/P1110648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy3nz3-XHYCR6v1pVr6vhCBFeZ5l8vl2tg9tj9ZOAnu_wHnc5yHiT92l2FP2BZoGtT1cSghpw4_1rHv-fyTeCeYTHePFFoVBrSlyuAlr50h8h_KTFHD8dVi0-0bFRbHJAmaEKQ2A7xYY/s400/P1110648.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503095535408911250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnMDfYiwgo5KzAfAnsvCu7BBBgb8udWAjGNrcZXqsECzReasF3szg8i7ATvWCcVEq2Bms8XJkd6qgXgOcU3D3geHPTdMN2mTSU7aTIatZHJZkJM6Di5xFuqQcQE4EtwellBc-yBmsmI4/s1600/P1110722.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnMDfYiwgo5KzAfAnsvCu7BBBgb8udWAjGNrcZXqsECzReasF3szg8i7ATvWCcVEq2Bms8XJkd6qgXgOcU3D3geHPTdMN2mTSU7aTIatZHJZkJM6Di5xFuqQcQE4EtwellBc-yBmsmI4/s400/P1110722.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503095516937209938" /></a>Our running Mayor!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpTCLWb1_5thcffdM0uSMQG6Sg8y0B6S03gTyrKWvJEsbV00zwy04hkmrIfIodTrCR7itJEw5UQynkHYOJQsFoDXaqn7jbkL3V33Qy-0G_yBUH4G3QkL5hZHIuMB7C58ERKRwytD_3F0/s1600/P1110695.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpTCLWb1_5thcffdM0uSMQG6Sg8y0B6S03gTyrKWvJEsbV00zwy04hkmrIfIodTrCR7itJEw5UQynkHYOJQsFoDXaqn7jbkL3V33Qy-0G_yBUH4G3QkL5hZHIuMB7C58ERKRwytD_3F0/s400/P1110695.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503095510362161282" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sxK-08GkaGM3ELqnG4gUxUm0jnOeU365-j0f1Ne0njkNOjiJggGmhR75d4snp3U9VaWnSi5v5fbKcbeVtqsu9qfCUoisiwoi1cHE7QvKn1ONV7L7HoFVWrjKNebqvAYnbAIMVaxx4PU/s1600/P1110694.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sxK-08GkaGM3ELqnG4gUxUm0jnOeU365-j0f1Ne0njkNOjiJggGmhR75d4snp3U9VaWnSi5v5fbKcbeVtqsu9qfCUoisiwoi1cHE7QvKn1ONV7L7HoFVWrjKNebqvAYnbAIMVaxx4PU/s400/P1110694.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503095499415225634" /></a>Cousin AJ in blue and yellow shined bright all day!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO5kG4MnnUbi2cBvoPynxtZH7kNHM9asubu6rsjmfw0ODYvtnn_hkXcd0m1Nd6i6qH0KBHsBgudLffKJHLwHApvSBng_kSUS_LHGF9fYRgezoWbT3XBngiWNYRLXWTCrKgzRAwMsgU2Y/s1600/P1110710.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO5kG4MnnUbi2cBvoPynxtZH7kNHM9asubu6rsjmfw0ODYvtnn_hkXcd0m1Nd6i6qH0KBHsBgudLffKJHLwHApvSBng_kSUS_LHGF9fYRgezoWbT3XBngiWNYRLXWTCrKgzRAwMsgU2Y/s400/P1110710.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503094350280590914" /></a>EB's fan club!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP01AnYMj5OUva5HliMmvHqoCgK23j1YXonfI7oEuti9vNmtnYOiivTeg9cdhfsJXuE8tQ0sPAUVxcrG2htD5KHFXBxeVN0SVOiifwGBclxX3jsWKxDb8FnLaOgx-4P7jL_WZzG1rLwyY/s1600/P1110645.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAKYzeM6u_kW2oWZBCUmlJoaH-bEXS5hfYQQzuWjZ6UG8zjCOviN0Z69xxpDGJLbhxHhJmOxWMaRUxKQvTZKjGOnIuRTy3nowtvnsun4VPfLHuWTwK1tvk5Y-mCmGhy17e0IDuoV1-nA/s400/P1110729.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503093168060998514" /></a>AJ reaches the finish line in style!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6CwQkSCyScohUWXOdSxR3YSlPR1GN0UpZanzgeyoYwo5mC6YbV-Gtf36Sj6MWx-qT-jWS9vQjheczoqUORgfWdJqzXwVdQxtY-wrGTDnAyVd5dKrF6sZmIx5ZRTJa7NPEFpK7Hjjd68/s1600/P1110638.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6CwQkSCyScohUWXOdSxR3YSlPR1GN0UpZanzgeyoYwo5mC6YbV-Gtf36Sj6MWx-qT-jWS9vQjheczoqUORgfWdJqzXwVdQxtY-wrGTDnAyVd5dKrF6sZmIx5ZRTJa7NPEFpK7Hjjd68/s400/P1110638.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503093154085158546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkKSXYNO2gNIIbprC3PHlVJr9HXuNwJ34pYskyh9XJBxCgQPN8avFIIOvdM8i5xWcr1h2KkcMvlx-b2s5_21VvJgHQ6c3Nt-KZqntGLknu0KFhlYcDrQ2MkJwqv-wOgTxfRJAti7xBFM/s1600/P1110639.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkKSXYNO2gNIIbprC3PHlVJr9HXuNwJ34pYskyh9XJBxCgQPN8avFIIOvdM8i5xWcr1h2KkcMvlx-b2s5_21VvJgHQ6c3Nt-KZqntGLknu0KFhlYcDrQ2MkJwqv-wOgTxfRJAti7xBFM/s400/P1110639.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503092327368382866" /></a>I've always wanted to congratulate our Mayor, Carolyn Kirk, on a job well done and today i finally got the opportunity to tell her i'm her biggest fan.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKGfByvosfTW52zKmCwqaeKbpd-R2jaKXCPQN-XcPtrvrNc5nbbFv_zpOf3SZO3GBRTbZo4uGFKVDlZC_iqfAvBASRceXJX72Pk9Ins-Z8MOjLsi2DC-pMlNFCDbczBpigbHxjKISrkc/s1600/P1110678.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKGfByvosfTW52zKmCwqaeKbpd-R2jaKXCPQN-XcPtrvrNc5nbbFv_zpOf3SZO3GBRTbZo4uGFKVDlZC_iqfAvBASRceXJX72Pk9Ins-Z8MOjLsi2DC-pMlNFCDbczBpigbHxjKISrkc/s400/P1110678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503092301107432338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMic0eVg5aTdpt-1Eb5bBXdV9rEmZfwS1VulVHvtdwlRn0lZ5P1rIcxllujoCcbBgX-E9ONeeYuuGPne7scrik2kgJxJ81LBEmV_EGYjQqaQhYTeLSX82tBT-sKIhPEaUTLuFCh5gMew/s1600/P1110680.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMic0eVg5aTdpt-1Eb5bBXdV9rEmZfwS1VulVHvtdwlRn0lZ5P1rIcxllujoCcbBgX-E9ONeeYuuGPne7scrik2kgJxJ81LBEmV_EGYjQqaQhYTeLSX82tBT-sKIhPEaUTLuFCh5gMew/s400/P1110680.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503092286641383906" /></a>Men in Plaid!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8CMLBIXxiaUiRmryXmDtS_xYf8b9dewAdTCpC2uQI_z3SrwBlXDJW68Ojj2BtfAbIaJJTGDKwEAQwbZVhomg-UuXeDZYgjFARzaR2DtM-elOsDIr30npdhYaZYq5n9IFGsjuf22Pl08/s1600/IMG_3497.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8CMLBIXxiaUiRmryXmDtS_xYf8b9dewAdTCpC2uQI_z3SrwBlXDJW68Ojj2BtfAbIaJJTGDKwEAQwbZVhomg-UuXeDZYgjFARzaR2DtM-elOsDIr30npdhYaZYq5n9IFGsjuf22Pl08/s400/IMG_3497.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503092279415752050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLSzwMUoHyexmMXJim3wCWIqwRqTPUzIL_watNYRBtX-wKZsp9BNC5TdXL_7JQ6r0zJ8EvYws4AJBvKRM1hZ5GExS13PK-ABVdeHIZdojJFlDi6XIG5c204qVCHV03ofFSnWF5bdhCoo/s1600/IMG_3496.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLSzwMUoHyexmMXJim3wCWIqwRqTPUzIL_watNYRBtX-wKZsp9BNC5TdXL_7JQ6r0zJ8EvYws4AJBvKRM1hZ5GExS13PK-ABVdeHIZdojJFlDi6XIG5c204qVCHV03ofFSnWF5bdhCoo/s400/IMG_3496.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503092272767103602" /></a><br /><div>Don't worry...i didn't compete! I'm a gym rat these days but there's no way i could do a triathlon...bum knee or not. But I am in awe of my cousin and my friend who competed with style, grace and courage. I'm in awe of our fabulous mayor, Carolyn Kirk, who competed in the running portion. In fact, I'm in awe of everyone who competed...teenagers, old folks, military men and women and everyone else. But let's not forget that i'm especially proud of AJ and EB! They rocked it in the Women > 40 division! You go girls!!! It was a bit tough to drag our lazy bodies out of bed at such an early hour on a Sunday to go downtown and watch but we're really glad we did. Glosta...you did a darn good job putting on a good show! Kudos to all. I love it here all the time...but on days like this I'm especially proud to be a Glosta Girl!</div><div><br /></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-82122197645313414892010-07-22T20:45:00.006-04:002010-07-22T21:08:13.830-04:00MEMORIES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Hrugo8VXQmVJ9lsj8AM8FRsMysJFtUq9T1qXcyODeVTNjSO25e2pi1MGTAmmrSp3LNBfHPSlcaSiQhwVlVDcyRG16J_QClEHcYZJDrUZWppcsXLFHnTwaxAoZequAC9eKCbP2wF7PDY/s1600/IMG_0087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Hrugo8VXQmVJ9lsj8AM8FRsMysJFtUq9T1qXcyODeVTNjSO25e2pi1MGTAmmrSp3LNBfHPSlcaSiQhwVlVDcyRG16J_QClEHcYZJDrUZWppcsXLFHnTwaxAoZequAC9eKCbP2wF7PDY/s400/IMG_0087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496900620278798690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzMJz8l6zDIANiHrBGqAZPvVHvJ129tP_tAHm6HAbwfklhDpEW4VoPd0tyflKTPpFeJNY3cicOMP9oDtkmtyvJlm3l6d0x1ZXN9vbC9lFMsOmL3a58Zol49ifpcnAkMazYDqp941mT5w/s1600/P1010971.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzMJz8l6zDIANiHrBGqAZPvVHvJ129tP_tAHm6HAbwfklhDpEW4VoPd0tyflKTPpFeJNY3cicOMP9oDtkmtyvJlm3l6d0x1ZXN9vbC9lFMsOmL3a58Zol49ifpcnAkMazYDqp941mT5w/s400/P1010971.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899244430892194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaiNFya0ycAyPX2tc98uwTQArsenikB7IOOUhZsy-Fw8RQOQsk9smam2RkhAkPoyc6HWmsfyAcneAMmCwYoDjNsnY-Pg62TXk4EtXOxIKNg-rg8PqmQnywhMwvxm7NOtodugba_6GX8g/s1600/100_1106_0149.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaiNFya0ycAyPX2tc98uwTQArsenikB7IOOUhZsy-Fw8RQOQsk9smam2RkhAkPoyc6HWmsfyAcneAMmCwYoDjNsnY-Pg62TXk4EtXOxIKNg-rg8PqmQnywhMwvxm7NOtodugba_6GX8g/s400/100_1106_0149.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899242192746354" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br />Today, Evie, the matriarch of our family passed away. She wasn't our grandmother. But she was. She had no children. But she had us. And we had her...in our lives forever. Until today. She will be missed immensely by me and my cousins, my Mom and her sibs, and by so many others. She was inspiration to each and every one of us. She was glamorous. She was a career woman. She had a fabulous sense of humor and loved to travel the world. She loved her extended family...and we loved her. She loved Welsh Rarebit and the Ritz Bar. She loved bright colors and fitness. She loved Boston. She took me to meet Julia Child the year I moved to Boston from LA. We could all count on Evie to tell us stories about our family way back when. There's no one left who knows those stories first hand. But tonite she's with Walter after so many years apart and there's certainly a big smile on her face.