"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in
its net of wonder forever."—Jacques Cousteau

Winter Updates

"In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give." - Cory Booker
We have migrated north and are waiting for the weather to warm up, but while we're waiting we are enjoying watching our yard come alive, spending time with family and enjoying being in our house. 

Our trip north was pretty uneventful. We drove straight through so we could stay ahead of a front moving east. Our reward for doing this was watching the full eclipse of the moon. We left Rockport around 4:00 PM so we would miss traffic in Houston. The only real issue we had was a wreck outside of Victoria that blocked the highway for about 45 minutes. The eclipse show was beautiful and we were able to see the blood moon come up the following evening as we arrived in Pennsylvania. 
Before leaving Texas we enjoyed visiting with family and friends and even got to watch our family run in the Whooping Crane Strut. Our granddaughter ran the 5K and our daughter in law ran the 10K. They both did amazing. We were very proud of both of them. We also enjoyed eating at some of our favorite seafood restaurants.

Just one of the amazing sunsets we enjoyed from the deck of Texas Pearl.
Winter visitors in Rockport.
One last girls night at Janice's beach house was fun...old friends catching up on our separate world.
Fun at the Whooping Crane Strut
We spent a fun day with Earline and Kenneth in Lockport...visiting and playing with their animals.
My last fun in the sun before we headed north was spending the day with Janice and her grandsons in Port Aransas.
We have spent lots of time with family since we returned to Lewisburg.
Visitors to the yard.
You will have to zoom in to get the full effect of these photos. Our yard changes daily. I am taking pictures every Wednesday and here is the progress over the first three weeks.
A few of our early blooms.

Happy New Year 2025

"There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying and never stop learning." -Roy Bennett

Looking Back at 2024

January was spent enjoying the sun, warm weather and family in Rockport.
Hope In February we found a weather window to move our belongings into our new home. It was a lot of work, but now we are settled and loving it. We also had time to visit with friends in Texas.
After spending a few weeks in Lewisburg we returned to Texas to wait for the weather to warm up a bit in Pennsylvania. In March we made our spring migration north just in time to spend Easter with Kyle and his family.
April was all about family and watching the beautiful flowers bloom in our yard. Every week brought more wonderful surprises.
In May we launched The Pearl and prepared to spend our seventh season in Ithaca. It was also Hattie's turn to come to the boat for a visit. Such a great time.
In June we spent our first family vacation with the kids at a house we love near Sheldrake. It was a week filled with lots of fun.
July was filled with the two older kids spending time at the boat and celebrating Kyle's birthday with a family kayak trip down the Susquehanna River. We miss having babies, but older kids are so much fun.
In August we spent another great mini vacation with the kids on the lake. Everyone truly loves spending time on and in the water. We also had a chance to meet up with some old boating friends.
In September we took a trip to Madeira. What an absolutely stunning place to visit. We spent ten days exploring and relaxing.
October is a great month to be in the northeast. They really know how to celebrate fall here. Pumpkins, fall squash, colorful leaves...it was a spectacular month and we enjoyed every bit of it.
In November we kept the grands for a week while Kyle and Brytanie went to California for a little vacation and a wedding. Soon after that we headed south. It was nice to catch up with our family in Rockport.
December was a beautiful month in Rockport. The weather was amazing. We had fun going to our Texas girls activities and spending Christmas day with them. But the best part was spending the end of the year with our complete family...the best birthday present ever.