I love all the pictures today. So interesting and diverse. It's always a pleasure to come and see these. Nicole, has it been a year yet that you have had Peek-A-Boo? He is so shiny and healthy looking. It looks like life with you really agrees with him.

I'm a lighthouse lover too, to the point that it sometimes becomes a problem. :-) We drove by the above lighthouse on the way from the ferry to my sister-in-law's house on the island on Wednesday, but because the car was full to the point that my wife was sitting in my lap in the passenger seat, I decided we didn't have to stop then, especially since it was dark, gray and rainy. Then, since I was cooking dinner on Thursday, (the traditional Thanksgiving meal was slated for Friday), Thursday involved planning, shopping and cooking as well as picking up the rest of our group at the ferry. On Friday although people were already prepping and cooking I simply had to borrow a car and go to that lighthouse. My brother-in-law volunteered to drive and made several other photo stops, including going to the north end of the island to see the other lighthouse, that I posted yesterday. Just as we were leaving the above lighthouse, the clouds parted, and I had to run back to get a few more pictures with the direct sun on the lighthouse. On Saturday as we rode the ferry back to Rhode Island, I saw the following lighthouse in the distance, and it was all I could do to not drive south from the ferry dock parking to this lighthouse rather than north to begin the long trip home.

Got Elvira 13 years ago today. Best Christmas present ever! (She was such a tiny thing. Not anymore. LOL). With son and big artificial Christmas tree.

We were in Ft. Lauderdale one New Year's Eve. We had a great time. This is the ball that they dropped from a crane. They had a countdown clock, too. We had no idea that this was going to happen when we booked.