<div><br /></div><div>As I looked thru pix to find the last one I ever took of Evie (actually RK took it--a bit over a year ago--before i lost all my weight) i also came across a nice pic of Robert with his beloved Dad and sister Kathy taken at a family reunion several years ago. And then I came across a photo of our dear friend John who passed away late last year. These photos help keep our memories alive. I have zillions of pix of Evie which show her in her usual glamorous state, but alas, they're not digital and I don't have a scanner. Someday i'll figure out a way to post those pix. She deserves better than this pic in a wheelchair and velour suit. </div><div><br /></div><div>RIP dear Evie, John, Kathy and Ed. We love you. XO<div><br /></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-28685782110559551922010-07-12T11:19:00.002-04:002010-07-12T11:26:27.499-04:00OUR VIRGINIA FAMILY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi5_sSCj6ntS0pgZ6CXSAKX-Ujnf4UERBACrVOevWHrlEAL2GFeYqwBncTwLdQXolFOLUz1SqePzzvzvjodhyphenhyphenNhJK8HJUOBAaY5b2jm4oRqJ3CkG8U1HOWVtmRYdZPrn0uXZoCG3VPWQ/s1600/summer+10+2435.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493040031136886834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi5_sSCj6ntS0pgZ6CXSAKX-Ujnf4UERBACrVOevWHrlEAL2GFeYqwBncTwLdQXolFOLUz1SqePzzvzvjodhyphenhyphenNhJK8HJUOBAaY5b2jm4oRqJ3CkG8U1HOWVtmRYdZPrn0uXZoCG3VPWQ/s400/summer+10+2435.jpg" /></a> The face of our Virginia family has changed alot in less than a year and half. In the Spring of 2009 we lost Robert's sister Kathy and last week we lost his father at age 89-1/2. The exact same age as my Dad when he passed away in 2006. Like my Dad, Ed served his country proudly in WWII, and until the month of his death he never left the home Robert, Steve and Kathy grew up in. He was a wonderful man and we will miss him.<br /><br />We've just returned from VA, and on Saturday nite before we left we all gathered to have dinner in Richmond. There are two empty spots at the table now...but we all hold Kathy and Ed close in our hearts.<br /><br />An interesting side note...it's not often that I'm one of the shortest in a large group!GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-40780733972321739612010-05-17T11:38:00.005-04:002010-05-17T11:48:24.592-04:00THE PERFECT DAY FOR A TRIP TO GOOSE COVE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLELLDZgrToU8KJz4o0kfwWbCG4g9uHB3b_0spwKca2Pe1cvzzbEx3iuOCwUUoAAIIbISw0Aw1dla2ksKPXDpEaGIhCSzQKB0o1u9omgMVJEOB-mzuxkd-V6O0KbZhD7jH0lEmIns5wWU/s1600/spring10+467.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472265740417344354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLELLDZgrToU8KJz4o0kfwWbCG4g9uHB3b_0spwKca2Pe1cvzzbEx3iuOCwUUoAAIIbISw0Aw1dla2ksKPXDpEaGIhCSzQKB0o1u9omgMVJEOB-mzuxkd-V6O0KbZhD7jH0lEmIns5wWU/s400/spring10+467.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31FmNI-Gp_ehp8F4H5z5jCy-eRMPr6I1CdY1C78P0ZOza7bat-8gnkkxiCuwwlmpCcmxkCP6FKMytFFYJj-zAD9xcX6OFxphmKWNgsDli8kdQ2JXUVakvZfBl3QdZ48BGmD5fQjZtLtg/s1600/spring10+451.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472265735705534738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31FmNI-Gp_ehp8F4H5z5jCy-eRMPr6I1CdY1C78P0ZOza7bat-8gnkkxiCuwwlmpCcmxkCP6FKMytFFYJj-zAD9xcX6OFxphmKWNgsDli8kdQ2JXUVakvZfBl3QdZ48BGmD5fQjZtLtg/s400/spring10+451.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuKyT8vg8sqsbBRmcABTm1jnzQTILVWHOIlByA9OxLOuLx3RS-sCqmtGKzghVOQqJQ-xkY-QtzU9tPd2G6nqoUs4Ms1KQI7j9KLzLx3LyeuI-q-TmIYIT3fyq-uyHQJUZ1POuia-bm_g/s1600/spring10+429.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472265729963621554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuKyT8vg8sqsbBRmcABTm1jnzQTILVWHOIlByA9OxLOuLx3RS-sCqmtGKzghVOQqJQ-xkY-QtzU9tPd2G6nqoUs4Ms1KQI7j9KLzLx3LyeuI-q-TmIYIT3fyq-uyHQJUZ1POuia-bm_g/s400/spring10+429.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQkhxyutYGX0PNqiPGrSoysy3yS1PcNwozGV2DzqTLynfU8_MbCxs1TSLMwFgvrCQ3rj2r1jBQfGxTnlTcJ1nXd6bumLm5mARIXb11JIWScoPjG1XRQ1-bpwqDhp7fvcoQLmlNY0qLF4/s1600/spring10+370.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472265720558125106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQkhxyutYGX0PNqiPGrSoysy3yS1PcNwozGV2DzqTLynfU8_MbCxs1TSLMwFgvrCQ3rj2r1jBQfGxTnlTcJ1nXd6bumLm5mARIXb11JIWScoPjG1XRQ1-bpwqDhp7fvcoQLmlNY0qLF4/s400/spring10+370.jpg" /></a><br /><div>All weekend long the weather was perfect. On the <em>Today Show</em> this morning Matt called it "Chamber of Commerce weather"...all over the Mid-Atlantic! We were up early and had a great frittata breakfast at The Willow Rest (my new favorite go-to for everthing to do with food...and it's so close to us!). On the way home we headed to Goose Cove to pick up a few things for our windowboxes. A full-Subaru and empty bank account-later we left with more dahlias than we needed, gorgeous white geraniums, a single foxglove, peach-tinted verbena, vinca, 2 pineapple sage plants, coneflowers and more... and a great antique toolbox planted with all sorts of edibles. Needless to say, the rest of the morning was spent planting and watering. Pix taken with iphone so they don't do justice to the floral wonderland that is Goose Cove!</div></div></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-23502309747276524872010-05-16T20:25:00.010-04:002010-05-16T20:44:04.280-04:00THE HOUSEGUESTS FROM NEW YORK CITY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy4Grnx8l7oxR2URFDybVZ0NIZKb52JHidw0-vbxdvlVIgZKVxEX01bIug2snyRi3hhvu3qf7xAlyWJUVdwysEXkepfeCRrqs6mXY1u-5xPDD9CvemiI7F_nc9wsqe06zHF1VW8yol0U/s1600/IMG_1650.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy4Grnx8l7oxR2URFDybVZ0NIZKb52JHidw0-vbxdvlVIgZKVxEX01bIug2snyRi3hhvu3qf7xAlyWJUVdwysEXkepfeCRrqs6mXY1u-5xPDD9CvemiI7F_nc9wsqe06zHF1VW8yol0U/s400/IMG_1650.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472032534938333762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ccSNGNnYBOA9n4ZGJB4Og0x47dt_Jge2I3aSUT0jirUfICg2oQuy0b6JUvP30O5qeEsqXHzkQTK7FRbcPVk6Ohutzq6oRanBLopKWW6HL7EP1NgzuhF1bgC_3X7xE9F7Wmbm0HvGRY/s1600/IMG_1661.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ccSNGNnYBOA9n4ZGJB4Og0x47dt_Jge2I3aSUT0jirUfICg2oQuy0b6JUvP30O5qeEsqXHzkQTK7FRbcPVk6Ohutzq6oRanBLopKWW6HL7EP1NgzuhF1bgC_3X7xE9F7Wmbm0HvGRY/s400/IMG_1661.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472031952156456338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3QfoecGpU7aiDg_sMx-X7YJn_sV-zhYYOEdzDuGuNblvIfCR5apkJWl6ETlFAmz8F-SoK8ZSuO54m1VR7PYbSSUb0LTdPIqP5iLzyS3mST2RMo77Lw2_mg68UmwbTtU2pdMXB9625hc/s1600/IMG_1641.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3QfoecGpU7aiDg_sMx-X7YJn_sV-zhYYOEdzDuGuNblvIfCR5apkJWl6ETlFAmz8F-SoK8ZSuO54m1VR7PYbSSUb0LTdPIqP5iLzyS3mST2RMo77Lw2_mg68UmwbTtU2pdMXB9625hc/s400/IMG_1641.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472031949816954162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsplDGOG6hSXyEdxS8SHXP7MWbEsanco31BZr3WOBXrrVlkItlUlMiPFGe0IuXwTBFQI0b4y4dlhMqpXpnlY9oozv6E9_RExTQidZqqdno3qXoc9gImbpj4wpUDJOWFgQ9KSdoXymYE0/s1600/IMG_1638.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsplDGOG6hSXyEdxS8SHXP7MWbEsanco31BZr3WOBXrrVlkItlUlMiPFGe0IuXwTBFQI0b4y4dlhMqpXpnlY9oozv6E9_RExTQidZqqdno3qXoc9gImbpj4wpUDJOWFgQ9KSdoXymYE0/s400/IMG_1638.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472031940311269346" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnaA7mPnkVYdOhF7slce-S_j9A5OwFwUI6FoWFd8Z00z-t-hlIiBUKa_ySpn9yd-83hskv-qR0sZcwDKp1JFCHznKsmWDtXtyWY1l2pQa_2KoJRJ6NOFukmgQ1zXI_ZYv41y0lvTsY14/s1600/IMG_1647.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnaA7mPnkVYdOhF7slce-S_j9A5OwFwUI6FoWFd8Z00z-t-hlIiBUKa_ySpn9yd-83hskv-qR0sZcwDKp1JFCHznKsmWDtXtyWY1l2pQa_2KoJRJ6NOFukmgQ1zXI_ZYv41y0lvTsY14/s400/IMG_1647.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472029827887678578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFmioZMIdlcfhF4Xyt4-yFSXhDe_zZ6DAmVOfv2vrsBi-_A1XrAemzzD0WIRXU6-Byka1b05q5bUBEpCC-Zl1isjqGs9cyTmOBkHp0PRBVz3FCBfaSQRmC1MSSF7RSg-SfRwcyyoLF2w/s1600/IMG_1644.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFmioZMIdlcfhF4Xyt4-yFSXhDe_zZ6DAmVOfv2vrsBi-_A1XrAemzzD0WIRXU6-Byka1b05q5bUBEpCC-Zl1isjqGs9cyTmOBkHp0PRBVz3FCBfaSQRmC1MSSF7RSg-SfRwcyyoLF2w/s400/IMG_1644.