Archive for January, 2008

Heirlooms Created by Chuck

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

These photos don’t do the pieces justice that Chuck has been building.  He only took up woodworking after retiring and has become as accomplished as most professionals.  He likes to have a new challenge in each piece he designs and builds.  He spends a good amount of time creating the piece in CAD on the [...]

Tucson Visit

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

We visited our friends, Susan & Paul, in Tucson and enjoyed the beautiful desert sunsets, cool winter nights and warm days.  We hiked up in the Tortolito mountains and had lunch. 

Chuck, Susan & Paul near the top.

Chuck & Nancy

I loved the backlighting on this saguaro cactus.  It takes around 60 years before the first branch called [...]

Holly & Family

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Over 20 years ago we had a delightful young woman, Holly, spend a year with us as a nanny.  Tiny in stature she was large in her love and generosity.  A wonderful artist, she left her mark here along with a number of pieces of artwork she created for us and our family and friends.  [...]

Family Farewell for Joey & Leslie

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

My nephew, Joey is moving to Germany where he’ll be flying Nato diplomats for the Air Force. His wife, Leslie will be joining him there in June. We were delighted that they came up to CT for a little farewell party. It was the first time this year we had most of the family together.

Motorcycle Museum

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Chuck and friends, Dick, John & Jeff, visited a CT motorcycle museum.  It was in an old mansion which looked more like the home of the Munsters than a museum! 

Jeff shows his stuff!  LOL!

2008 New Years Day - Great ‘8

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

We had a really delightful New Year’s Eve with wonderful friends, Ruth & Dick, Jeff & Liza and Mischa.  It was a great day full of wonderful food, great company and movies in the home theater.

It really was a great introduction to 2008.  Lots of fun & laughter and conversation about everything from photography to [...]