2023 has been a crazy year with some wonderful highs as well as some challenges, including spending the last few days of the year isolated with my first bout of Covid despite being vaccinated and boosted a total of 6 times. I am grateful my symptoms have been very minor.
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| Christmas Eve in Windsor, California |
One of the highlights of the year was the visit of cousins Jean Marc and Christine from Clapiers, France for Thanksgiving. We were joined by family members from Michigan, Seattle, San Diego, Cupertino, and of course everyone here in Windsor and Santa Rosa. There were 30 of us for dinner.
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| Alzheimer's Walk in Yountville, California in September |
We were fortunate to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in beautiful Provence on July 15. Seems hard to believe that it's been 50 years since we were married in my hometown of Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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| Plateau de Valensole in Provence, France in July A few days before we left for our July trip to France, Shirley decided to try her hand at pickleball. Unfortunately, Shirley fell while back pedaling to get to the ball and broke her wrist in four places. She hoped to fully heal without surgery but a few weeks ago, she had that surgery.
We find great joy spending time with our family. Shirley stays busy running her granny taxi as she helps provide transportation to and from school, sports events, and other non-scholastic activities. |
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| Mother's Day in Windsor, California |
Our other great joy, especially for Shirley is our two big Golden Doodles. Cooper, the black one weighs 105 pounds and Bailey, the brown one weighs 95. Shirley and the dogs are inseparable it seems. It would be helpful if we could find a comfortable and affordable way to transport the two dogs to Sablet when we travel there. Anyone have ideas?
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| Cooper and Bailey in Windsor, California |
We continue to make improvements to our house in Sablet including the new electric, green awning shown below.
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| Our house in Sablet, France (Note our new electric awning) |
Happy New Year. We hope that this year brings peace, joy, good health and prosperity to one and all.
The new awning looks great!
ReplyDeleteYes, the new awning is a big improvement. Now that the awning is electrified rather than hand turned, I am sure we will use it even more.
DeleteHappy New Year to you both. I do hope that Shirley's arm heals quickly and that you are back to good health. The new awning looks great. Wishing you many adventures with friends and family in 2024.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the good wishes. Shirley's arm is nearly healed and is probably healed as much as it ever will be. She definitely has lost range of motion in that wrist. We head to Sablet this next week.
DeleteEnjoy your trip. Please let us hear about the good restaurants that you find. Your recommendations are always appreciated by us!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind feedback. I enjoy hearing from you. We hit some new restaurants during our visit in March and I will be sharing them very soon.
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