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472029816892060130" /></a><br />It's hard to believe that LDE is looking at colleges. Eek. How time flies. Another good thing about living on Cape Ann is that we're on the college search route for friends and family! We had a very nice visit from the group from 29th Street as they went on the Boston circuit. We celebrated TFD's new hairdo and good health. We celebrated ME's birthday. We celebrated cousins! We had a nice dinner out at the new and improved Cala's with PGA and LDA. And most important...we laughed and smiled alot.GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-85100558872071432302010-05-16T20:03:00.015-04:002010-05-16T20:23:44.533-04:00MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, BUNNIES, CHICKS, AND A BABY...AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ciU1vMnDCzEbDdFhMUHFZz_mXxX6oJeio9A1PGNu_BdFJ63PqwsppAfumyQO4pQvS3aVDTUdRC7P5n9gdm7jolgtfT7IXGUnXUym6_YZHpq0k4Ky3t4BgqOvJCM4pYjIcIh0FriXumc/s1600/IMG_1715.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ciU1vMnDCzEbDdFhMUHFZz_mXxX6oJeio9A1PGNu_BdFJ63PqwsppAfumyQO4pQvS3aVDTUdRC7P5n9gdm7jolgtfT7IXGUnXUym6_YZHpq0k4Ky3t4BgqOvJCM4pYjIcIh0FriXumc/s400/IMG_1715.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472027746222462866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_0CX1uPKgDeRW0RV6ERafZ5vXsy6YgG9N4aKTZN6EZfWFoF4_FR3db6NduGB7wMQ5PFIaSPcDA9ybdwtXVDEDxi-_Ma538Ct2-BXHpVliPeyIfL-Iz8eaJgyOmUgGCHseF8Biu0F0LA/s1600/IMG_1714.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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On the way home we stopped in to say hi to Baby A and the rest of the family! I picked up several of these itty bitty boxes of truffles at the glorious Beacon Hill Chocolates. One for Asa's mom, one for us, one for my mom and one for my Auntie. What a spectacular Spring day.GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-72319716276383058822010-05-16T19:38:00.008-04:002010-05-16T19:58:37.284-04:00AN IPSWICH BAY EASTER IN THE SUN<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0V6VT0PX1BZSMYE6X7M90xP2Bw-T1kRsyO8akaCpDG7cytqS9cV7zGzy0A7SkPX0O_e713xgd5MVw5P8rAry_gpR8AljlZ9xEYPqrUUW7h5xuRIa0VKvs2vffWOgytgwLEe0n1-WeDs/s1600/DSCN3340.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0V6VT0PX1BZSMYE6X7M90xP2Bw-T1kRsyO8akaCpDG7cytqS9cV7zGzy0A7SkPX0O_e713xgd5MVw5P8rAry_gpR8AljlZ9xEYPqrUUW7h5xuRIa0VKvs2vffWOgytgwLEe0n1-WeDs/s400/DSCN3340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472021401853320850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3wnwwgMgpKyzhrQqeIvkE-MSb0QzDMXtPlCqaBW8mjskckQlTQ7LNlyKmlDRzBrSdfeCBp598yL4CakWf1HgnerlPKJ1wcD3D8lBrMiL3Gx80cwr7aokm1zwR838cXel4vYSQFQbTys/s1600/DSCN3301.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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(I'm obviously blogging a bit backwards in order to play catch up.) What a perfect day to spend on the porch on Rowley Shore. Too bad we had to eat inside. Family (a relatively small crowd this year), good friends, laughter, delicious food & wine....and sunshine. I think the mercury hit 80! It doesn't get much better than that. And it's not often you get to wear summer clothes on Easter...without a sweater or overcoat. My contribution to the feast was the pistachio lime angel food cake from April's <i>Bon Appetit</i>. A little too sweet for my taste, especially as i went a bit overboard and decorated it with peeps, jelly beans, and beautiful chocolate truffles from Beacon Hill Chocolates.GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-20897828566900921822010-05-16T18:42:00.013-04:002010-05-16T19:33:23.791-04:00PLAYING TOURIST IN THE NORTH END<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicn6vA6N70d4ea0ltxsvGOvGEBBarj3Nx4a35SJ_k8hsvylhtERGTkMUnOWBDZBfL1H25j_Ys47Jp3P6HtlGVhm7b18Q1dlXjTDriDM_89tGf0hj2dT4gUsTHV954wcWoT6q9_aFpvYZs/s1600/IMG_2056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicn6vA6N70d4ea0ltxsvGOvGEBBarj3Nx4a35SJ_k8hsvylhtERGTkMUnOWBDZBfL1H25j_Ys47Jp3P6HtlGVhm7b18Q1dlXjTDriDM_89tGf0hj2dT4gUsTHV954wcWoT6q9_aFpvYZs/s400/IMG_2056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472014092966282914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMwHR6TeF880IefCtCqycveeEJApaUfCZVJhscX3tIDvU2q8pFjN3zjJqOSwJG_C3CIOFf79QymdNccfynGBxLl6u7b3hhdPTBLkpIkQbZx4J8elBm4nNKrrOqArhb4nbSaLfYIR621s/s1600/IMG_2041.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8Iz6xFcmx0or8fy4nrmfx7xdD12Qtp-zwcEPk-FWbGZT0jKyIMAs6poofc7eMd5m-12jqPlwFSSfb6lYn4uv3OPqwFlv9FuhG6qKK2dYDYEOBp6OI-php0DHJSM9vIE460SNtmnwZ_U/s400/IMG_2026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472004051646996770" /></a><br />Okay...full disclosure...i've lived outside of Boston for a long long time. I worked in Boston's North End for over five years. Until a sunny Sunday in April, I never set foot into the Old North Church. That's probably not a big deal for most people...but it's kind of embarrassing for me. My great-grandfather Reverend William Herbert Dewart was rector at the Old North Church for many years (1914-26) and the church has long been an important part of my family's spiritual life.<div><div><br /></div><div>We took my mom into Boston to see Stars on Ice...and decided to spend a few hours beforehand playing tourist in the North End...Copp Hill, Old North Church, Hanover Street, Cafe Florentine, and Mike's Pastry, What a lovely little stay-cation..with a little bit of heritage, history and religion thrown in. Not to mention a delicious lunch followed by treats and world-class figure skaters at the end of the day! And we couldn't have chosen a more beautiful day right at the peek of forsythia and magnolias!</div><div>(pardon the order of the photos...i just cannot figure out how to get them in sequence!)</div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-39509201758645030752010-05-16T18:19:00.014-04:002010-05-16T18:36:53.494-04:00A BEAUTIFUL DAY, A BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, A BEAUTIFUL SPOT, A BEAUTIFUL BRUNCH<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HEzSK_RtYw-_RK4ZPWqWI8id56vMiFp3ql549ehwyU2sneGHNIZWdeMa93ua6sR_gVewQ5yfkwyC4krGvAne8nmnT4IR_7Kauqo8Trai42QQJDDTMnW3uxGbDljSupQV6wuemT-UFRI/s1600/DSCN3416.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HEzSK_RtYw-_RK4ZPWqWI8id56vMiFp3ql549ehwyU2sneGHNIZWdeMa93ua6sR_gVewQ5yfkwyC4krGvAne8nmnT4IR_7Kauqo8Trai42QQJDDTMnW3uxGbDljSupQV6wuemT-UFRI/s400/DSCN3416.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472000146085329890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gLHxFRM7pT-Q90dvCuHSGNoFhVqNVIkwuu6EPddMTzjrA4y53Ki9jv7tk20jXmt4eUhLc6x2cKBUGlbdWyJ5UBe6L4mUPm2W0P2oOhUUgiQPGPMipXMkvLoXzFCpgDDTklzf5nZa9HA/s1600/DSCN3420.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8lHnu5KCWYj7t5JEgo2_hhQMcdIUATXmt7zTj7SYJy9cuw6it4JadWO7nXZ9I1io7YyYeR1jqVoIFodqTdUnt1ZwFIDEZx3ix4u2f9iKQehdA975yzEk3o6ZEPeCUUDmzJFB-XJzkFM/s400/DSCN3419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471998041318237762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8em1wCpGS2XHusu8jfRSc7qO3eb8KjXgPM2dBAiwAAPQTqQ-g1LsaxtQrYhpUZiTlvzM5C33N2emBNu6VctdQMy_nKDV4ZUSunmhBXaNdPxEVz06F0MuMJTSwA3VnrwMq_bjfnjLxw0s/s1600/DSCN3418.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8em1wCpGS2XHusu8jfRSc7qO3eb8KjXgPM2dBAiwAAPQTqQ-g1LsaxtQrYhpUZiTlvzM5C33N2emBNu6VctdQMy_nKDV4ZUSunmhBXaNdPxEVz06F0MuMJTSwA3VnrwMq_bjfnjLxw0s/s400/DSCN3418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471998040203100354" /></a><br />Last Sunday...what a beautiful Mother's Day! What a beautiful Mother I have! Can you believe she'll be 80 in just a few months? What a beautiful spot...Misselwood (on the Endicott campus)... for a beautiful Mother's Day brunch. Beautiful spring flowers; peonies and lilacs on our table. Pansies on some of the others. And after omelets and other healthy fare...we treated ourselves to these beautiful chocolate covered strawberries (huge ones!) and cream puff swans!GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-16003087975405959692010-05-16T17:46:00.005-04:002010-05-16T18:06:40.866-04:00TURNING RK ONTO TODD FARM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgesVgzroFQpJ4EtNsYomi6YQCXAGasynIfBo5GEPRpBaDwmUZqZYZEg_69AsupUy1ceeVrUvob6-4bOmxlnBqi3Mq-VwXTtwGieuIJ7lTPih34FsWj0OnegChCBzYB3enXLXf9nJ7UrA/s1600/IMG_2192.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgesVgzroFQpJ4EtNsYomi6YQCXAGasynIfBo5GEPRpBaDwmUZqZYZEg_69AsupUy1ceeVrUvob6-4bOmxlnBqi3Mq-VwXTtwGieuIJ7lTPih34FsWj0OnegChCBzYB3enXLXf9nJ7UrA/s400/IMG_2192.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990949323923842" /></a>Now living in the garden behind the pool...as his life on the table was spooking us out when we let the dogs out at nite!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrmaZmjgs5o7egE2elIsbk17Fn5fPrI5kld9YnIV0mYeCiGA07CPG4LNZRSatxI1i7wm13kHcKl5c0Z_prW7ykFt4M6WaTK242ZJYWGqQ6PEltUWpvAtrnz6xbS5KRl0nvg6GvKcviH0/s1600/IMG_2149.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrmaZmjgs5o7egE2elIsbk17Fn5fPrI5kld9YnIV0mYeCiGA07CPG4LNZRSatxI1i7wm13kHcKl5c0Z_prW7ykFt4M6WaTK242ZJYWGqQ6PEltUWpvAtrnz6xbS5KRl0nvg6GvKcviH0/s400/IMG_2149.