Holiday Greetings
Clockwise, from the upper left:
Our Townhouse remodel – in its beginning stages
Visiting a recovering horse at
Egypt Equine Aid
The
“Traveling Ladies” in Croatia
Stopping to pose for a picture on a shopping street in Cairo
Grilling cheeseburgers on the deck
Linda at
Looking Glass Falls, on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Brevard, North
Carolina
Tom and Terry at
the Gold Rush Days flea market in
Oronoco, MN
Christmas Letter 2018
WE HAVE MOVED
To a New Address
in Bloomington.
Send us an e-mail
if you need to update your records
That fact and a substantial remodeling of the new townhouse accounts for
the lack of a Christmas letter last year. We are still in good health, Terry
is well and we are still traveling in our retirement.
The much
delayed completion of our remodeling project meant that we only were able to
spend eight weeks in Egypt last winter to the disappointment of our friends
there. As always, we explored some new (to us) sights visiting the
Mediterranean Coast including some of the World War II monuments in the area
around El-Alamein
where the
Allied and Axis powers pushed each other back and forth in desert tank
battles for the better part of three years.
For Linda, a good part
of the year was spent planning and then taking her biennial trip with her
group of “traveling ladies” to Croatia. Lying just east of Italy across the
Adriatic Sea, Croatia has become
a very popular
tourist destination in recent years and it is easy to see why from
Linda’s beautiful photographs. The group enjoyed a private tour lasting two
weeks.
Terry lives about twenty-five miles away from us on the
opposite side of the Twin Cities and manages a large fuel stop and
convenience store in that area. He also stays busy trading in ephemera at
two very large flea markets during the summer.
During most of our
warmer days we can be found on the rear deck of our home which faces a small
pond. Linda put the tally of bird varieties we have seen this year at
fifty-one, most of which have found their way onto Tom’s Facebook page.
Somehow he missed the coyote that trotted past our home office window just a
couple of weeks ago.
Just after Thanksgiving, we found time for a
whirlwind trip from the Twin Cities to Virginia taking in a number of
museums from Oak Ridge, Tennessee to Salem, Virginia as Tom continued his
quest for information on early computer ventures in the U.S.
We
continue to sponsor a stall at the
Egypt Equine Aid organization just outside of Cairo where international
volunteers aid distressed donkeys and horses. We urge everyone to consider
supporting this worthy organization, EgyptEquineAid.org – Even small amounts
like $10 go a long way in Egypt.
Wishing all of our friends and relatives
a very healthful and happy 2018.
Overall, it was a year filled with opportunities to renew
many acquaintances.
There is more to see!
Our Travel Blog - Egypt Posts
Our Travel Blog - All Posts
Our on-line photo albums including
the Backyard Birds of Woodbridge and
the Traveling Ladies Trip to Croatia