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DFW

(57,609 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:12 AM Dec 2024

While we're all wondering what calamity will next befall us................

As best as our diverse group can do under our very diverse circumstances, our best end-of-year greeting
to the DU community, from those I always agree with to those I never agree with. Let this be one of those
occasions when the stopped clock is correct.



DFW and family

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While we're all wondering what calamity will next befall us................ (Original Post) DFW Dec 2024 OP
❤️ underpants Dec 2024 #1
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, DFW! Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #2
Thanks D_D! DFW Dec 2024 #47
Happy Holidays. sinkingfeeling Dec 2024 #3
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #48
What a wonderful photo! irisblue Dec 2024 #4
Thanks Iris! DFW Dec 2024 #49
The same to you, DFW! I hope your holidays are the best possible. highplainsdem Dec 2024 #5
Thanks, Highplainsdem! DFW Dec 2024 #14
I love Truro. tavernier Dec 2024 #18
Now you have me curious. DFW Dec 2024 #50
Yes, the lighthouse was our favorite site to visit tavernier Dec 2024 #101
Lands End is/was one of those stores that no small town can (or should) do without. DFW Dec 2024 #103
Oh sorry, I was thinking of the Army-Navy Store tavernier Dec 2024 #113
Love to you and yours! Hope22 Dec 2024 #6
Thanks, Hope! DFW Dec 2024 #52
Keep up the good work! 😁💗 Hope22 Dec 2024 #58
Happy Holidays, my friend! Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #7
Hey Dennis! DFW Dec 2024 #53
What a lovely picture, DFW... hlthe2b Dec 2024 #8
"sustain, "heal", reinvigorate, and regroup" DFW Dec 2024 #54
To you and your family William769 Dec 2024 #9
Thanks, William! n/t DFW Dec 2024 #55
I suspect we're going to need each other, even if it's 3000 miles away. chouchou Dec 2024 #10
Challenge is putting it mildly. DFW Dec 2024 #56
Merry Christmas! Kaleva Dec 2024 #11
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #57
Merry Christmas boonecreek Dec 2024 #12
Still gotta make it to the New Year. DFW Dec 2024 #59
Blessings, joy and strength Just Jerome Dec 2024 #13
Or at least SOMEBODY!! DFW Dec 2024 #63
All the best wishes to you and your family! Fla Dem Dec 2024 #15
Thanks, we'll try. DFW Dec 2024 #60
Merriest of holiday seasons to you and your family! AllyCat Dec 2024 #16
My sentiments exactly! DFW Dec 2024 #61
Merry Christmas IbogaProject Dec 2024 #17
And from us back to you! n/t DFW Dec 2024 #62
Peace, Joy and Love to You and Yours! Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #19
May we all find and meet them. DFW Dec 2024 #64
Merry Christmas DFW! TBF Dec 2024 #20
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #65
Beautiful family photo. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, et al to you and yours. LoisB Dec 2024 #21
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #66
So Happy Christmas Botany Dec 2024 #22
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #67
Lovely photo Alice Kramden Dec 2024 #23
Two important ingredients DFW Dec 2024 #68
I remember you telling that story. soldierant Dec 2024 #119
I meant to get back to you on that DFW Dec 2024 #131
You already have ten more years soldierant Dec 2024 #132
It definitely beats the alternative! n/t DFW Dec 2024 #135
Happy Holidays ⭐️💚 Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #24
Thanks, Clouds! DFW Dec 2024 #69
Lively photo and lively family. Lonestarblue Dec 2024 #25
We can only hope DFW Dec 2024 #70
How nice! hermetic Dec 2024 #26
From us as well! DFW Dec 2024 #71
Happy Holidays DFW. mountain grammy Dec 2024 #27
Thanks, Grammy! DFW Dec 2024 #72
Merry Christmas DFW... MiHale Dec 2024 #28
Thanks, MiHale! DFW Dec 2024 #75
Thank you ! Wild blueberry Dec 2024 #29
Thanks, Blueberry! DFW Dec 2024 #76
What a fabulous family portrait for the holiday (or any time) peggysue2 Dec 2024 #30
Thanks, Peggysue DFW Dec 2024 #77
What a beautiful photo, my dear DFW! A dozen of you. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #31
Thanks, dear Peggy! DFW Dec 2024 #79
