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Happy Anniversary @summer slope Dixie and George! 🍾

Good Monday morning. My day went out the window. I was ready to leave to go to my specialist for a diagnostic procedure and the office called and the PA that does the procedure is sick. They wanted to schedule for Friday, no way as we are short time for the cabin. So I am scheduled for middle October and if I need surgery it will probably be in November. Oh well no plants to move then just have to worry about slinging luggage in January. Welcome back Rich! Thanks for filling in for him Jacqui and Sandi. Thanks for the maps each day Roy. Croutons are favorites at this house, I have never been to Calaveras, CA and love Hummus but have had it rarely of late. A great quote from Gould. Thanks for the photos of Gaspe so far. I will pass on the bean burger but of late I have been enjoying enjoying Bloody Mary's at Mariner receptions since they are usually in the morning. Today's German Pinot Blanc sounds wonderful, wonder where I can find it? Thanks for researching these for us each day ladies. Prayers for @Nickelpenny today as she as her back surgery and for @RMLincolns DH with his follow up eye appointment. Prayers for Tana and Chuck and everyone in our group who are ailing. Prayers for all in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. We are taking my older sister to dinner for her birthday today. Her birthday is May 19 but we will be on the road to the cabin that day. It will be nice because all of my siblings will be joining and my nephew who lives in Colorado Springs is visiting his Mom for Mother's Day will be there too. It will be fun for everyone to get together. Since I was all ready to go to the doctor I am going to stay inside and work and get all my last packing of food and meds done. I don't want to have to clean up from being outside although it is a beautiful day. Have a lovely day. Nancy

In memory of my dear Mother who passed away in early September 1997 along with Princess Diana and Mother Theresa. I remember the day of this photo as we had walked from their cabin to look at the land they gave me and tried to figure a good site for our current cabin. She was very ill with lupus I miss them both a lot.

Good morning everyone. It is nice to get back into my normal routine after the plant sale. It was a success with $1450 made on day one of the sale. Day 2 is next week at the opening of our town's Farmer's Market with two truckloads left. I am glad it is behind me. Thanks for the Daily and maps Jacqui and Roy. Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mother's and all of us missing our DMs. Important day of plant health and International Nurses day. Thanks again for enlightening us. I look forward to photos of today's port. I will pass on the meal but would love a Rose Kennedy on a BHB and the wine sounds nice. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa. I see that your BFF is scheduled for surgery on Friday, prayers for a great outcome. Prayers for Chuck, Tana, Maurice and Jim. I hope your DH @RMLincolnis healing from his eye surgery. Prayers for all in our group needing them and all in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. A couple of photos for @StLouisCruisers of the Zuiderdam leaving Port Everglades. A HA group on fb posts photos of many of the ships departing Port Everglades, especially on the weekend. It seems from all of his photos people weren't so excited about sailaway. Maybe Zuiderdam left late and everyone was enjoying dinner. I imagine a ship leaving port the next cruise after a world cruise has some extra work to do. The other is the sale before we opened yesterday. Have a lovely Mother's Day. Nancy

@MISTER 67 Bon Voyage!!

Bon Voyage @Niagarawine!

@StLouisCruisers Bon Voyage! Safe travels to FLL today!

Good morning everyone. Thanks for the Daily Reports and the Cares and Celebrations reports. @marshhawk I hope all goes well at the oral surgeon. Prayers for all who need them and those in War zones. Happy Birthday to your DS @Denise T. 🎂 It appears our plant sale tomorrow will be windy and chilly with the rain gone before we open. I am sending all Bon Voyages one day early as I will be selling plants at this time tomorrow. Have a nice Friday. Nancy

