Valerie & Ben's Wedding

Tonight Valerie & Ben got married at the Estate at Florentine Gardens.

From Long Island to New Jersey

Santa got hit by a VW Beetle!

Google loves hotels!

VW Bus Mural

I love the mural outside the Surf Shop in Atlantic Beach. I'm holding a metal workshop sign with the same bus, that I purchased at the Fayetteville Antique Mall in Fayetteville, PA.

Beautiful Chilly Day at Catalina

It was a beautiful, but chilly, day at Catalina. Google decided to bundle up in his ski jacket 

Lots of work being done at the club.

A Boy & His Tail

I love this pic of Google snuggling with his curly tail!

Catalina Afternoon Sky

Crazy sky at Catalina & it was only 3:30pm.

It was also freezing on the beach.

Embassy Diner

Yay! I won the December 2025 Embassy Explorations photo contest with my pic of our Embassy at the Embassy Diner in Bethpage, NY.

Old neon at the Farmingdale Meat Market.

Calvin the Eagle Scout

Today was Troop 154 Goldens Bridge Eagle Scout Court of Honor.

Cousin Calvin & his fellow Eagle Scouts

Emily, Calvin & Mike

Thanksgiving

 We went to Thanksgiving at Mike & Emily's house.

 

Daisy & JoJo were camera shy, but Ozzie smiled for the camera.

Lilah & Ozzie got tons of exercise chasing a lot of balls.

Penny & Eliza pose with their pup Daisy.

Lilah liked hanging out with Calvin.

Wendy, Jake, Lilah & Gabby.

It wasn't easy getting 6 pups in one photo when they have a huge yard to run around in.

 

It wasn't easy getting 24 humans in a pic before dinner either.

 

Mike, Valerie, Jake, Sandra, Molly & Ashley. 

 

Before dinner, there was a big meeting of the 3G's Club (Grandma, Grandpa & Grandkids) in the basement.

Emily & Mike prepped the turkey for carving.

 

 Ozzie, Lilah & Google wanted to help out.

  

Larry welcomed everyone to Thanksgiving dinner before we split up into two dining rooms. 

 

During dinner, everyone got a small card with a cute caricature of a turkey. We each listed three things we were grateful for. After dinner, Eliza, Miranda & Penny read a group poem they wrote from everyone's input.

When Google passed out in Daisy's bed ...

 

 

... Daisy was happy resting on the rug.

 

Google & Daisy were very interested when Sandy was packing up the leftovers.