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For today's day Horizon View it is the south shore of the Amazon River with Venus and Mars.

Good Sunday morning everyone. We had a great time last night and had more fireworks than we ever have had. It was nice because I finally got to meet someone from the other side of the lake who we have seen from afar since 2007. They finally took up the offer to come to the party. It is always fun to get together with neighbors we see rarely. Lots of great food too. Thanks for the Daily reports @richwmn. I love sugar cookies and I frequently make them for my Christmas cookie trays they have a lot of lemon peel and extract in them. I love enjoying the horizon especially on BHBs. We have been to today's port in January this year. I would love butternut squash stuffed with some Jimmy Dean hot pork sausage and some onions and peppers. The cocktail a little strange I doubt many bars keep apricot preserves but today's vino would be good if not so pricey and hard to get. Thanks for the Cares and Celebrations reports @JazzyV. @smitty34877I hope you can dodge the rain with your DHs appointment tomorrow. We are supposed to get a big storm tomorrow too. Prayers for all on our Care list, baby Bailey and the people of Ukraine. Our visit to San Antonio was a HA shorex which was a winery visit which was a nice drive into the countryside. It was nice to get away from the seacoast and see another part of Chile. I think one of the photos is the fuel bunkering in progress.

Good morning everyone. I slept a little late because our lake neighbors will be having a party and fireworks tonight. Our neighbors did a small preview last night because I think some of their family are leaving today. I made carrot cake and baked beans which I will need to bake. Thank goodness we are avoiding the heat the rest of the country is having. No AC in the cabin so it can heat up fast but no problem today. That also means we can comfortably bundle up tonight and help avoid the mosquitoes. Thanks for the daily reports Rich. John has a motorcycle that takes up space in the garage. It is a big Kawasaki purchased during his tenure at the company. He wants too much for it so there it sits. I love blueberries especially in pie. No body painting around here. Another good quote. I look forward to some photos from today's port. I hope baby Murphy is making progress. Prayers for everyone on our Care list and the people of Ukraine. My Japanese Iris have begun to bloom. Lots of foxgloves all around too. Have a lovely day! Nancy

We visited Rombauer in 1997 on our honeymoon and we loved their Sangiacomo vineyard chardonnay. I am sure their Carneros is just as good. Yum.

Photos from our very brief Rome visit. We had a Vatican scholar as our guide for an evening tour. We did after hours but it was extremely crowded nonetheless. We both arrived home 48 hours later with horrible colds. A little Rome food porn from my brief walk around.

Prayers for baby Murphy. 🙏🙏🙏 @mamaofami prayers for your DF Judi.

Good morning everyone. Global forgiveness day should be every day, I wish it could be attainable. Last time I did a walk with my Dad was probably 30 years ago when we walked through the woods to look at the site where my cabin is now. My DM was a long too. Thanks for the Fleet and Daily reports each day Rich. Pass on the Bass, the cocktail but at least I have heard of the winery for today's wine. Have been to today's port as our end point of our Konigsdam Iberian Adventure then were whisked off to the city. Another fun quote by Mark Twain. Prayers for all on our Care list, especially baby Bailey as she recovers from her heart surgery. Prayers for the people of Ukraine. Prayers for the families and colleagues of the 2 lost firefighters at the Port of Newark. Nice cool weather here which is really awesome since the rest of the nation is baking. @grapau27 your garden is lovely and I love your double White Rabbits. Have a nice day everyone. N

It is one of my favorites on Holland America. I order it almost every time it offered. First photo from the Volendam with a mushroom sauce and the second was on the Nieuw Statendam on our NS balcony. I am hungry now.

@Denise T so sorry to hear about your blood sugar battles. Very frustrating if changing your diet and meds don't help.

Prayers today for Baby Murphy with her heart surgery. Thanks for the gorgeous photos of Valencia Sandi. Good luck at the dermatologist today.

Good morning everyone. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn. A terrific quote. I bought chicken thighs yesterday and since the high will be in the 60s I won't worry about heating up the cabin by using the oven so oven fried chicken it is. Umbrella covers come off and rarely are used again in this house. Kissing is a fun reason for a day. Pass on the meal, the cocktail and probably the rare chardonnay. I have never been to today's port but looking forward to everyone's photos. Prayers for everyone on our Care list and the people of Ukraine. Since today is a cool day I will garden and bake the carrot cake for our neighborhood fireworks event on Saturday. I got a great deal at the fireworks tent in town since they were ready to consolidate with their operation in Wisconsin. I don't light them, only ooh and aah so I bought a lot. 3 times the amount I would get before the 4th. Have a nice day. Nancy

Definitely have a squat rack. Very well stocked gym for a small ship and pretty empty on our Grand South America. Probably depends on the age group on your voyage.