Good morning everyone. Thanks for the Daily and maps Jacqui, Rich and Roy! Thanks for explaining Europe Day Graham. Home front heroes are at the front lately with all the tornadoes, ours was a strong Cat 2. Euripides quote would be another one to discuss in philosophy class. Great day breaking the codes at Bletchley park which helped turn the tide of WWII. Pass on the spinach and would take a cosmo after some of the strange ones we have had of late. Today's vino sounds good but elusive. Thanks for the photos of Flam Sandi and Graham. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Jacqui. Prayers for all on our list and those suffering without being mentioned. Prayers for the hostages and those in war zones. I will be very brief the next few days as the plant sale nears. I got a lot done yesterday in prep, today it is rain all day. A nice day for set up on Friday and 60% chance of rain on Saturday. Have a lovely Thursday! Nancy

Good morning everyone! Thanks for the Daily and maps Jacqui, Roy and Rich. Three important days with stopping animal cruelty and having a plan for one's animals in a disaster. Thanks for the definition of Thalassemia Graham, a disease I had heard of but didn't know exactly what it was. Thanks for the photos of Da Nang @Quartzsite Cruiser. It looks like an interesting place. A good quote especially as spendy as chocolate is getting. VE Day was cause for huge celebrations and continuing to this day, unfortunately many people are unaware of the war and what is accomplished in world order. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa, I hope that your BFF is feeling better. @luvteaching Thinking of you on your late husband's birthday memory. @marshhawk Wow, what a scare. I hope you got your Blood Sugar back down shortly thereafter. Prayers for Maurice, Tana, Terry, Richard and Jacqui and everyone else in our group needing prayers. Prayers for all in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the Israel hostages, the Russian hostages and the innocents in Gaza. @aliaschief What a lovely place you will be visiting on your safari. I now know why HA doesn't have any crackers, they are all at your safari resort. 🙂 The tornadoes missed us by about 20 miles. They hit very close to my Dermatologist's office and the Senior Center where we hold our annual Greens sale. They looked very large and scary on the news but it was mainly a lot of downed trees and property damage. The side of the Fedex warehouse was sheared off but only about 15 injured people. I was much closer to the 1980 tornado that hit Kalamazoo when 5 people were killed, it knocked down trees and snapped telephone poles 100 yards away. A lot of plant sale work today. Have a good Wednesday, Nancy

@cruising sister So much sadness in your BFF's family. I hope the child with Crohn's can recover. @Haljo1935 thinking of you today.

Good morning everyone, thanks for the Daily and Maps Jacqui, Roy and Rich. I think I will celebrate Cosmo day with a good SB blanc. Thanks for the enlightenment on Cystosis Graham, a serious disease with little to help the patients suffering from it. Looking forward to today's port photos. I will pass on the chicken with broccoli but today's wine sounds lovely and the cocktail would be good with a splash of diet sprite. Great quote by Lennon. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa. Prayers for your BFF who broke his leg big time. I hope he has someone that can help him with outside work. I am happy to read that Richard is healing better @RMLincoln. Debbie @dfish I hope you can get some answers and alternatives when you see your spine specialist today. I was also happy to read that Maurice has a date set for his valve replacement @ger_77. @Cruzin Terri So happy to read that you and your husband have come up with a plan for a future cruise. Prayers for Tana, Chuck, Annie and everyone else in our group who need prayers. Prayers for the people in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza and of course the poor souls held unjustly by the Russian Government. We have a day of strong storms ahead of us. I am heading out with some ladies from GC to do a site inspection for our upcoming 2025 Environmental School at the local bird sanctuary conference center. I think a lot of the largesse for the founding of the Sanctuary was the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek. If you want to watch some mindless silliness watch Unfrosted on Netflix about the battle between Kellogg and Post to launch the first breakfast toaster pastries. Have a lovely Tuesday. Nancy

