Looking Back at 2025

January is always a slow month spent mostly visiting with our Texas family and a few friends. It usually, as it did this year, includes a few days of frozen weather. Not a big problem for us since we are self contained....no water, not electricity...no problem. Luckily it doesn't last long.

February was spent enjoying the beach, beautiful sunsets and visits with friends. Even a few from out of state. Watching our Texas grand daughter and daughter in-law run in the Whooping Crane Strut was also fun.

In March we made our way back to Lewisburg. The weather was still a bit cool, but we truly love spending time with our family and that keeps us warm enough.

April brought better weather and lots of time to play outside. We enjoyed watching our yard come alive. Every day brought new flowers and a bit more spring to our lives.

May was full of graduations...Graham from elementary school and Hattie from Kindergarten. More time in the yard, the amusement park and we even found time to launch The Pearl.

June was about spending time on the water. We had a family vacation on Cayuga Lake and Cora got to spend some one on one time with us on the boat.

In July Hattie and Graham got to spend time on the boat and Stan and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary. We spent a long weekend in southern Pennsylvania at the Inn at Whitewing Farm. 

August was the best month of the summer. We spent an awesome week at a house on Keuka Lake. The weather, the water and the company was wonderful. We also celebrated Hattie's 6th birthday and her accomplishment at mastering the two wheeler. No more training wheels in our family.

September was a very busy month. Stan and I took a small vacation to the 1000 Islands and Montreal. On our way back we met up with the kids and spent a week in the Adirondacks. 

We had some great photos taken of our family when we were in the Adirondack. Here are just a few of the ones I like. 

October was a bit slower as we enjoyed the fall colors, fall festivals and more time with the family. October also means the end of the boating season in New York. Kind of hard to believe this was our ninth season in Ithaca.

November brought colder weather, shorter days and even a bit of snow. We could tell it was time to move south. Before we left we enjoyed some of the wonderful winter squashes the area provides. We had a slow trip south...we took our time and visited with my good friend Karen in Iowa. 

We spent December enjoying our boat, our Texas grandkids and a Christmas trip to Belize.