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990936170581650" /></a>Now RK has six or seven guitars. That's okay...everyone's got to collect something.<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dXD50S5qjVRz08rq720zHb2yZnnbC3KASKurYco1KEl5H5XgcJINkpG1ZfzKLbfQdULtTE1mrXLisYvjKwc5UJ4FoSrBZXxiCwpvVp-OH3sq7AA5DygClCpq1WpetkVqT7vlrgQwSbg/s1600/IMG_2145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dXD50S5qjVRz08rq720zHb2yZnnbC3KASKurYco1KEl5H5XgcJINkpG1ZfzKLbfQdULtTE1mrXLisYvjKwc5UJ4FoSrBZXxiCwpvVp-OH3sq7AA5DygClCpq1WpetkVqT7vlrgQwSbg/s400/IMG_2145.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990929223725714" /></a>fancy guitars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu8lUfhYQO6HARxCEsqQJZulYO4qN6yJRK2RmpoRDHZmuGVKKhpgSx33YqI7yBGIDkdou20h00WYHv-i2Bozwzp2FhAotJ-1epP4D7rg3saG7LYMyd52TlV2AUsSXogzEZgfNUL_RgYk/s1600/IMG_2140.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu8lUfhYQO6HARxCEsqQJZulYO4qN6yJRK2RmpoRDHZmuGVKKhpgSx33YqI7yBGIDkdou20h00WYHv-i2Bozwzp2FhAotJ-1epP4D7rg3saG7LYMyd52TlV2AUsSXogzEZgfNUL_RgYk/s400/IMG_2140.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990927081626338" /></a>This one came home with us.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc6CpS4cgmnprFYQUwwmBeQSoCPfBIYWCJe19cD2f1nenENZyYdp3L1uaGS_hqORm5nyRT6YrivVm8hZdboC-uBWJmdwL-sV6uVN_i5ydmELQbt1B0O2h4_uw6oSVOQuuw6CKlkgb8nw/s1600/IMG_2134.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc6CpS4cgmnprFYQUwwmBeQSoCPfBIYWCJe19cD2f1nenENZyYdp3L1uaGS_hqORm5nyRT6YrivVm8hZdboC-uBWJmdwL-sV6uVN_i5ydmELQbt1B0O2h4_uw6oSVOQuuw6CKlkgb8nw/s400/IMG_2134.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990133009892802" /></a>The one that got away (above!). I love this guy so!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzUx66J9HTNSNvYYZuL5EMz3OX68Yvpn8N_-VMt1Tl10C215r_8nOpXBVSbU8a_6YKAlY2URa6U8otP1yYLD8m8mGsAnMmRb3FJZLDZtFEstDaE0QU4rinjULa8F91CoRCGtjSS2Fe4s/s1600/IMG_2129.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzUx66J9HTNSNvYYZuL5EMz3OX68Yvpn8N_-VMt1Tl10C215r_8nOpXBVSbU8a_6YKAlY2URa6U8otP1yYLD8m8mGsAnMmRb3FJZLDZtFEstDaE0QU4rinjULa8F91CoRCGtjSS2Fe4s/s400/IMG_2129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990126488788418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwlyf-tKCQnuyo9XLBMpN4-Iv2NrkEbUDcSg3YFVRVhauBhDVBg8JsQaBvp_oNgIskTrz9kcYTdhOTGV47oXFONVc5kcyStSTCyqWYaIuewxxhgKoGx30mfzMO4xvt6sBHms76FO1kt0/s1600/IMG_2126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwlyf-tKCQnuyo9XLBMpN4-Iv2NrkEbUDcSg3YFVRVhauBhDVBg8JsQaBvp_oNgIskTrz9kcYTdhOTGV47oXFONVc5kcyStSTCyqWYaIuewxxhgKoGx30mfzMO4xvt6sBHms76FO1kt0/s400/IMG_2126.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990124278554482" /></a>Oh how Mar would have loved this guy...but the $5K price tag deterred us!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EGEpNAe-5_obm49VM1oteN9T9FA7Uc9cT5RpGE5aWdyPcKGij3ml7siHi4TmjTEIKqiDrmOa5qj8K8E6tZEaypUPCai9YvCVgtNTithQ9vCDqcyyYn4F7Wt3YlnY9ErkRrnFq36Ajas/s1600/IMG_2171.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EGEpNAe-5_obm49VM1oteN9T9FA7Uc9cT5RpGE5aWdyPcKGij3ml7siHi4TmjTEIKqiDrmOa5qj8K8E6tZEaypUPCai9YvCVgtNTithQ9vCDqcyyYn4F7Wt3YlnY9ErkRrnFq36Ajas/s400/IMG_2171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990111742396754" /></a>My loot...most of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQgsxcadLbNmQ9tI4PIrCy3U5yeq7QCxAeewzEGlZB6oLR4820te4VmsxGUXb8kBaz3UuqZZN0z_rpotpRPrecVxGZkOBc97wrzwPMj140CZ-WixwdZLixbLhu_9VHI7hih15jqmf63c/s1600/IMG_2144.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQgsxcadLbNmQ9tI4PIrCy3U5yeq7QCxAeewzEGlZB6oLR4820te4VmsxGUXb8kBaz3UuqZZN0z_rpotpRPrecVxGZkOBc97wrzwPMj140CZ-WixwdZLixbLhu_9VHI7hih15jqmf63c/s400/IMG_2144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471990105064708770" /></a>Sunshine, coffee, my man, my pups...at the flea=a great Sunday!<div><br /><b>Aha...i finally figured out a way to drag Robert out of bed at dawn on Sunday morning to go to Todd Farm. Guitars!</b><div><br /></div><div>We had a very successful trip to Todd Farm early Sunday morning a few weeks ago; i fell in love with a very expensive, very big rooster but happily settled for his little brother. He's now standing in the garden behind the pool (which hopefully we'll open this week!) RK fell in love with some really beautiful expensive guitars...but found one for a lot less, that played just as beautifully. For the pups...some British pup art... a fabulous terrier drawing. A very colorful Mary Had a Little Lamb print for me. I scored some fun fabrics including a very vibrant, very old indian print bedspread that will be perfect for beach picnics and a few yards of Schumacher. I am in love with my little red-striped european linen covered lavender pillow, which I do believe has cured me of insomnia! All that and a silver ladle, some bath salts and soaps, a vintage pear platter for my every growing collection of things-pear, some lovely vintage lace and rick rack that will come to Squam with me next month--and best of all a morning all together in the sun! Not on our list of purchases...the $5000 rebar moose that Mar would have flipped over (she's the only one on earth that might even like it), nor the funky hi-rise bicyclette!</div></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-20974662246374561812010-05-16T16:02:00.012-04:002010-05-16T16:41:50.690-04:00COTTAGES & CASTLES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoriakVEOgESL1Qr3SZ1xUqUns6ibNGaY0vGP_l7P_D5jzp42ljnJaYDCc0GYnHInJqfVmJYAaoKZhI2G9JINWfvldyYuriLwijmbGg_Jn4VpV66VoLTn59vArQEunR52DJeYXpFfmO8/s1600/P1090991.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoriakVEOgESL1Qr3SZ1xUqUns6ibNGaY0vGP_l7P_D5jzp42ljnJaYDCc0GYnHInJqfVmJYAaoKZhI2G9JINWfvldyYuriLwijmbGg_Jn4VpV66VoLTn59vArQEunR52DJeYXpFfmO8/s400/P1090991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471966619184702450" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1H4fdbeaUDRbp5x_vgdvmBkrWUg5EHlFTGK99jNbgveYYbSh7J2S7JZSM8GMabHIAkTfEAp9EJ5yTbvz-zWbcGgrcFloWq2IdZLgrbBbCa1eDo5w7IsyHE9XYSZhfp21bxegRfxReF8/s1600/P1100031.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCIb7MKpbVBA-_V-AIQHigXnUTUkOllQcdfnumtyL52I0X2PDGFLY96dR0qgxJkRu2ni2OijCfp_XBLF9QMBM71VX6yWCQWtujfFVa3Q0Naljwx4emO3bC1KR-5IwqIsO6QD1g-waj4Y/s400/P1090982.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471964055484431538" /></a><br />It's been months and months since i've posted. If i ever get the time, i'll do some retro-posting featuring a lovely Lanesville Easter, some recent completed craft projects (i've been jamming!) and more. But til then...here's a look at back at yesterday. <div><br /></div><div>It was girls day out. Along with Mom and the Aunties I covered alot of ground in Rockport on the Cottages & Castles house tour...most of it by foot. It's been a spectacular weekend....blue sky, puffy white clouds and brilliant sunshine! We saw some great houses (indoors and out)...and on the walk from house to house along South Street, Marmion Way and beyond we saw a few other gems from the sidewalk! </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't think I'd ever want strangers traipsing thru my house...but i must admit that I love attending house tours. (Next month is Gloucester's home & garden tour in support of the Sargent House...always a fabulous day too!) I always come away inspired...inspired to keep a cleaner/neater house. Inspired to make our garden even better. Inspired by color and style! Inspired to de-clutter. Yesterday a hanging embroidered quilt in one house inspired me to try something similar when i got to Squam Art Workshops and try my hand at embroidery for the very first time. We saw a fabulous little potting shed/room with a snug little hut for a pup. I am inspired to go hunting for fabulous fabric. And someday i want a little art studio/music room for our backyard.</div><div><div><br /><div>We were able to walk thru new houses, old houses, big huge waterfront houses, and an old barn that used to be an art studio (complete with an amazing big huge stained glass window) but which is now a lovely little home for a family of three. One house had a fabulous game room complete with its own indoor hot tub and tiled beach! </div><div><br /></div><div>Cottage & Castles is an annual fundraiser for The Rockport Chamber Music Festival. This summer (next month!) is the opening of their fabulous new world class music hall that will surely put Cape Ann on the music map...if it isn't already! Even with the new music hall, Rockport is quintessential small-town America... american flags, lemonade stands, cute little puppies, front porches, windowboxes...and working lobstermen!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hey...i cannot forget the flowers and trees...tulips, wisteria, golden chaintree...and then some. Blooms everwhere. Oh how i adore Spring!