Good Monday morning. Welcome back Jacqui and thanks to you, Roy and Rich for our Daily reports and maps each day. Thanks for the information on Joseph Brackett today Graham. Unfortunately every day is a diet day for me, it is just a way of life though I guess I blow it once in a while. A great quote by Plato. I will pass on the Kale and the Melon but the German Pinot Noir would be great. It is very hard to find but we had a couple of lovely ones when we visited Germany wine country. Thanks for researching these for us Debbie, Dixie and Anne. I have been to Bar Harbor twice and one time we camped and the other was a day trip drive up from southern Maine. Camping the weather was perfect but it was extremely foggy when we drove up. There still is a restaurant in Seal Harbor I want to go back and visit. Thanks for the Cares and Celebrations Jacqui. I pray you continue to heal and move around better. Jacqui I hope that they can get to the bottom of your poot pain issue and so happy you made it all the say through your cruise without too much pain. My sister broke her foot moving a safe and her doctors kept saying her pain was from bone spurs and poo pooed it. Finally after a year after crying to her doctor they did a MRI and her foot was broken. The year of damage put holes in a large bone in her foot and she had to wear a cast for a long time. I am glad that your nurse took it seriously. Prayers for Richard, Chuck, Tana, Terry and Maurice and everyone on our group that is ailing of grieving. Safe travels home today Sandi. Prayer for Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. A lot of plant sale work to do today. Making tags and going to get the price tags and beginning to price the massive amount of plants I have on my back patio. Sale is on Saturday with a 30% chance of rain. Have a nice Monday, Nancy

@Seasick Sailor thanks for the photo of you and dear hubby. Your partly looked like a lot of fun! Few people around here enjoy horse racing.

Good Sunday morning and Happy Cinco de Mayo, we will use this day as a day to celebrate. Thanks for the Daily and maps Sandi, Roy and Rich. Cartoonists bring us so much joy especially with the fun ones that are shard here every day. Will pass on Chanel #5, my favorite is YSL Paris which I can happily find in duty free shops in our ports. We don't think of children having strokes but it is the same serious problem as with adults, thankfully their brains are more malleable than adults and they can recover more completely. Another quote that makes me think of philosophy class. I look forward to photos of today's Aussie port. Thanks for the care and celebrations report Vanessa. I hope that your sleep in your bed is improving each day. Prayers for Tana, Chuck, Maurice, @Cruzin Terri DH, and healing for @RMLincolns DH. Prayers for all in our group needing them and for those in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the hostages, and the innocents in Gaza. Well I won with my Derby bet, John lost $3. We both looked at the odds for the near favorites and they were high enough to have profitable win, place show bets. I bet $5 across the board in Sierra Leone and John bet $5 ATB on Forever Young. It made it exciting and I am always happy to see the race won by the "little guy" owners and for the trainer Kenny McPeek who has never in my memory been tainted by drug positives in his horses. He trained the KY Oaks winner too and the jockey had a big payday this weekend, 10% of the winner's share of the $1.5 million Oaks and 10% of the winner's share of the $5 million KY Derby purse. We are celebrating Cinco de Mayo by going to our favorite good food tavern 20 miles away who has great Mexican food. No way are we going to a Mexican restaurant today. Have a lovely day!

@StLouisCruisers Happy Grad Day to DGD Morgan. Have fun today!

Bon Voyage @Heartgrove! 🍾

Bon Voyage @YourWorldWithBill! 🍾

Good morning everyone. I have been to the grocery store first thing this morning. The first race for Oaks day is at 10:30. Thanks for the Daily and the maps Sandi, Rich and Roy. I have some lumpy rugs, I bought some Ruggables which are a great concept, two part rug, the top part is machine washable but the corners like to turn up. A great quote by Rowling. I love carrot cake, I have a recipe with pineapple and coconut that is a sheet cake. It is a hit at parties and pot lucks. I would happily enjoy a rum runner and would love the wine if someone gave me a bottle. Thanks for the lovely photos of Marseille, what a beautiful city. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa. So nice to see several of us are boarding ships in the next couple of days. @Haljo1935 happy birthday wishes for your family! Prayers for Chuck, Tana, Terrie and Maurice. Prayers for all in war zones through no fault of their own Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. Another day of working on housekeeping and preparing for cabin trip throughout the day between watching the races. Have a lovely Friday! Nancy

Montevideo, we did a Holland America wine tour to the beautiful Bouza winery with a fabulous dinner and a tango show. We were there February 13 on the Volendam. Uruguay was beautiful and we were lucky to visit both Montevideo and Punta del Este.