Dixie @summer slope I am so sorry that Bailey ran out of life. You are doing the right thing to ease her suffering. 😿

Good morning. We are getting more badly needed rain and more due through today so therefore we are heading to town. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn. Apple turnovers are delicious. Have worn a bikini in the day. Fun quote by Oscar Wilde. Pass on the vegan chili, love Mai Tais on the rare occasion and I will wait for Ann to translate our wine for us. Thanks for the port photos Graham and look forward to more. Prayers for everyone on our Care list and the people of Ukraine. Have a wonderful day! Nancy Harassed Eagle from our fishing trip a couple of days ago.

Happy 4th of July! Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn. We will be barbecuing steak today. There won't be any country music here. A strange quote thought provoking nonetheless. Asian Chopped Salad sounds good if no Cilantro. The drink would be tasty with sugar free syrup. The nearest I would get to a Shrader Cabernet was a couple of years ago we dining at an Italian restaurant near where I used to live. We liked it because they tolerated BYO. Seated at the next table was the world's foremost wine critic (now retired) Bob Parker and a two guys and they were pouring several vintages of Shrader. I stopped to talk with Bob's wife since she was in MGs with me and I could smell that fabulous wine just standing next to the table. I have been to LA once unless I landed there once flying to Hawaii. No desire to go back except to visit Santa Anita race track. Prayers for all on our Care list and for the people in Ukraine. @StLouisCruisers thanks for sharing your DDs 4th of July tree. We have our 4th celebration at the lake on Saturday so a quiet day of gardening for me. Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July! Nancy

Good morning everyone. An interesting group of days and thanks again to @grapau27 for enlightening us to what Compliment your Mirror is all about. Pass on sugary cocktail but shrimp cakes sound great and we always love Pinot if we can get it. Really looking forward to more photos of Stavenger. @StLouisCruisers your photos were calendar quality, I am sure whoever received them were thrilled. Thanks for the Cares reports @JazzyV. So many illnesses and problems for people in our group. Prayers for them and the people of Ukraine. John and I will go fishing today. He caught a keeper walleye yesterday so that is in the refrigerator waiting for more. It will be in the high 80s so sitting in the boat over 70 degree water will be better than gardening. Have a wonderful day! Nancy

@Cruising-alongand @kazu thank you for the lovely flower photos over the last several days!

Roy, I used the laptop today to read the Sunday papers and since John had been using it a lot a Microsoft news page opened full screen and I read it there. The closer we get to visiting Baltimore the more I start following their news. This year it will be around September 23 for the Ravens Colts game. This neighborhood where the block party was going on is an area that I was in rather frequently as a sales manager doing ride alongs with my sales people. There are some really shaky areas in Baltimore, Cherry Hill, Dolphin Street, Mondawmin and areas around Johns Hopkins to name a few. Every big city has them. Really sad to start shooting at people simply having fun. I really feel for people that are stuck living in these areas. The homes are decent, the crime is bad. Thank God there are great hospitals that can absorb that many casualties quickly.

Good morning everyone! It is a cool morning and since we left most of the windows open last night it is 65 degrees in the cabin. It will only get to 80 today so we can leave the windows wide open and it will still be pleasant in here. Our fishing yesterday was a flop. John will go out today but I have too much yard work and with a still sore toe my stamina isn't the best. It is healing well and it appears the toenail can start growing back soon. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn. A great day to celebrate disabled people and the Special Olympics has done a great deal to help recognize them. UFOs are out there but I have never seen one. Great quote by Goethe. I haven't been to today's port but I am sure the photos will be wonderful. I will pass on the carb loaded cocktail and the Risotto but the Talbot wine looks like a winner. I haven't paid any attention to Bordeaux pricing since I left Baltimore since the wine stores are dismal here all the while the aged wines we bought on futures in the 90s and early 2000s are being depleted and no way to replace them. @cat shepard thanks for researching these wines for us and I might start shopping retailers that can ship to MI when we get back to civilization to find the next step lower wines as the Talbot and restock. @JazzyV Thanks for the Cares and Celebrations Reports. @smitty34877 I hope that Lou is recuperating well and that you have the help you need for caring for Tana while caring for Lou too. the way the health care system is these days one needs to be at the hospital constantly to make sure loved ones are properly cared for. Prayers for all on our care list and for the people of Ukraine. Prayers for the people killed and wounded in the mass shooting last night in south Baltimore. Have a great Sunday! Nancy