</div><div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-28234716286027260822010-02-03T22:38:00.009-05:002010-02-03T23:06:40.776-05:00STONED HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOG4CiRtX-NKnTmMTrKMwGbyr22HzfKnCikGPgLuhPWInEY7Jh1AKDAKtcPdNV4mJtCSXbXk1b7IsDyDzVvw_VZi5BdS44-bOF2PW4UNcfaka4PumXeT30bA_Fc9ndFdSbF9L82IwZjU/s1600-h/IMG_1220.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOG4CiRtX-NKnTmMTrKMwGbyr22HzfKnCikGPgLuhPWInEY7Jh1AKDAKtcPdNV4mJtCSXbXk1b7IsDyDzVvw_VZi5BdS44-bOF2PW4UNcfaka4PumXeT30bA_Fc9ndFdSbF9L82IwZjU/s400/IMG_1220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434229422572342130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3U2eRczCPg9s0SZSuc_q8eNTcgDgWXSYVFeKsv7QegIRkaAA16_PInAQjeVxkEGPEOT7ccscMC43eCW2DQ_UjyNXeiR5UnDnOQwLG2MUW7O_0ncXJCZeYjtFq4aUGVRIGY8Ky7MzcfQk/s1600-h/IMG_1219.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3U2eRczCPg9s0SZSuc_q8eNTcgDgWXSYVFeKsv7QegIRkaAA16_PInAQjeVxkEGPEOT7ccscMC43eCW2DQ_UjyNXeiR5UnDnOQwLG2MUW7O_0ncXJCZeYjtFq4aUGVRIGY8Ky7MzcfQk/s400/IMG_1219.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434229419443676690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA00qD2v5f2RYdz4DXDQ3tsvTCG-daStMzcK_A5QvZBDdJvO4UR3lAxyLf8pOCd2oan2AdBcvshV2HOo3_8HgK_aDjF0HChePbIy3UCvKOyakwCXoTuh_QTE7N2wTnVrgLKvgQGwYU3o/s1600-h/IMG_1217.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA00qD2v5f2RYdz4DXDQ3tsvTCG-daStMzcK_A5QvZBDdJvO4UR3lAxyLf8pOCd2oan2AdBcvshV2HOo3_8HgK_aDjF0HChePbIy3UCvKOyakwCXoTuh_QTE7N2wTnVrgLKvgQGwYU3o/s400/IMG_1217.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434229414558156498" /></a><br />Three quick pix from the grounds of the Newport Beach biz hotel i stayed at during my recent rainy visit to SoCal. It's <i>The Real</i> <i>Housewives of Orange County</i> season on TV so i couldn't help think of those oh-so-trashy women when i saw this little grove of fabulous artsy stoned ladies on the hotel grounds! Who knew you'd ever come across crafty objets like this on the grounds of a Hyatt!? <div><br /></div><div>When i think of Orange County i don't think about crafts, art and style. But i must admit i also fell for the spectacular lighting at delicious Javier's. You can't really see their fabulousness from the pic...but check out those oh so cool metal fire towers out front!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMw5W0XGQ3U8TVl7fIoygPkep0foezlOa2RSlropjcNbmrz_9ZOh9ThIYVczjP-m2k7f48rykN4L_6zIVe2HTVPnzm1P9ROYhxSY9dKKS2d7m7sWcklncFL9hcN799xwj7j2ArG87LcU/s1600-h/IMG_1226.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMw5W0XGQ3U8TVl7fIoygPkep0foezlOa2RSlropjcNbmrz_9ZOh9ThIYVczjP-m2k7f48rykN4L_6zIVe2HTVPnzm1P9ROYhxSY9dKKS2d7m7sWcklncFL9hcN799xwj7j2ArG87LcU/s400/IMG_1226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434232462589058050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div>And the twinkly cut tin lanterns in the entry way were spectacular.<br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUr0Ct02VQX1i5u6ddOD27CtH19N0FCdi3plmZCnTULL6WCaMZV5PxhA-joDjyiFUEQL3LghOhHnvE9F_aPXQT7TW9C2Ks3r8CrJ_Y9GCvOczLbQnBxyJGRBvXp_RpB80mYZ5a0E_1GY/s1600-h/IMG_1222.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUr0Ct02VQX1i5u6ddOD27CtH19N0FCdi3plmZCnTULL6WCaMZV5PxhA-joDjyiFUEQL3LghOhHnvE9F_aPXQT7TW9C2Ks3r8CrJ_Y9GCvOczLbQnBxyJGRBvXp_RpB80mYZ5a0E_1GY/s400/IMG_1222.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434232455845670066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">All pix in tonite's three post taken with my iPhone...thus the fuzzy resolution!</span></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-24300334061538924162010-02-03T21:43:00.015-05:002010-02-03T22:33:25.135-05:00DROUGHT BUSTING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSERwMKjYB4EJ_wqiL_y0YObnWcKuZrGPe7qCa8LcQDoQFiQOIFVJQcHWDyXfUtqtGaT9_pGwMLGmRGG7uwJx0c4-Tj4KplYUo2GjrUKaX3vV7y6iRhq1V5HbYBkwwVJGDAePzAo6fhtg/s1600-h/IMG_1200.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSERwMKjYB4EJ_wqiL_y0YObnWcKuZrGPe7qCa8LcQDoQFiQOIFVJQcHWDyXfUtqtGaT9_pGwMLGmRGG7uwJx0c4-Tj4KplYUo2GjrUKaX3vV7y6iRhq1V5HbYBkwwVJGDAePzAo6fhtg/s400/IMG_1200.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434224879920268418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4tCCXJP3SMHbYk27Zt6V4kVtJf4ReMyf16w1kY3Eq__DSclY4hXJNV4E3YYU7OUKpcEMuS-irUA8Q7KW6Str22SpHA2iRsbz-80Ses-o3gtNwtYPGEm-J2gEN5gJZEr_zpBs7R5e5PA/s1600-h/IMG_1197.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-no6NYKxwfrtaH9k3QaMw5-T9GtwRkfJAtpdrIgPoSkdEEFGaOHDCccU6HEstXmHfJqd87M8HSxJaEb2jawzG02DtseFRIMesgG_3jB-3wdR5cvZ-P-UEKdu7h252LtA6Pt9Ywc5f-I/s400/IMG_1111.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434217524782670850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiEneJmv6SHOJDyyloD2zhSKTs8Zrkfit6SAJosc18gn0JlceAzyHcy9eEDfDZW_CWMSfUDcJNPyJuJ2hxAxg78Gkqrh9SgtuQH_CIO9BsuCofqcMtOtvEIaGGCHQZda7M_7q6jHQEE0/s1600-h/IMG_1102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiEneJmv6SHOJDyyloD2zhSKTs8Zrkfit6SAJosc18gn0JlceAzyHcy9eEDfDZW_CWMSfUDcJNPyJuJ2hxAxg78Gkqrh9SgtuQH_CIO9BsuCofqcMtOtvEIaGGCHQZda7M_7q6jHQEE0/s400/IMG_1102.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434217518975563410" /></a>Water seemed to be a common theme wherever I went!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbetemdS8b1c4BCpQeOpFIdawPzkJfqS9pwMrLIRG0O9sk_S60mr44oYehSXzeP8TFzJUo0hedIjn_3mvsQfuSBcEx3vv5lqRIahlwIEo_inwuBKD2i6CuYeVCtHv-aEwFZCfOazPc_E/s1600-h/IMG_1209.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSGBhLwp25Do4zF8gQMrf9qdFaqlhfSmZatOHztbDYHHxPJjJBv-jx0ujQlLhUWA_tW93m95XY8uQWXhEfcMK-JZLo8gnMl8wusxWc-Fe3PUOFe93o1PhzrNXZ9Nd9XRHmYGE8R7A8kw/s400/IMG_1145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434216889765871250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATs1Vy_s92WvLn48RwRyGopJl9ST0I_gL_V42SbrFGPZEiofRB0KX7NgpHATg2BxeMlh_PObolbySwJz1AUA3A5bVynbFcYR-IY5Q2B45bHO4gDQkDvKcVe91DQlhvlqxFHPCqz7PrwQ/s1600-h/IMG_1119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATs1Vy_s92WvLn48RwRyGopJl9ST0I_gL_V42SbrFGPZEiofRB0KX7NgpHATg2BxeMlh_PObolbySwJz1AUA3A5bVynbFcYR-IY5Q2B45bHO4gDQkDvKcVe91DQlhvlqxFHPCqz7PrwQ/s400/IMG_1119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434216886571198290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovA-vswOg95qaAd6DCTCa-1LSEumQ7pC3wU0idQvxWmRc7fmZIH2ErFwPrd7F5lJYjD10lAiSKGXc83LezoyTgDPu-lGi9r1tcPiRnrKTU1aLDTZ0Ffz0qDV45DBWAe0NOm1UXB4wLdA/s1600-h/IMG_1099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovA-vswOg95qaAd6DCTCa-1LSEumQ7pC3wU0idQvxWmRc7fmZIH2ErFwPrd7F5lJYjD10lAiSKGXc83LezoyTgDPu-lGi9r1tcPiRnrKTU1aLDTZ0Ffz0qDV45DBWAe0NOm1UXB4wLdA/s400/IMG_1099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434216879316788066" /></a><br />A few weeks ago I spent a long weekend in Los Angeles. Since returning home, i've gotten several notes from friends pleading for my return...soon. It seems that I'm the cure for drought. Bring me to SoCal and it will rain. HARD. A true deluge! And ohmigod was I chilly. Somehow snowy New England is alot warmer than rainy SoCal. I even had to go out and buy a raincoat and umbrella...two things RK told me I wouldn't need to bring...even tho' we had read the weather report. We just didn't believe it!<div><br /></div><div>I had a fabulous time visiting old haunts, and old friends. It was a great little trip down memory lane. Another girls' weekend (other than G!). I rented a Prius so I could ecologically cover alot of ground in just a few days. (Always rent your "dream car" when you can...kinda like a test drive!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I stayed in L and Gs' adorable little guest house surrounded by orange trees. What fun it was to see them and LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hit the Farmer's Market for dinner at Monsieur Marcel (Croque Monsieur, a grilled artichoke and creme brulee ooh la la!) with Ms. C. After dinner we did some shopping at the Grove and at the Taschen Store ( check out LDA taken by Daddy on the pages of their brand new LA book) and played tourist in front of the dancing waters. </div><div><br /></div><div>I loved my first visit to the new (since we lived in LA) Getty Center's amazing gardens with L (we got their JUST before the rains began!). Does it look a bit like an insane asylum!? </div><div><br /></div><div>I brought a bunch of lovely girlfriends from my various "lives" together for a leisurely Sunday lunch at El Cholo (carnitas...ymmm!) and spent Monday morning and a Chin Chin lunch (chinese chicken salad!) with D and TR on Beverly Drive. And Monday afternoon snug in the Westside Pavillion for a matinee of <i>A Single Man</i> with L. What a treat! Just the thing for a holiday Monday. I ended my visit with a yummy Persian feast (almond and orange peel rice and a chicken kabob and all sorts of salads and relishes...mmmm!) with L & G at Javan on the Westside.