Such pretty wrapping paper.....

This was made by my niece......



I thought it was so pretty that I decided to keep it on my refrigerator for the longest time, but I believe it has grown weary of that spot, so I thought I was save it and share it for all to see...

Gingerbread Jamboree

Cutting the cookies out was fun ...


Rolling out the dough was even more fun ...

But eating the cookies was the best part of all!!!

Thanksgiving....

Friends and puppies


Yummy Food!!!

Contented smiles ......


New Friends


Best Friends


Great friends....

Happy children beautifully entertaining themselves...

Siblings getting along......

Great friends.... young and old... er..
I mean old friends that is...
I was NOT referring to Joe's age... really, I wasn't!!

Great Music!!!


It was a wonderful evening..... full of smiles all around!!

It's a windy blustery day in the 100 acre wood....

A good day for hot cocoa and whipped cream,

Reading a good book with the puppies close by,

and a good game of Star Wars.....

Happy Birthday to you .....


Happy Birthday to you ......


Happy Birthday dear Ginny



Happy Birthday to you !!!!

Our New 5th Grader

We have a new 5th Grader and he received honors for straight A's this semester!!!!

The prettiest one yet!!!

Joe's favorite time of the evening is when he can come in to the living room, turn off all the lights, light the fire and stare at the Christmas tree. And every time he says "this is the prettiest tree we've ever had... "

My 50th Birthday Celebration

Friends joined Joe and I to celebrate my 50th birthday.

No that's not me on that hang glider...

just one of the sights from the

Castle Hohenneuffen where

we had lunch.

the sunset from the Castle

All the friends that joined us to celebrate

Borowski.... Dresden.. flowers .... speckled horses...

What do all of those have in common?????

I took a 3 night trip to Dresden (DE), Poland and

Czechoslovakia and along the way saw

Borowski Glass Art...

This is his frog....

This is his Chameleon

This was outside the Borowski showroom

This is a pic of Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia

Just a random garden along the road in Poland

One of the Dresden Government Offices

The City Church in Dresden's Square

Beautiful Horses in Dresden's City Square

More Borowski Lawn Art

Borowski's most famous piece (25,000 euros to buy)

Birthdays.... new and old...

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday Dear J and S

Happy Birthday to you..

Schwarzwald Fall Colors

We got out and enjoyed the countryside.

We drove deep into the Schwarzwald and saw beautiful colors

Friends.. Friends.. everywhere..

One of the highlights of our vacations at home is the opportunity to see friends wherever we go....

Our buddies C and E - we miss them all the time. They used to live across the street.

Our buddy J that also used to live across the street from us.

My friend K's daughter, L. We always get to celebrate her birthday when we visit.

Our friend, S, and kinder goofing around in a fabulous BnB in Plains, GA.