Return to Normalcy

"Free At Last"

Not just Martin Luther King.........me too!

MLK GETAWAY

On Monday, Jan 19, Suzy and I gingerly probed the horrors of interstate 95, and ventured up to Havre de Grace, MD for a funday of antique shopping, and liesurely dining on Chesapeake Bay.

SADNESS from MANCE....Joan Smith died on January 11, 2010

Our dear friend Joan Smith passed away (1-11-10) only three weeks after the death of her only surviving sister, Edna.

The era is over, there is no one left on the farm.

Last summer we took her to the site of the amazing rescue of the Q Creek Nine (9 coal miners), and also the Flight 93 (9/11/01) crash site.

Heat is where you find it!!

The lions lie down with the lamb. Record cold in January 2009 makes the fire "hearth" the place to be. Normal differences notwithstanding.

Brief Sojourn....escape from Mance

Suzy and I journeyed to Mance for one overnight with 4-8" of snow predicted and temps in the low teens. The highlight was a trip into a magic wonderland (only 30 miles from Mance) that brought back thoughts of New England. Seven Springs Resort provided a marvelous breakfast buffet enhanced by a wide open view of the slopes, and 18" of fresh snow

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Christmas 2009

Home for the Holidays: albiet December 27. Sarah and Morgen celebrated Christmas here in Manassas. Two new kittens for Morgen made for memorable moments.

December to Remember

White Christmas 2009

More pictures from the blizzard of 09 in Manassas

Visions of sugar plums danced through their heads.......including the furry one!

Like loaves of bread, their side mirrors are the only indication of what lies beneath.

the computer mouse at Mance grew hungry in the cold and met it's demise at Victor!