</div><div><br /></div><div>After my little vacation weekend in LA I traveled down to Newport Beach for four days of biz and never ending rain. I've never ever ever ever seen such rain. But check out the snow peaked hills behind LAX on Saturday morning as i was leaving. That would have been a glorious site to see from Beverly Hills or Hollywood!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPCYZAoP11myF0kTG2AlPHv98jf95A1p-uu4J70f6KDFLU_rVMLOaTi6g_BFr2rInz4FoyBAfNUOk4VHDsHlYsBhl7UrYnHTUTTWdAtufnZKjrNwTvGG5Y3wSKuTnBVeT0Lhw35SLQv4/s1600-h/IMG_1228.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPCYZAoP11myF0kTG2AlPHv98jf95A1p-uu4J70f6KDFLU_rVMLOaTi6g_BFr2rInz4FoyBAfNUOk4VHDsHlYsBhl7UrYnHTUTTWdAtufnZKjrNwTvGG5Y3wSKuTnBVeT0Lhw35SLQv4/s400/IMG_1228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434222797992748770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_CI0l3us8D3KTQXpVfxxwiM1XMAOuYIhKe75qH7ljOQqXOA5rKd0l9JDVc-Lrgp2wohoPcQXT79EJg2Bzcm8CmA4080C4CiAnO8WSUtebUzHHAYKqJderbyGtjWJKv0kTCBH1Z4rA84/s1600-h/IMG_1227.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_CI0l3us8D3KTQXpVfxxwiM1XMAOuYIhKe75qH7ljOQqXOA5rKd0l9JDVc-Lrgp2wohoPcQXT79EJg2Bzcm8CmA4080C4CiAnO8WSUtebUzHHAYKqJderbyGtjWJKv0kTCBH1Z4rA84/s400/IMG_1227.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434221666956768818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-26401782758819259902010-02-03T20:55:00.007-05:002010-02-03T21:17:58.612-05:00INNER STRENGTH<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPByDqBP1yiF9z7Vu9VPSYJP8l5UGSovebgqXJAgbVYO-sBPRIh_y9qG4gtUV_0hzfaRtznfJmOYrnZsEtXXHK_BmhceqtqAa2z3B2YyCLX_FRhBChmy4Lm2QaPfu3QFQzeOQ5oidN9A/s1600-h/IMG_1289.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPByDqBP1yiF9z7Vu9VPSYJP8l5UGSovebgqXJAgbVYO-sBPRIh_y9qG4gtUV_0hzfaRtznfJmOYrnZsEtXXHK_BmhceqtqAa2z3B2YyCLX_FRhBChmy4Lm2QaPfu3QFQzeOQ5oidN9A/s400/IMG_1289.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434202932073539442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2t8wbXB6jPXqw7Ena9BYcpwJdRmAgUQeyC0nMxp0nLegVvgO4USLMTKkL2deDJVzwX-gilKMslrz48nNRUMQyU6PQ8rMhAI_iGleRRzBMX8HqwftNUJEePrwCx6ssRhRWnKaZWY77yU/s1600-h/IMG_1265.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2t8wbXB6jPXqw7Ena9BYcpwJdRmAgUQeyC0nMxp0nLegVvgO4USLMTKkL2deDJVzwX-gilKMslrz48nNRUMQyU6PQ8rMhAI_iGleRRzBMX8HqwftNUJEePrwCx6ssRhRWnKaZWY77yU/s400/IMG_1265.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434202925467259330" /></a><br />I am in awe of my cousin TFD. She is soooo brave. She is a loving daughter, a great sister, an amazing mom, a fabulous wife... and a wonderful cousin!<div><br /></div><div> T has an inner strength that has enabled her to keep a smile on her face as she's battled that rotten C. She is on the road to recovery after six months of hell. The new year has brought an end to icky treatments. The fog is clearing and as Spring flowers will soon start to peep thru...so will her hair. She's had to put her writing project on the back burner for bit but she's taken up knitting. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love staying with T, M and L in their NYC home. I love our late nites and early mornings lying on the bed chatting. I love the fabulous lattes that Michel serves up. I love the kitties. I love the artwork. </div><div><br /></div><div>They were such gracious hosts when i descended upon their NYC home last week for two days....even hosting a little family "do" so I could see Uncle D and Cousin R too! How fab is that?! Two days of biz with a little dinner party in between. And two nights spent snug in my bed with the Empire State Building shining down on me.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eOTm2S2edyvBSZgUSJnvTlQiPIV1yPVtYU_1Mw3omxx3OdWzgzlIEGXKC6KoNyj09dHVAZcFTGuzTtwB151uQk2d9fPGk99yMjTnjF9FetQBLDCjYe6VlAMMqzWnmhWA1H28ZtNtCsE/s1600-h/IMG_1293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eOTm2S2edyvBSZgUSJnvTlQiPIV1yPVtYU_1Mw3omxx3OdWzgzlIEGXKC6KoNyj09dHVAZcFTGuzTtwB151uQk2d9fPGk99yMjTnjF9FetQBLDCjYe6VlAMMqzWnmhWA1H28ZtNtCsE/s400/IMG_1293.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434205833591826594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiXAMA8uIJgiqEt3RMHNcbEeKHXtWnRtbmy5Kxh2FoZJRq6A-wIRSjb5JeNWPeRy0-m-psiMW_enL-Ew3Bj7F_2SSndSsLxYrYJtDo4YKQM15mzsJcGe6Vx6Hq-SBMH8u9NcMVPajDog/s1600-h/IMG_1288.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423698731629453858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-Pwv4UB5paaZc3Umd9rasOTnEpwoDq-gjsjEbuiFLBs4aBcaHoSVTAGrsO-Y16bifmC9E3Lu-7GcpOr25bV3IKFR5x_Am5Cjuco__aewVP4lXClWyJEvZ886ZSl6CDphsfn_dzsdpVI/s400/sq" /></a><br /><div>Here it is...January 6th. I have a clean slate of vacation days and personal days. They're already burning a hole in my pocket. How will I "spend" them this year?! </div><div> </div><div>We have our annual August weekend on the Cape already booked. It's TFD's big birthday year and she's talking Paris. It's LDA's even bigger birthday year and she's talking all sorts of things. YITF is talking about a bamboo sisterhood trip to Tuscany. We've got to do work in NY to get the house ready for sale. But most of all i want to go to <a href="http://www.squamartworkshops.com/">Squam Art Workshops</a>...three or four of the five! </div><div></div><br /><div>Last year i went in <a href="http://http//capeanndiaries.blogspot.com/search/label/Squam%20Art%20Workshops">June and September</a>. That's all that was offered. This year the Amazing Elizabeth has planned five different sessions; four in NH, and one in Nags Head (one of our all time favorite destinations!) She's concocted a bounty of creativity and even some time for reading and yoga.</div><div> </div><div>Thank goodness we have no pixies or i'd want to go to all five sessions which would render us broke and without any time off to attend to family obligations etc!</div><div> </div><div>I can't wait to see old friends. I can't wait to meet new ones. I can't wait to turn several of my good friends onto this great opportunity.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So now I've got to balance my checkbook...and get out my calendar. The first thing i need to mark on my calendar! I've got to get my registrations postmarked by then (or is it postmarked the day before to arrive then? Gotta check that out!) </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I truly wish there could be a January SAW! Snowshoeing, knitting, cocoa...</div><br /><div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-79489844178377884262010-01-03T16:36:00.011-05:002010-01-03T16:50:19.562-05:00WINTER WHITE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcxxyK1GysHSbrMPfw23p2-eXvhCYaTDbXU7BZrgHQq3PKJeZZqkgOBwJEhHYvQZ4YLpM-ggeEC02PeLZlDpz-ZeOLMO8mCvkG-WigQeJ8P7UzU3vS18zKekfZ4r-0s4XtpvyC51bQdI/s1600-h/IMG_0996.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcxxyK1GysHSbrMPfw23p2-eXvhCYaTDbXU7BZrgHQq3PKJeZZqkgOBwJEhHYvQZ4YLpM-ggeEC02PeLZlDpz-ZeOLMO8mCvkG-WigQeJ8P7UzU3vS18zKekfZ4r-0s4XtpvyC51bQdI/s400/IMG_0996.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422633609988660354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPWA9llGfi92TUEhMF300GCgrsZZMSidXm4wPtCd6J_f_OVmr44JenDCahl9BT6Fw5m3eVKlFM1lh6WSDXpDiX5Zeh6FLCBPnp0LnvIZwyHtGaunoN-wC7hWA9oy9yZ8plDBiYycPJuU/s1600-h/IMG_0992.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRo2IdfzE5nuDa6oS_KpmsEfye7LsQ1sbkSglrt9BkNz6OPbgxWFRilEZmczYHl3RMre1ehxM18_EbqV-iM284-jHXKaF91RwOrbVg74TRDrFSERt7AYF1EJbO0UtMjmZ2tTINVLVy5s/s400/DSCN3114.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422604564569178130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj_qLtNm9YlTOicVco8_f6WUzsB7BR291TPT9Yyzrtsq4W6p7UFsvYyGWlG0nD3we0vaIre5wMFqAv5tXYTIEDqUsRqXGluvYFxGhrnfv5kglBD3dh5-9D7ankTAd9wVlguj5PLF4qWo/s1600-h/DSCN3020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj_qLtNm9YlTOicVco8_f6WUzsB7BR291TPT9Yyzrtsq4W6p7UFsvYyGWlG0nD3we0vaIre5wMFqAv5tXYTIEDqUsRqXGluvYFxGhrnfv5kglBD3dh5-9D7ankTAd9wVlguj5PLF4qWo/s400/DSCN3020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422604557163387266" /></a><br />This year our Christmas celebration spanned several days--our holiday celebration spanned several weeks. RK was in VA for the first Kent family Christmas after beloved Kathy's untimely death. (Our backyard holly planted in honor of Kathy is abloom with berries beneath a blanket of snow.) LDA and I celebrated quietly at home. Xmas Eve we partied with our Medford family in celebration of Baby A's first Christmas. We brought Phoebe (thinking she'd be a good party girl) which probably wasn't such a smart idea after all. <div><br /></div><div>Breakfast and presents at home with just me and LDA on Christmas day--special moments of a holiday music and movie filled weekend -- a very special peaceful mother/daughter time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Christmas dinner on Rowley Shore featuring a fabulous boeuf, bouche and presents by the fire! Just four of us this year. </div><div><br /></div><div>RK arrived home from VA after midnite on Saturday (aka Sunday morning!)