Good morning everyone. Thanks for the Daily and maps Sandi, Roy and Rich! Today the cocktail should be Cuba Libre in honor of Scurvy Day. Switzer's quote sounds a lot like something Mark Twain would have said. I will pass on the sorrel and pumpkin but the Spanish wine sounds wonderful. We were in Montivideo in February 2023 and would love to go back. Hopefully another GSA will be offered in 2026. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa. Prayers for Chuck, Maurice, Jim and Tana and everyone else in our group who needs prayers. Thanks for letting us know that another of the lost souls on the Key Bridge has been located. Prayers for all in war zones through no fault of their own, Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. I am staying home and cleaning house and then moving outside to do yard work. Last night I printed off the Daily Racing Form for tomorrow for the Kentucky Oaks day of horse racing. I will try to start on the Kentucky Derby slate of races this evening if I can stay awake. It is not a good project when sleepy. Have a lovely Thursday! Nancy

@ger_77 Happy to read that Maurice's surgery is on the horizon. @kazu thinking of you today. @StLouisCruisers beautiful progress on the stocking. @marshhawk prayers for Chuck and it was interesting we were both struck by that beautiful black dahlia. All went well with the computer returns at the tribe's government offices. It was supposed to open at 11 but we were through at 10:15. They probably were happy to see a tub of computers versus all around us were the giant tube TVs being recycled.

We, my sis and I, visited Juneau in September 2016 and we were on the Noordam. I went with friends who introduced me to HA. We did a HA tour to the Fish Hatchery, Glacial Gardens and to the Mendenhall Glacier.

Good morning everyone! Thanks for the Daily and maps, Sandi, Roy and Rich! Thanks for apprising us with the meanings of today's days Graham. Not an inspiring quote. I will pass on the pesto meal but would love the bordeaux wine and a Cuba Libre with dark rum like Pusser's. I have been to Juneau once on my first HA cruise. Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports Vanessa, I hope you feel better each day. Prayers for your DHs @marshhawk, @ger_77 and @RMLincoln. @smitty34877prayers for you with all you go through each day and of course for Tana. Prayers for everyone needing them and those in war zones, Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. We are heading out soon to go to our local tribe's E-Waste recycling event. It will allow us to get rid of a stack of old laptops and my late DHs desktop computer. Then we will have a late lunch to celebrate Couples Appreciation Day. I have attached a mini video of the baby swans which all left the nest yesterday. So cute and the light was perfect. Two cream and three gray. They all end up white in the end. Nancy P1250734.MP4

Good morning from sunny SW Michigan. Thanks for the Daily and maps, Sandi, Roy and Rich! Animal advocacy is extremely important, most of the time humans are their only advocates and they fail them. Hurray for Bugs Bunny. Thanks for enlightening me about Beltane @grapau27, I will pass. Good quote from Andersen. I have not been to Kahului, I will look forward to photos as we are going three times in 2025. Coming soon.. I will pass on Cauliflower, but would love a Paloma and today's value, highly related Grenache. I would like to find some, Thanks for the Cares and Celebrations reports Vanessa. I pray that you continue to heal and improve, Prayers for Chuck, Tana and Terrie, I hope your shoulder feels better today. Prayers for all in war zones through no fault of their own, the people of Ukraine, the hostages and the innocents in Gaza. Prayers for all of the police officers and their families who were killed or wounded in Charlotte. Prayers for all cleaning up from the deadly tornadoes. I am heading to my sister's house shortly to dig a bunch of plants that she will be donating to the plant sale, I have two ladies from GC meeting met and then two more coming to the house at noon to pot them up. Have a lovely Tuesday! Nancy