What a cool photo! godsentme Dec 2024 #32
Thanks for that DFW Dec 2024 #80
And a Merry Christmas Mr.Bill Dec 2024 #33
And Merry Christmas back from some other Atheists! DFW Dec 2024 #81
The happiest of the holiday season to you and your family! pandr32 Dec 2024 #34
Thanks, Pandr DFW Dec 2024 #82
What a beautiful photo of a happy family. Happy Holidays and a sane new year question everything Dec 2024 #35
Much appreciated! DFW Dec 2024 #84
OH THANK YOU!!! elleng Dec 2024 #36
Always a pleasure, Ellen! DFW Dec 2024 #85
Happiest! cachukis Dec 2024 #37
Likewise! n/t DFW Dec 2024 #86
I hope you know.... bleedingulcers Dec 2024 #38
I only remind myself about ten times a day. DFW Dec 2024 #87
A Blessed Holiday to you and yours, DFW. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #39
Thanks, Baldy! DFW Dec 2024 #88
Merry Holidays to you too. n/t malthaussen Dec 2024 #40
Thanks, Mal! DFW Dec 2024 #89
You have a beautiful family! Thanks for sharing. 1WorldHope Dec 2024 #41
Thanks for the comment DFW Dec 2024 #90
Season's Greetings to you and all of your family. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment with us! alwaysinasnit Dec 2024 #42
Thanks for that! DFW Dec 2024 #91
Merry Christmas! dlk Dec 2024 #43
Thanks for the kind comment! n/t DFW Dec 2024 #92
You're a lucky man. Happy Holidays to you and your family. Liberal In Texas Dec 2024 #44
Whatever else might go wrong DFW Dec 2024 #93
My best wishes... WestMichRad Dec 2024 #45
Thanks for that! DFW Dec 2024 #94
Thank you DFW canetoad Dec 2024 #46
Thanks, canetoad DFW Dec 2024 #95
A beautiful picture. How wonderful for you and for you to share this too. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!! SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #51
Just a little reminder that the rain and the cold won't last forever. DFW Dec 2024 #96
Photo mamacita75 Dec 2024 #73
Thanks for that mamacita! DFW Dec 2024 #97
Beautiful family! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #74
Thanks, TX! DFW Dec 2024 #98
I'm actually Armenian and Andy is also Armenian. But he's from Iran. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #102
I used to hang with exiled Iranians while I was in college, but this was pre-1979 DFW Dec 2024 #105
Yes! Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is both Armenian and Assyrian! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #110
GREAT PIC! spanone Dec 2024 #78
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #99
Wishing you & yours many more years of happy gatherings. KS Toronado Dec 2024 #83
Thanks, KS. We never know how many more we will have DFW Dec 2024 #100
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays, DFW & family! A lovely photo full of joy & light! electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #104
Thanks, Blue! DFW Dec 2024 #106
Ah, cool. As a young teen our family visited Cape Cod. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #109
Happy Holidays to you and yours ornotna Dec 2024 #107
Thanks, Ornotna! DFW Dec 2024 #108
Merry Christmas Unladen Swallow Dec 2024 #111
And... DFW Dec 2024 #114
So much joy & beauty in that photo: thanks for sharing with us. May your days be merry & bright... Hekate Dec 2024 #112
Thanks so much, Hekate!! DFW Dec 2024 #115
Great photo! Best wishes Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #116
Thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #124
Very fine photograph wendyb-NC Dec 2024 #117
Thanks Wendy! DFW Dec 2024 #125
Happy Holidays. How lucky we are, no? Maru Kitteh Dec 2024 #118
Thanks MK ! DFW Dec 2024 #126
What a happy photo Alliepoo Dec 2024 #120
Thanks, Allie! DFW Dec 2024 #127
Happy Holidays and Frohe Weihnachten! FakeNoose Dec 2024 #121
You are thinking correctly DFW Dec 2024 #128
Lovely photo of your beautiful family. summer_in_TX Dec 2024 #122
That is a privileged common theme to have DFW Dec 2024 #129
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays... calimary Dec 2024 #123
Thanks Calimary!! DFW Dec 2024 #130
Awwwwww, what a gorgeous family shanti Dec 2024 #133
Thanks Shanti! DFW Dec 2024 #134
♥️💚 thank you for sharing your beautiful family Dystopian Dec 2024 #136
The same from us, and thanks! DFW Dec 2024 #137