--quietly sneaking into a sleeping house Santa-style! We all woke up early and had our annual Christmas strata with eggnog, stockings and even more gifts. <div><br /></div><div>This year our tree was in the corner of the kitchen. I think it was our best tree ever! Our little (faux) RAA tree was in the living room alongside our little "peace" mantle featuring our tree collection.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wonderful gifts for all. Gifts of Jacques Torres and Chocolate Springs chocolates. Homemade jams, jellies and vinaigres. Mine was a truly Lilly Christmas with my "In the Slim" dress, duffle and cosmetic bag. Wouldn't Daddy have loved all this!? Lots of bling. A pink cashmere treat. Scrappy-like Tervis Tumblers. Lots to read. Sweet smelling lotions and potions. Music and more.</div><div><br /></div><div>RK's was all about the vintage-like record player (which we certainly put to good use a few nites ago on New Year's Eve), good reads, and more! And for LDA...lots of warm and fluffy gifts! As always the pups and kit kats were in the holiday spirit too.</div><div><br /></div><div>At noontime we moved over to Wolf Hill for a yummy family brunch, wonderful presents and the Patriot's game.</div><div><br /></div><div>And Christmas weekend ended late that afternoon with a visit from PGA and CCA followed by chowder and more at The Causeway.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although I had to go to work the week between Christmas and New Year's the holiday spirit endured. Tuesday nite the entire Thin Book Club minus one dined at The Franklin. It was a really chilly nite...absolutely frigid temps and brutal winds. Yummy food and great company. A nice new tradition.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had a White Christmas tho' it was pretty warm and mushy. Since Christmas we've gotten an entire new delivery of white stuff! It's been snowing for days and days. We had a snowy New Year's Eve with JJ, BD and SD. Dinner at Horizon then back to our house for board games, champagne and Daddy's record collection on the new record player. Tons of fun with good friends.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of food, lots of laughs, lots of gifts...and lots of family and friends. All wonderful! Just what a holiday should be! The 2010 work year starts tomorrow. It's a snowy Sunday and I'm still in my PJs at 3:15 pm. It's still snowing...over a foot by now. RK did the shoveling while i took down the tree and put away almost all signs of the holiday. I must admit that as much as i love bringing out a lifetime's worth of fabulous holiday decor...i love putting clearing it all away to start the year freshly anew!</div><div><br /></div><div>RK's watching football as I blog. I've been doing laundry for hours and the end still isn't in sight. I haven't cracked open a book, nor have I knit a stitch since Wednesday or so. So much for good intentions. We haven't even started to write our Christmas cards. Eegads. It's the first time we've ever not-mailed them before Xmas. Thank you notes need to be written first--kind of out of sequence but so be it. I'm not going to sweat the small stuff.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last nite's pot roast needs to be reheated. It's time to stop eating chocolate and comfort foods and it's time to face my resolutions for 2010! More on them later! Just suffice it to say that tomorrow's a pretty important anniversary!</div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-70263141060015191892010-01-03T14:02:00.005-05:002010-01-03T14:40:13.179-05:00ANOTHER TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcSPdEVkI9TdFl3EdXehwnhZtXIfGNBp5kt5BS5XO-vVxJ-hGN85Mtphf9rwiYa5L381gU0LuswOrZ4PDLCaycJVVp8TLiyqocaKzbTsxjTyKaPVzLzGCisMMmDXFVU9U_YE4w75Icl8/s1600-h/IMG_0866.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcSPdEVkI9TdFl3EdXehwnhZtXIfGNBp5kt5BS5XO-vVxJ-hGN85Mtphf9rwiYa5L381gU0LuswOrZ4PDLCaycJVVp8TLiyqocaKzbTsxjTyKaPVzLzGCisMMmDXFVU9U_YE4w75Icl8/s400/IMG_0866.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422595494438008994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7D9Q_spvgGdFNPZcNVMFS8GisAwYD15-rxJJpIdx6AR0B2jmA5j0L5Vv-Mx7pMDaV2J5EpS_xkNt_zkAAcpdSsq8s_df_HJ2gNKTc5rx9Zao8R9GBsMG8BEEIGiWZT2jQklg65iDr6Y/s1600-h/DSCN2747.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCifvQqOiOBJyCPQ0_usG57mhgi0PW934fg9zCEOX_kWYaOipJMFnuYHNUBTRVEH5nOwRRuIEyPqkuV-i0bp9P8n_cetyjjLykQGRtR9Rt5A3hIR4UBjAajOdBfxa3DjrTZNs21AyHVB0/s400/IMG_0860.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422592470803977058" /></a><br />En route back to Cape Ann from Bedford after RPCC's birthday blow-out we stretched our legs a bit by walking around a very empty MPS campus. It was a gorgeous warm November day and everything looked beautiful. Lots has changed since 1976 but much stays the same.GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-61064283800359156422010-01-03T10:27:00.012-05:002010-01-03T13:15:58.956-05:00FRIENDS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyAcNUITTbayrBmc53Xdap8bQ8C_WNv5x7unj1vE0CfqcWKA0Ml-j3GwxA4OTxO4qrhsQnUmkq9OTrU25qqf0XmB1dF0RpNUUL-cSwmmAa727cOpKlIvsYh1FLXUJjXzJ0GhRUODLtKo/s1600-h/DSCN2644.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyAcNUITTbayrBmc53Xdap8bQ8C_WNv5x7unj1vE0CfqcWKA0Ml-j3GwxA4OTxO4qrhsQnUmkq9OTrU25qqf0XmB1dF0RpNUUL-cSwmmAa727cOpKlIvsYh1FLXUJjXzJ0GhRUODLtKo/s400/DSCN2644.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422577048307339330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7M83yeVSqn6ApOITqjpa3b3zpKmVGx4iuefRfoUPGlHgD9SpHkhVrr-QBGh7jEIN_AshbOm4RYk33rEvXIXMNlmyRxIZmEcunlqZHUl8WW1J3nDoldXoqg1mDrIyPyT8HzOUCBmVts0/s1600-h/DSCN2651.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqovP2KE7pZhFOp4cQIzp1swqy4hWzGqlLNK8SViQxt6Rm5yhyev20zN0Zl7KAfn-SCULXdZzfYy9Veie0eyM9JrF7Afhibjc81lw-35UbaijpOQuDpiPDenp6daSTYmhhFsvtv5ArRVg/s400/DSCN2745.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422539155706392770" /></a><br />It's Sunday of New Year's weekend. Snow is falling for the millionth day in a row. My to-do list is a mile long (help RK shovel, take down tree, write thank you notes, tons of laundry and so on). But instead i'm going to play blog catch up. <div><br /></div><div>This is a look back to an amazing glitzy and glittery evening during Thanksgiving weekend...a smashing start to our holiday season. <div><b>Who:</b> The fabric of my life. Fifty plus years of friendship. Multi-generational BFFs all. Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. Sons. Brothers. Cousins. Aunts. Uncles. Neighbors and the best of friends--most united by BRS and by Mt. Holly, Holly Branch and Old Cross River Roads. We came from MA, NH, VA, RI, CT and beyond for a NY evening on our former home turf. So much history. So many memories. And now we have a new one.</div><div><b>Where:</b> The BG&TC </div><div><b>What:</b> Mandatory bow ties for the guys. Faux (and i bet a few real) baubles for the gals</div><div><b>Why:</b> In celebration of RPCC's 80th Birthday </div><div><b>When:</b> Saturday nite</div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-49768888835335965472010-01-02T19:12:00.013-05:002010-01-02T20:34:46.960-05:0001 02 2010...HAPPY SNOWY PALINDROME DAY!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyPN-n5HP813uZMo3lNXFpqNp6d80Fr-kgYhpUEj75iZ9oDjkUHN0LVGyRiAIsMvX0r_j_Q3fmAPGzD6A65Ya9Uw5PO-d8B7zPvoW_r8930YYqdTaKqwr5uleV3GE_nnPkoJf1SWW4_0/s1600-h/DSCN3149.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyPN-n5HP813uZMo3lNXFpqNp6d80Fr-kgYhpUEj75iZ9oDjkUHN0LVGyRiAIsMvX0r_j_Q3fmAPGzD6A65Ya9Uw5PO-d8B7zPvoW_r8930YYqdTaKqwr5uleV3GE_nnPkoJf1SWW4_0/s400/DSCN3149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422316238907676962" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div>The snow kept coming down. <div>The snowshoes were calling out to us.</div><div>Stage Fort Park beckoned.</div><div>The pups (and us) needed some exercise.</div><div>The Jacques Pepin pot roast was bubbling away in the oven--to be served by candlelight at dusk.</div><div>The kitties were comfy indoors.</div><div>Six rented DVDs awaited us.</div><div>Dismantling the Xmas trees could wait another day.</div><div>The perfect holiday weekend Saturday a deux.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-79793506255770836072010-01-02T13:54:00.005-05:002010-01-02T14:04:22.037-05:00KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiL32WJ2iZYcnpgx6zCoyd7BGJBl_AX6DcUsvSoIfhG3cooZkdbgLnUakVtmU8KVT8S65YXwpjhtdaRYqG3CBOBlyVKg_mGl_63UAtH3kgwS2fSCoX7jw1W47jBwd0tFCWeN0AUm5hzE/s1600-h/IMG_0988.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiL32WJ2iZYcnpgx6zCoyd7BGJBl_AX6DcUsvSoIfhG3cooZkdbgLnUakVtmU8KVT8S65YXwpjhtdaRYqG3CBOBlyVKg_mGl_63UAtH3kgwS2fSCoX7jw1W47jBwd0tFCWeN0AUm5hzE/s400/IMG_0988.