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Christmas 2007
The church pageant, some scenics at -52 F, but strangely, no Christmas present photos.
The 2007 harvest, page one
The 2007 harvest, page two
Some nice peppers and corn this year.
Our trip to Asheville
We visit Leanne in North Carolina and Isa has her 50th birthday.
Joe's first meal and gardens
Joe makes his very first dinner with king salmon, and the garden is doing well.
Logging up the Nowitna, page one
Logging up the Nowitna, page two
Phil and Ben invite us to fell some logs and float down the Yukon River on a raft.
Flora and fauna, summer 2007
We see a golden plover, bears, moose, and Siberian arnica.
Breakup 2007
We go down to the Yukon River to look at the ice floes, and Joe decides it is summer.
Spring 2007
Snowmachines go skipping across a pond, the ground shows itself, and Joe takes part in the junior carnival.
Joe's eighth birthday party
Isa experiences a bout of MS ("Martha Stewart") and organizes a treasure hunt in the snow and an elaborate party game for the kids - along with cake written in a Star Wars language.
Archives
JoJo's first sports
Joe's first year in organized sports.
Spring 2007 scenics
Scenics around town from March and April 2007.
Christmas 2006
Santa does his American thing and gets JoJo his own personal firearm. Grandma visits from Florida.
Church pageant 2006
This year's church Nativity pageant was organized by Isabella, who did a great job. JoJo was one of the wise men.
School Christmas pageant 2006
The elementary school Christmas pageant, in which JoJo portrays a holiday moose.
JoJo's first reconcilliation
JoJo went to his first reconcilliation on 19 December 2006 at the Catholic church here in Galena.
Africa photos
Here are some of the photos from our trip to Africa during the summer of 2006.
Arrival in Africa
During our first days in Africa, JoJo went back to school for two days at Parkview Junior School in Johannesburg with his cousin Blake.
Kruger - day one
We drove out to Kruger with Blake and JoJo in the back seat of Robbie's Audi.
Kruger - day two
Storks, elephants, baboons, and a chocolate-colored giraffe.
Kruger - day three
A beautiful sunrise along the river and a pride of lions basking in the sun.
Kruger - day four
We start with a herd of Cape buffalo and the day gets better and better.
Kruger - day five
We accidentially see a serval.
Kruger - day six
An elephant charges the car and scares Isabella.
Kruger - day seven
One final morning in the park.
Family photos - one
A gallery of family photos taken while we were in Johannesburg in mid-June.
Family photos - two
Photos from the Durban branch of the family.
In and around Durban
Our friend Jane and a beautiful view of Durban from Mario and Clara's apartment.
Hippos
We watched whole herds of hippos at St. Lucia.
St. Lucia
Some photos from our visit to St. Lucia.
Hluhluwe landscapes
The landforms in Hluhluwe and the homes in Zululand.
Hluhluwe animals
Nice animals, including an Alaskan tree monkey.
JoJo's eighth birthday
Photos from JoJo's eighth birthday, which included homemade pizza and snowshoeing.
Family gathering at Leslie's house
Leslie and Ron hosted the family at her house in New Jersey. It was a blast.
Christmas in New York
We spent a few days in New York over the holidays. JoJo got to ride Balto!
Christmas in Florida
Grandma got to indulge her grandson, and we went walking through the canopy of a subtropical jungle.
Harvest 2005
Proof that 2005 was one of the best garden years ever.
Cleaning fish and hanging strips
Isa wanted people to see how we prepare fish strips. Here you go!
Gardens from the summer of 2005
Some nice stuff from the first real summer that we had to spend at our new home.
Breakup on the Yukon River
Including the fabulous video showing JoJo dancing on an ice floe singing to his aunties in South Africa.
JoJo's seventh birthday party
JoJo's seventh birthday, attended by his friends and his grandma from Florida.
Winter 2004
Some nice scenics of Galena, photos of Mom and Leanne visiting cold, cold Galena, and JoJo opening his Christmas presents.
Summer 2004
A heaping helping of garden shots from the new house, taken during August and September 2004. See Isa with a giant cabbage!
JoJo's baptism
JoJo was baptised on 19 June 2004 at the Catholic church in Galena. His godparents are Tim Bedony and Karen Lehmkuhl, a couple who atttend the church. Afterwards, we planted a tree in the front of the church and watered it with his baptismal water.
Church pageant 2004
JoJo in the school play
Here are some photos of JoJo playing the role of the shepherd in the church pageant at St. John Berchman's Catholic Church here in Galena. We also have the usual doting photos of JoJo during the elementary school Christmas pageant, and since we are a fair distance from the oppressive apparatchik at the ACLU, we actually use the word "Christmas." Are we not intolerant slobs or what?
The sisters on vacation
The sisters at Universal Studios
The sisters at the Atlantic Ocean
The sisters playing with JoJo
Isabella's birthday party
Carla's paintings
Isa's sisters Carla, Clara and Elena came to Florida during the summer of 2004 to visit the American side of the family in July. They all stayed courtesy of my mom, who had a home ready for them when they arrived. Everyone had a good time.
Our new home
Some photos of the new house taken in the summer of 2004
Kindergarten
JoJo's first day of kindergarten.
Trip to Disney World
Our trip to Disney World in July 2003.
Winter scenes and JoJo's 5th birthday
JoJo playing in the snow, and JoJo's fifth birthday party.
Scanned photos from 2002
Many pictures from all over, starting with California and then showing us in Florida, in Galena and during break-up.
JoJo's first writing
Four examples of JoJo's first writing.
Summer 2002
A potpourri of pictures from the summer of 2002, including the fabulous photo of JoJo asleep at the kitchen table.
JoJo's fourth birthday
Here are some photos of JoJo's fourth birthday, as well as a photo of JoJo stuck in the snow at the dog sled races.
Winter 2001
JoJo's first Christmas pageant, and some odds and sods in the winter.
First snow - 2001
When the snow arrived in October, JoJo was thrilled. We went out and pulled him around on the sled in the snow near our house.
First days in Galena - 2001
We arrived in Galena in July 2001. We immediately set about exploring the community.
Baby JoJo
These are a series of photos taken by Ron Dalby on 4 April 1998, when JoJo was about 3 weeks old and JoJo's parents were more svelte. Grandma and Grandpa were also there to be with JoJo.

Photos taken
June 2006

I was told by locals at St. Lucia that this group of hippos was the largest group that they had ever seen out of the water. We spent nearly an hour with these hippos watching them waltz around and do those hippo things.