Diamond_Dog

(36,452 posts)
2. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, DFW!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:15 AM
Dec 2024

You have a beautiful family! TY for sharing this lovely photo!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
49. Thanks Iris!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:09 PM
Dec 2024

And that's only the ones who showed up! When we're all there, we hog some serious space

highplainsdem

(55,129 posts)
5. The same to you, DFW! I hope your holidays are the best possible.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:27 AM
Dec 2024

Love the family photo. Where and when was that taken?

DFW

(57,609 posts)
14. Thanks, Highplainsdem!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:04 AM
Dec 2024

Fisher Beach, Truro, Massachusetts. July 2024.

Getting that many of us in one place at the same time is a logistics trick that was not easy to bring about.

tavernier

(13,583 posts)
18. I love Truro.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:20 AM
Dec 2024

Hubby and I would vacation in P-town and always swung over to Truro for a stop at the lighthouse and of course a lunch of fried clams.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
50. Now you have me curious.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:15 PM
Dec 2024

Did you mean the Truro lighthouse, which had to be moved back from the crumbling coastline a few years ago?

Or else the Lighthouse Restaurant (which is in Wellfleet) which did serve some wicked clams, although when Sarah McFarland was doing the cooking, the spicy BBQ chicken wings were the world's best. Sadly, the Lighthouse restaurant closed a couple of years ago, a HUGE loss for Wellfleet. Bob, the original owner sold it, and the next owner became ill and couldn't maintain it. Now, Land's End Hardware (and everything else) in P-Town is looking to close or find a buyer. These are places we came to take for granted after over thirty years in a row. But these places are not Mount Vernon or Monticello. Some things change, and not always for the better.

tavernier

(13,583 posts)
101. Yes, the lighthouse was our favorite site to visit
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:41 PM
Dec 2024

and we did hear that it was moved back. And yes, the restaurant was in Wellfleet, although it’s been so many years ago that I had forgotten the name… but not the clams!
Is Lands End the big store with all the military stuff? I know there was a fire way back but for some reason I thought it was rebuilt. We loved looking for treasures there. I think Jim found one of those Prussian helmets there once. Wonder whatever happened to that?

DFW

(57,609 posts)
103. Lands End is/was one of those stores that no small town can (or should) do without.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:58 PM
Dec 2024

Evertything from small garden acessories to all sorts of hardware tools to paint to swimming accessories to small knicknacks that you just can't find elsewhere in a small town. I think it has been run by the same family since we started coming to Cape Cod, and that is every summer since 1984! It covers a huge amount of space for a town as small as Provincetown, and the space is probably too expensive to justify keeping the store. I'm sure it loses money hand over fist from October to May, and the losses just can't be made up in a world where half of what they sell can be ordered online without driving into P-town. Parking can set you back $30 for the first hour if you get there at the "wrong" time of day. That doesn't justify driving into town for a $3.95 gadget.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
52. Thanks, Hope!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:21 PM
Dec 2024

I got very lucky in the family department, and I never forget it. It's sometimes a little hard (my wife had had cancer twice, although by looking at her, you'd never guess she was 72). I've had a few issues (heart) of my own, but we try not to dwell of what evil stuff might happen tomorrow.There's already enough of that going around.

hlthe2b

(108,891 posts)
8. What a lovely picture, DFW...
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:39 AM
Dec 2024

And back at ya! May this community help us sustain, "heal", reinvigorate, and regroup for the future fight.

