Dear Friends and Family,
We’ll best remember the winter of 2011 for the snow. It seemed as if we’d just finished shoveling the driveway and cleaning off the cars in time for another blizzard.
But, for more fun things, we started off 2011 with a visit to Biz and Tom and the boys in Severna Park for our traditional late holiday celebration. Soon after that we left for a couple of weeks in California to see Adrienne, Judah and Zoe in San Francisco; Cliff and Dixie in Santa Cruz; Kaaren and Steve in Morro Bay; and West and Dani in Winchester. We’ll do the trip again in January 2012.
In February we drove to Florida, stopping in Salisbury, NC to see Jerry Cochran, and in Decatur, GA to see Rafe and Ilze. We spent a couple of nights with Ann and Mac Scott in Sarasota, and three nights in Naples with Tom and Mary Cush. Then across the state to see Alvin, and the long drive home.
March brought our second trip to Panama. I had put the trip together, along with Hernan Arauz, our guide from our previous trip. All of the participants were good friends of ours. We visited several different parts of Panama, from the resort at Gamboa to a native Embara village where we stayed in an elevated hut. One highlight was a long, muddy hike to see the Harpy Eagle, a truly awesome bird. Hernan and his fiancé Rebecca visited us at Christmastime, and we took them to Longwood Gardens.
We drove to Boston in early April to attend Andy’s pre-graduation concert. He and classmates had composed several pieces, which were performed in a concert hall by professional musicians. As part of that trip we visited Linda Hoffman in Harvard, MA and Carol and Don Scott in Chatham.
In May we met friends Susan and Jack at Magee Marsh in Ohio to see migrating warblers. In late July we returned to Santa Cruz for the Dickens Universe and Great Expectations. Then to Katy, TX in early September for a few days’ visit with James and Sharesa. Back to Santa Cruz in mid September for our annual dog-sit on Monterey Bay.
Clifford and Dixie visited us in October, as part of their East Coast trip. We all went to NYC to meet friend Fred Huber at Penguin Publishing. We ate a memorable lunch at Ear Inn in the financial district. Later on that month we saw Sam perform in “Witches” in Annapolis.
In the midst of all that we managed to get to see several HDTV Met Operas, some PhilOrch concerts, a few plays at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, and went to PMA for some special art exhibits.
I continued as program chair of our local Audubon chapter, and went out birding with friends at least once a week. I also did some NY trips with Cheltenham Adult Education School. I post some ramblings at http://madameenaj.blogspot.com/ Bob continued with his golf and tennis. We had our kitchen updated, with new counters and a new floor. It looks nice.
We’ve been discouraged with the way financial markets continue to operate, and with the current political scene, but all in all, it’s been a good, busy year for us.
We wish you all the best in 2012.
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