| In January, we went skiing with friends, the Cornings. |
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The Eagle Mountain House, in Jackson, New Hampshire. |
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The veranda. |
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Isabel and Benjamin resting on the ski slope. |
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Isabel and Anna proud of their cross-country skiing. |
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Ellsworth Ave. during a snow storm. |
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Isabel and Benjamin building a snow-man. |
| In February, we visited Grandpa Edmund and Grandma Terry
in California. |
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Benjamin enjoying the fireplace in Berkeley. |
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Chantal helping Benjamin with his Lego. |
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The giant coast redwoods at Muir Woods.
(This vertical panorama was stitched from five "landscape"
pictures.)
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A long way up the redwoods. |
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Grandpa Edmund with the kids. |
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The Aquatic Park in San Francisco. (Maritime History Musuem).
(This horizontal panorama was stitched from seven
pictures.)
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Richard and the kids at Pier 39. |
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Back home, Isabel reading the Golly Sisters to Benjamin. |
| In March, my sister Caroline lent us her apartment
in New York for a weekend. |
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Washington Square. |
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Battery Park, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. |
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A panoramic view of Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty. |
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Liberty, from underneath. |
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Big toes, from a life-size re-creation in the museum. |
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The reception hall at Ellis Island. |
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Benjamin fascinated by the view from the ferry. |
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A quiet street in Greenwich Village. |
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Isabel missing many teeth. |
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Moet the cat.
(One of the first pictures with my first digital
camera, a Canon Digital Elph S100.)
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Isabel with her planting group at Peabody. |
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Isabel and her second-grade class, with Ms. Darling. |
| In April, my company went to the
ball game (click to see)
. And it was spring-time in Boston.... |
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Apple blossoms. |
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More apple blossoms. |
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Isabel on the bridge at the Public Gardens. |
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With Grandma Jose in the Public Gardens. |
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Make way!. |
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Swimming lesson with Amanda. |
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Reading together. |
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Aunt Caroline in her new car. (On a business trip to the Bay Area.) |
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Sheep in Portola Valley. |
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San Francisco, looking down Lombard Street. |
| In May, Chantal and I went to
London (click to see)
, for my fortieth birthday. |
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A grand San Francisco facade, on yet another business trip. |
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And another, with a fun false front. |
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Isabel at her first piano recital. |
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Benjamin at his 5th birthday party, showing Trevor his window-climbing
robot. |
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Benjamin admiring his birthday cake. |
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The girls enjoying their cake: Simone, Maxine, Isabel, and Anna. |
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Aunt Caroline gave Benjamin a fun tunnel game. |
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At Sandy Neck: Benjamin, Chantal, and Isabel. |
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Isabel and Benjamin runnning down the board path. |
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Benjamin showing off his crab. |
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Benjamin and Isabel in the lifeguard's chair. |
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Benjamin putting on his sandals. |
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360-degree Sandy Neck panorama (3.5 MB Quicktime file, stitched
from 12 frames).
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New rollerblades from Aunt Lorraine. |
| In July, I went to
Santa Fe
on business. |
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| In August, we took a family trip to
Norway
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Bigelow (daycare) graduation: Benjamin with classmates Joe and Noa. |
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Graduation kiss from Jen. |
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With Mioko. |
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Benjamin and Isabel on the first day of school. (Kindergarten and
3rd grade, respectively.) |
| In September, I took a business trip to
Barcelona, Spain
, and got caught up in the events of the 11th. |
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Isabel's 8th birthday party.
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More birthday party, with Benjamin eating his cake,
Isabel opening her presents, and finally, some flowers that the girls collecting
in the front garden.
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Some Fall scenes: at Mt. Auburn cemetery at a favorite monument,
Richard carving a pumpkin with Benjamin, and at the Middlesex Fells. |
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In Mt. Auburn cemetery again, with friend Trevor, and Halloween (in
front of our old apartment across the street). |
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| The Holiday season: Isabel in her school concert, Benjamin playing
with trains, and opening presents at home. |
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In Falls Church, VA, with Chantal's parents.
To the right, Isabel with Grandma Dorothy and Aunt Marian, and
Benjamin and Aunt Marian admiring Benjamin's new skateboard, from Aunt Lorraine.
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Isabel with her Harry Potter, just like millions of other kids!
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Tor's 80th birthday dinner. From the left: Marian, Uwe,
Lorraine, Isabel, Benjamin, Dorothy, Tor, and Chantal. |
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The kids decorating gingerbread house and gingerbread
boy:
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Our Holiday letter. (Reduced from the print version.) |
