Sunrises

My jacuzzi area. I have all my colored lights, ginger blossom bubbles and wine. What’s not to love?

I thought this was funny. Steve only hears a fraction of what I say despite my loud voice. He has hearing aids but finds them annoying 

It was his birthday. He doesn’t like sweets in general and is tired of all my cherry creations. He asked for banana cream pie

Part of my indoor flowers along with amaryllis and orchids

 

Every night a herd of deer walk through our yard in the winter

It is my least favorite time of the year. This winter is especially cold and slippery and I haven’t run much outside. Fortunately I have a treadmill and an indoor bike along with my weights. I injured myself last year on the treadmill but this year I’m being super careful and slowing down

In 8 weeks we go to Europe again assuming we both have negative Covid tests. What is scary is that if we get it and recover, we could still test positive for months afterward

Although Covid is starting to subside in the East it’s still very prevalent here so I am staying away from people for the most part though I did go to Allie’s basketball game where there were a few mask holes.(always fat it seems) I kept my distance. I also had to get new glasses because my super expensive frames broke and I have been relying on super glue for 2 months so more exposure to people. I do see friends though 

I am glad Australia kicked out that asshat tennis player who doesn’t believe in vaccinations and thinks he has natural immunity. Hopefully he will be stuck playing in his own country. 

But in the morning most of the time we still have nice sunrises 

2021 in photos

 

Christmas this year at Shannas

Hannah in Northville 

Linz art museum

Sunrise over patio with sprinklers going

Blue church in Bratislava 

Stopped getting my nails done during Covid but am using nail covers now

Montera beach California 

Church in Krems Austria on early morning walk

Found this foos ball set discarded on a bike ride it’s in my garage for now

View from drinking my early morning coffee

Early morning run along Half Moon Bay

Mural in Grand Rapids. We went to ArtPrize. Much smaller than years past

New puppy Snickerdoodle 

Passau 

Took Tessa and Maya trick or treating. Liked this skeleton Beatles 

entwined light display Golden Gate 

Winter Palace Vienna

My bathtub area

Steve and Beethoven grave Vienna

Parliament building Budapest as we first set sail drinking pear schnapps

Over the top decor in Gottweig Abbey 

St Mathias Budapest 

Hundertwasser house in Vienna

Townsend warbler in bottlebrush in pacific grove

Before my MIL funeral in Long Island 

Holocaust memorial in Budapest. Each leaf a victim

golden Gate park San Francisco 

My Buche de Noel this year

Steve and me on our ship

Some of my many tomatoes I grew

Snow

Close up of Monarchs in Pacific grove

Frains Lake near my house on my bike ride

Mayas party at a bowling alley

Lots of daffodils growing here

Kids hiding out on our bed as we watch something inappropriate in the other room

From my cooking class.  I’ve made this salad several times. Only the lettuces I grew

Steve’s family came this summer  We are having lunch after a very long hike in  Ann Arbor 

My morel harvest of one from my front yard

We met up in Ohio with Steve’s cousin

Last years Chosen sisters in early January 

Birthday drink from Josh in Plymouth 

Frains Lake

Year of the cicadas For three weeks a constant drone. I didn’t realize I had an oak tree until they appeared 

I have several feeders. This one right out my bedroom window

New to me iris. Italian 

New day lily

Maya’s art project 

The house at dawn 

Fake donut in Toledo where some of our family got vaccines. Free donuts to those vaccinated 

Last years Christmas in shifts

Naomi has gone back to school to learn computer science. So far so good

Vaccines easier to find in z Ohio. Parking lot full of Michigan plates

Huge ice cream for Tessa

My mother in law shortly before getting Covid

Deer

Late snow 

Tiffany exhibit at the Henry Ford

Birthday lunch for Josh in our pod in Milford

I love lights and have them all over the place

Lots of amaryllis 

Josh’s girls during their shift here

Going backwards. As we were finally vaccinated we felt safe traveling this fall: first on our twice canceled before Danube river cruise and then to California in December. Still many events were canceled. Although I was able to get vaccinated early, we did a lot of searching to get everyone else vaccinated going to Ohio for some of them 

I gardened a lot per usual growing kohlrabi for the first time. Lots of tomatoes and rhubarb. I added a lot of different flowers too  I biked a lot in the early morning stopping for pretty sunrises on the local lakes   Steve’s family stayed with us in July which was fun. saw my Chosen Sisters a lot and went with Steve to Grand Rapids art fair. 

My mother in law was about to turn 97 but succumbed to Covid despite being vaccinated. Presumably the staff was all vaccinated but I suspect not. It boggles my mind that those who work with the elderly and the sick in the hospital are too selfish and stupid not to get vaccinated 

The grandkids all started in person school as Covid levels were relatively low   But in December omicron hit and Maya has yet to be in class this year as so many people are sick despite being vaccinated