Monday, December 31, 2018

Lesson 571: 2018 Lamp Post Year in Review

Good evening, Readers!
Welcome to the Lamp Post 2018 Year in Review.

Eloise loves to sit with a slow sipping drink
and look back through the photo moments 
I captured throughout the year.

Here is what 2018 looked like from the rear view mirror,
long on photos and short on words.
The photos tell their own stories.


Weather
The Snowpocalypse





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Well, at least we got this if we lived through it all.


Snow worship at the baseball stadium.





T-shirts in memory of
the winter of just shy of 200 inches.


One for the record books.


Or not.


Spring



Summer



Very high water levels--
no beach.


Unruly fall.



Early snow dump in November


and chilling temperatures


made for some interesting landscapes.


The perfect Christmas Eve snow.



Sports are a large part of our lives.

10th in the Erie Times News Tournament



Sam, the lefty
is making his mark, too.

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Basketball






Softball


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Little League




First home run



A states run







Trolley made the last stop at the State Little League Tournament


A fine season, boys!


I accomplished my goal 
of completing the Erie Half Marathon

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on these arthritic feet.


I hired a bike guide this year.
Highly recommend.

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Football rivalries



Debate over the IE Huskie.
Eloise is in favor-ie.


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Beast on the Bay--
Natalie completed some of the big course.









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Golf

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Water boot camp

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Huggle Hoodies  for after pool class.
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Team Adrenaline



Celebrations

Eloise turned 47.


Sam has some of my language ability,


and is conniving enough to buy me cookbooks
and mark pages of things he wants me to make him.


11th year for Sam.


20th for Natalie.



The Royal Wedding took place on her birthday!

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49 for Louie 
but the only candle I had left was the 
zero off of Natalie's 20.


Eighteen for Ellen
and she got to vote in November!


21 for Erik.


Awkward family photos

Easter



Thanksgiving


Christmas


Dances are always a celebration.






Weddings

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Babies




Wine in a can!
Now that's something to celebrate!
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Milestones

Erik's graduation

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Girls' senior photos





I finally got my photo on the front cover of the Erie Times
and I look like I'm smoking a cigar.
It's a noise maker!


Best Ever
School Picnic Photo Series

Sam's first log ride.
His friends told him that they would tell the guy
to put them on the baby hill track.



Don't worry Sam--
you'll be fine.



Sam suddenly realizes he was duped.





School was no sooner out 
and we started looking for the potential next one.


Natalie tries to send Clarion a subtle message
about her choice of Ellen's college.



Edinboro it is!



Travel

Ellen went to NYC

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and Washington DC

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Family vacation to Deep Creek, Maryland.





















We found the Burgatory in Pittsburgh.





Camp


Autism is woven into the fabric of our lives.

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Cousin Bonnie finally got her Happy People Hoodie
and the Barber National Institute got $1,400 from Natalie.


Summer mornings with Erik.


Unsolved Mysteries







Discovery of a Treasure








On a lighter note--
we discovered there are things such as bacon shaped band-aids.
Natalie is a happy, happy girl!



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Always My Favorites



I miss Alex and Jackie SO much. My donkeys that I rescued are in East Texas now. I want to go see them and call to them . Sweet girls

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Art











Feral Cat Lady






Daddy, can I keep him?




Caught.
Spayed.
Neutered.
10 of them.
Yep.
10.


Nature







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Rarities

Two shutterbugs in one photograph

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A phone booth in the middle of the woods.

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A handwritten note.

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Passings

Dear Uncle John
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Our beloved Josie





Pain

6 weeks of Trigeminal Nerve Pain.

Perfect illustration! :( for trigeminal neuralgia. This is how I feel right now

I still shudder at the mere memory of it.

My Battle With Trigeminal Neuralgia: Some Scary Decisions Ahead.

HE is such a sarcastic bunny..LUV it =}=}


Nope, it ain't working .......... must up the dose ! .................. Must remember to have a sandwich next time !!!

Depression over the loss of her pet.


Hazel's Homecoming

According to Anna Shelter records,
Hazel was born the day after Josie died.




She likes the same sunny spot Josie used to lay in.


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October is 'Adopt a Shelter Dog Month' - For the Love of the Dog



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Cinderellen's Homecoming

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My Loves

Boat Rides



Little ones



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Kid art
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Selfies with a camera in front of my face





Old Friends.

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Long marriages.

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Altar'd State

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Big hugs



Water slides



Fat robins



Old, bent photographs





Goals for 2019


Peanuts Studio Blog

Finish my current Bible so I can start my new one.
I got the kind you can create art in!





Best Advice I Got


Surround yourself with people that reflect who you want to be and how you want to feel. Energies are contagiousâ€Â¦

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Stick with me in 2019, Readers.


I'll show you stuff I like.


A photograph of a Lubitel medium format camera from the 60s, with a beautiful quote from photographer Leon Levinstein in simple typography. Please

You never know.
You might like it, too!



Goodbye 2018.  
You were a good year.

Eloise