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422217913796519010" /></a>Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! <div>Keep Calm and Carry On shall be my #1 resolution for the new year. #2 is to drop another two dress sizes. A year ago i resolved to lose 70 pounds. I'm a mere ten pounds-ish away. I'll get there soon. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have lost lots and lots of inches and let's just say that there are a lot of old blue jeans in the Goodwill pile! I've treated myself to almost an entire new wardrobe. It feels good! It's been a long while since i've followed thru on a resolution. So please wish me luck with my two resoultions as I embark on this new decade!</div><div><br /></div><div>The little painting in this shot is just one of my many "ornaments" from the annual Black Friday Rockport Art Association sale. They are all beautiful and all unique and so much fun to revisit every holiday season. I have a 50/50 mix of holiday themed vs year-round so many stay out throughout the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>The angel topper atop our little faux tree is from my parent's collection. She must be over fifty by now...and she still looks beautiful. It's a great treat to unwrap my vintage ornaments every holiday season. What memories!</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, January 2nd...i'm lovingly wrapping them back up. It's time to put Xmas behind us...and start the new year fresh. A good project for a snowy day!</div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-78443448359484488012009-12-28T20:32:00.023-05:002009-12-28T22:35:11.228-05:00IN CELEBRATION OF MPS FRIENDSHIPS aka CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK aka ALL ABOUT DEB<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbkNuHeTjt0dZzwyuQtFlOqmxweSXMb2S_xknoEQHtrUxirqTDiiyUV9gS3xd9SFWOE2CxwVLFtfYC7rOXOvPzWDTOWHXZhQl-um_ZdDfG3Jlz7nhlaTgK3PZsnGva6wVwwPCEA4y3xk/s1600-h/DSCN2843.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbkNuHeTjt0dZzwyuQtFlOqmxweSXMb2S_xknoEQHtrUxirqTDiiyUV9gS3xd9SFWOE2CxwVLFtfYC7rOXOvPzWDTOWHXZhQl-um_ZdDfG3Jlz7nhlaTgK3PZsnGva6wVwwPCEA4y3xk/s400/DSCN2843.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420495008310284946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_8Uq_WeA_b8GZJ-kADhW8OgygqVwlDt9iFGV3KlMH39l5kOGRXoKS93W-EIVPxpUQQPL-rGy-TRo-LqnuGP_A9AW4cT4dOqthC-DofR44Sy7eadCA7sNBCHcJqsUYTo3lFTgyzRZqow/s1600-h/DSCN2857.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJut-eHs6BZhjHZ1BGh7qUHz5kFWnTmHG9wN6v-QJPXzEH5_Jih479j_cRC2RnaE4CbsgwHUBXxg7XfIh0u8yqRontQ6dCmrtR4ZrIVvtTfF3g8si9KaGjMJTyveFAm2nOFd9PA82Ppw/s400/DSCN2908.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420475220936079314" /></a><br /><i>New York City, the weekend of December 11th 2009, --featuring Deb, Lucy, Jean and me--and other wonderful gals from MPS '76 (and '75!)</i><div><br /><div>What a special weekend of friendship. Back in the Spring we planned this NYC f pre-holiday girls weekend. In from Indiana, Maryland, Maine and Massachusetts--we gathered to honor Deb's fortitude and to remember her beloved Jon. We traveled by train, plane and bus (pre-snowstorm!) to gather for 2-1/2 days of heavy duty conversing, touristing and partying with old friends. It was a weekend of rememberance. We've known each other for more than thirty years but can count on one hand the times we've seen each other since 1976--so lot's to catch up on. We covered it all.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a very busy weekend of laughter complete with a complimentary cheese platter, a birthday toast and a yummy cake from the Cupcake Cafe. We were bedecked with daisies and moose (you'd have to have been there to understand why!) </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of walking--and not a lot of sleep. A little bit of shopping. Glorious holiday sights and sounds. We hit alot of the landmarks! A quick cabbage soup lunch at the Stage Deli. Exotic samosas, naan, curries and more (with lots of wine!) while serenaded by a sitar at Raj Mahal on the Lower East Side. Jean arranged a spectacular three-room suite for us at the Sheraton. We ended our first day with late night cocktails at the (revolving) View atop the Marriott Marquis. We even witnessed a very romantic on-bended-knee marriage proposal on the ice in front of the twinkly Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. We loved Saks' "dancing" starlight facade. We were entertained by glorious store windows on Fifth--especially the jewel-enhanced laser-cut paper decorations at Tiffany and the Fantastic Mr. Fox themed windows of the Bergdorf Goodman's Mens Store It was a very chilly walk thru Central Park but we loved it. We made a brief stop in Strawberry Fields just days after the 29th anniversary of John Lennon's death, and we strolled down my old turf, Columbus Avenue. </div><div><br /></div><div>We were very lucky to have reservations for brunch at the over-the-top Crystal Room at Tavern on the Green just weeks before its historic last call. And what a treat it was to be hosted by Liz for an elegant Saturday evening at her palatial Upper Westside apartment with Doreen, Hatsy, Jamie and Lisa in attendance. Margaret called. Lili sent a gift. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wow!</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">...note to self--in 2010 i must learn how to post photos in chron order--and with captions below.</span></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i> Notes from the Tavern on the Green website that describe the opulence we were lucky to see;</i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p>Described as a "gorgeous and glorious wonderland," Tavern on the Green has six spectacular dining rooms and three exquisite gardens. With its "rustic baroque" decor, Tavern is full of whimsical ornamentation in a woodsy setting. Tavern also makes use of light - in mirrors and crystal, sunlight and moonlight pouring through huge windows, and flickering light from candles and chandeliers.</p><p>Tavern on the Green has a total of 45 chandeliers, made from more than 15,000 pieces of crystal. The 16 stained glass chandeliers in the corridors, Chestnut and Rafters rooms were designed by Warner LeRoy and made under his supervision in various workshops. </p><p>There are 14 sandblasted and etched mirrors, designed by Warner LeRoy and made by the famous Sheft Brothers of Bronx, New York. </p><p>Warner LeRoy also designed the 38 carved puntice mirrors that capture the light throughout the restaurant. Also known as "bulls eye" mirrors, they were popular in England in the 17th Century. </p><p>There are 24 copper and gold-leaf weathervanes made in 1976 by hammering from original 18th Century molds. The molds have since been lost, making these weathervanes quite rare.</p><p>The brass and copper wall sconces were made using the lost "wax method", cast and molded in a wax and dipped. The wooden wall sconces were designed by LeRoy and hand-carved. </p></span></i></div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367393567216245361.post-14899099528973430582009-12-28T20:05:00.007-05:002009-12-28T20:20:46.505-05:00NEW BEGINNINGS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqxKsd3AMRc3uI8huj-BcKGRflRpMPBReO2M7_yGKtShVrMA6vyBa9iiiSq70KE65QNopcHCcxam75OaH0gZxCUsUJss3DIqSOWxFiqRbYRb-Tm7Bgaval629ML8Wb06ye48bbsjRbmk/s1600-h/DSCN2788.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqxKsd3AMRc3uI8huj-BcKGRflRpMPBReO2M7_yGKtShVrMA6vyBa9iiiSq70KE65QNopcHCcxam75OaH0gZxCUsUJss3DIqSOWxFiqRbYRb-Tm7Bgaval629ML8Wb06ye48bbsjRbmk/s400/DSCN2788.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420460537319308882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQiG6qRECUz21JqP2zHD9bw58o19ak1pG60K5t6sovIzWEKT11ILUai8St-jzZL37hC-PvySPGpwmHnzvnYG7zxNiChpLp5poXDCaQ6PAzA4IbACwqbC6rJ8Z63Mf_P1QgB7GyoZJkLQ/s1600-h/DSCN2781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQiG6qRECUz21JqP2zHD9bw58o19ak1pG60K5t6sovIzWEKT11ILUai8St-jzZL37hC-PvySPGpwmHnzvnYG7zxNiChpLp5poXDCaQ6PAzA4IbACwqbC6rJ8Z63Mf_P1QgB7GyoZJkLQ/s400/DSCN2781.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420460060879621362" /></a><br />Time to celebrate! Today is TFD's last round of chemo. It's been a tough six months for my beloved cousin. She is my hero. She's so strong and such an inspiration to all of us as she's never missed a beat in her life as a wonderful mother, daughter, wife, sister, cousin, friend, landlord and author. <div><br /></div><div>Months ago when her she first described the intense course of treatment that lay ahead of her, we talked about the fact that she'd have it all behind her as 2010 dawned. And that's going to happen! May 2010 be a year of new beginnings; health-wise, book-wise and now knitting-wise too! <div>(pix taken mid-December in NYC)</div></div>GloucesterMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738517484281531330noreply@blogger.com0