Happy Holidays and to all of us, a Happy Successful New Year!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
54. "sustain, "heal", reinvigorate, and regroup"
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:23 PM
Dec 2024

Absolutely, and in any order you choose!

chouchou

(1,728 posts)
10. I suspect we're going to need each other, even if it's 3000 miles away.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:53 AM
Dec 2024

Every other day, our ah.... special person, will challenge our sanity.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
56. Challenge is putting it mildly.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:27 PM
Dec 2024

It seems more like they're on a seek and destroy mission!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
60. Thanks, we'll try.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:35 PM
Dec 2024

It'll be Grand Central down in Königstein tomorrow.

My elder daughter and husband and two boys in from New York, my younger daughter, her man and their two girls (they're the ones that actually live there), my wife and me, my wife's mom and our nephew coming in from Kyiv (via Budapest--I didn't ask).

DFW

(57,609 posts)
64. May we all find and meet them.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:47 PM
Dec 2024

They seem to be fewer in number that is comfortable.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
66. Thanks!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:50 PM
Dec 2024

We tossed the usual mix into the cauldron, and got lucky with what came out.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
68. Two important ingredients
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:54 PM
Dec 2024

Some serious luck and some nearsightedness on my wife's part when we met!

soldierant

(8,316 posts)
119. I remember you telling that story.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:17 PM
Dec 2024

It's magic when "happily ever after" happens, isn't it. May your Christmas be jolly and next year be as disaster-free as possible (for all of us.)

DFW

(57,609 posts)
131. I meant to get back to you on that
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:19 AM
Dec 2024

I’m not overly sanguine about the disaster-free part, but, as usual, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

And after all, at 72, our time together (50 years and counting) has already exceeded the shelf life usually allotted, so we’ll shoot for the “happily ever after” part for as long as it lasts. The “reaper,” as in “Beat The Reaper”—Firesign Theater, if that’s too dated—is very patient, so if he doesn’t mind waiting a little longer with us, then nor do we.

soldierant

(8,316 posts)
132. You already have ten more years
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:23 AM
Dec 2024

than I and my hubs - but we were late starters. Frankly, neither of us expected to live this long, let alone still be together, but here we are, and like you, still going as long as possible.

Lonestarblue

(12,488 posts)
25. Lively photo and lively family.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:02 PM
Dec 2024

Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday, and may we all find our own ways to cope and prosper in 2025.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
70. We can only hope
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:58 PM
Dec 2024

And we need to keep in mind that it will be a struggle for some of us. Few of us have a completely free ride, but some are barely hanging on.

Wild blueberry

(7,524 posts)
29. Thank you !
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:36 PM
Dec 2024

Lovely reminder of what matters.
We're all in this together.
Happy holidays, DFW and all of DU!
Cheers!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
76. Thanks, Blueberry!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:52 PM
Dec 2024

What matters and what we can obtain don't always match. I was lucky.

peggysue2

(11,727 posts)
30. What a fabulous family portrait for the holiday (or any time)
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:40 PM
Dec 2024

A very Merry Christmas back at you, DFW.

If I become chilled today (it's 20 degrees in Delaware), I can give this image a glance to warm up.



CaliforniaPeggy

(153,335 posts)
31. What a beautiful photo, my dear DFW! A dozen of you.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:46 PM
Dec 2024

I wish all of you, and all of us, a very Happy Holiday and the Best New Year possible!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
79. Thanks, dear Peggy!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:54 PM
Dec 2024

We'll all be together for the next two days, and then we again scatter to the four winds, as usual.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
33. And a Merry Christmas
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:56 PM
Dec 2024

to all, from this resident Atheist. Have a nice holiday celebration!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
81. And Merry Christmas back from some other Atheists!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:57 PM
Dec 2024

We're not ones to insist that Groundhog Day be substituted for a year-end holiday. Any excuse for time off is welcome.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
84. Much appreciated!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:00 PM
Dec 2024

Although a sane new year might fall under the "impossible dream" category this year.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
87. I only remind myself about ten times a day.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:04 PM
Dec 2024

As dim-witted and obtuse as I may be, I'm not that oblivious to my luck in this regard.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
90. Thanks for the comment
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:09 PM
Dec 2024

I never won (or entered) a lottery other than this one, but I think this one is worth more than the others with numbers behind their prizes.

alwaysinasnit

(5,372 posts)
42. Season's Greetings to you and all of your family. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment with us!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:40 PM
Dec 2024

DFW

(57,609 posts)
91. Thanks for that!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:10 PM
Dec 2024

We were lucky to get the time to create such a moment. We are seldom in the same place at the same time.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
93. Whatever else might go wrong
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:13 PM
Dec 2024

This did not. I am indeed lucky, and I'd be a fool not to realize it.