Good morning. Happy Canada Day to our friends up north. 🇨🇦 An interesting group of days. I love wings, naked so I can control the heat and ranch dressing on the side. Jokes are great and a helpful quote by Zig Ziglar. Salad is a winner, put the cuke in the drink in the Greek salad and the vino sounds great. Thanks for the photos of Halifax and Peggy's Cove. Never have visited. We were booked for 2020 on the Zaandam which was cancelled. Thanks for the Cares and Celebrations reports. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. It is a beautiful day here again. I think more fishing is in order today. Tomorrow will be windy so that equals no fishing. I caught 2 keeper walleye, the only fish I caught. We had fish fry last night. I added club soda instead of water in Drake's Crispy fry and the batter was much lighter. Will do that again. Have a wonderful day! Nancy

Good Friday morning everyone! Congratulations on your retirement @kochleffel. You have so many outside of work projects I am sure it will be a rewarding transition. @smitty34877 Happy birthday to your DH Lou. I hope he is recuperating smoothly and hopefully pain free in the hospital. 🎂 @bennybear Happy birthday to your DH! 🍾🎂 We have a beautiful sunny morning. The rain wasn't quite ready to let go as we had a brief thunderstorm last night. We will be heading out fishing today finally after so much rain. Our neighbors are up here and my sister and DH is due up here on the 6th with DH, DD and her fiancee. Rain is due here for the 4th in the afternoon, our neighborhood celebration is on the 8th so I hope Saturday will be dry. Thanks for the Daily reports @richwmn and @grapau27 thanks for clarification most mornings on the meanings of our days. August is a good time here to look for meteorites during the Perseid meteor shower but a campfire is necessary to keep the mosquitoes away. Handshakes are slowly coming back post COVID but better are the hugs. @summer slope thanks for the tasty cocktail, I would love it as a rare treat on a BHB. Halibut is hard to buy up here but it probably will be great recipes from Debbie @dfish. @cat shepard probably more research in order for today's vino. Vanessa @JazzyV thanks for our Cares and Celebrations reports. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. Have a wonderful Friday! Nancy

Well the raining has stopped but we have so much smoke it looks like fog.

@smitty34877 continued prayers for Lou and you. @cruising sister prayers that Murphy's surgery goes well today.

@Oceansaway17 Bon Voyage! 🍾🛳️ Good morning everyone. We have another gloomy day here after three straight days with rain. It is cool too but the shut up cabin is staying warm. Thanks for the Daily reports! I forgot my cameras so I am thankful for my phone camera. With our weather this week we have our share of mud especially on our newly repaired road. I think Keillor's quote is very true. We have been to Ushuaia on the Volendam this year. Rather jealous of the sun and ships at the pier. We had to tender in with cold weather. @summer slope thanks for today's cocktail, a rarely enjoyed treat. Probably will pass on the meal, we are having pot roast tonight but would bet today's wine would go great with it. @JazzyVthanks for keeping our cares and Celebrations reports. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. We did a private tour since Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego was a bucket list visit for me. Our guide Marta Velazquez was wonderful and a lifetime resident except to go to college. We wanted to see the sights in the National Park so away we went. Since we had to tender John was worried about time so we couldn't go visit her home.

Good morning everyone. Special prayers for @luvteaching in the loss of your DH Phil. Sincere sympathy to you and your family. Thanks for the Daily Rich. I think insurance is very important. Piercings have gone too far IMHO. I used to love having a physical newspaper and I had favorite columns to read. Getting delivery of a local paper where I live is impossible, they can't keep drivers so I subscribe to the local and the NYT online. I rather agree that if one had luxuries they have already met their necessities. I haven't been to Cozumel even after owning a time share in Cancun for 30 years which expired in 2017. We had plenty of time to go but never made it. Heading there twice next winter. I hope today's chicken recipes will be winners, cocktail sounds good and I hope it isn't a rare wine. Thanks Vanessa for keeping our Cares and Celebrations up to date for us who don't check in later in the day. Prayers for @smitty34877 DH as he recovers from surgery. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. We have smoke here, we don't have clouds but it is really dingy. I had to use my rescue inhaler for the first time in weeks. More due for today. Have a great Wednesday. Some new blooms. Nancy