WestMichRad

(2,189 posts)
45. My best wishes...
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:37 PM
Dec 2024

to you and all your family for the coming years. May we all somehow survive and grow stronger together.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
94. Thanks for that!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:15 PM
Dec 2024

That's quite a challenge you put up for us there, but we're up for it!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
95. Thanks, canetoad
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:17 PM
Dec 2024

The same back from us here in the cold and rainy Rheinland!

MAN do we miss Cape Cod right about now................

SWBTATTReg

(25,067 posts)
51. A beautiful picture. How wonderful for you and for you to share this too. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 04:19 PM
Dec 2024

DFW

(57,609 posts)
96. Just a little reminder that the rain and the cold won't last forever.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:20 PM
Dec 2024

Last edited Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:41 AM - Edit history (1)

Comments from those in Costa Rica, Hawai'i and New Zealand notwithstanding!!

mamacita75

(156 posts)
73. Photo
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:27 PM
Dec 2024

DFW,
You have a beautiful family. Thank you for all your input over the years.
This made me sign-in to wish you a wonderful New Year!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
97. Thanks for that mamacita!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:23 PM
Dec 2024

O quizás, gracias por sus sentimientos, si por acaso, has entendido LOL!!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
98. Thanks, TX!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:28 PM
Dec 2024

In case, you are more than just identifying with your avatar, Che khabaré ?

(sorry, farsi man khili bad est)

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
102. I'm actually Armenian and Andy is also Armenian. But he's from Iran.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:53 PM
Dec 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_(singer)


Andranik Madadian (Persian: آندرانیک مددیان, Armenian: Անդրանիկ Մադադյան; born April 22, 1958), better known by his stage name Andy, is an Iranian singer-songwriter and actor.[1] He immigrated to United States and currently lives in Los Angeles. He sings in several languages including Persian, Armenian and English.

Andy Madadian’s immense musical talent, humanitarian efforts and diverse background have culminated in a remarkable entertainment career spanning 40 years, during which he has become a beloved icon around the world. Nicknamed the “Persian Bono”. the Iranian-Armenian American musician has toured extensively around the globe many times over playing some of the world’s most prestigious venues, theatres, and stadiums and has sold millions of albums in the process.

https://andymusic.com/


_________________

Although he's an ethnic Armenian, he records mostly in Farsi and that is his largest market. The California based Persian pop market became quite lucrative after the Iranian revolution. I guess he could have tried breaking into the "Armenian pop market" LOL, but it was non-existent in the 80's.
https://www.youtube.com/@caltexmusic

I know Armenians from Iran who came in the late 70's etc. Like Andy, they can't go back home either. They're exiles like him. I have great empathy for the Iranian-exile community.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
105. I used to hang with exiled Iranians while I was in college, but this was pre-1979
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:06 PM
Dec 2024

They told me, when we first met, that they were from Iran, but they weren't Persian. I said, oh, OK, then what are you? They said Assyrians. I thought I hadn't heard correctly. Assyrians? As in Ziggurats and Ashur Bannipal? Those Assyrians? They smiled and said, "Yup, that's us. So, you know we exist?" I said that sure, I had taken ancient history in school, and I knew they existed. But that was 2500 years ago! I wasn't aware that they still existed.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
100. Thanks, KS. We never know how many more we will have
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 06:35 PM
Dec 2024

My wife's mom is with us (she's 97) and my nephew lives dangerously (been working in Kyiv for the last two years). He's flying in tomorrow from Budapest (when getting out of Kyiv, you take whatever route you can manage to get). He looks Japanese (his mom is) and speaks and writes Arabic. So, of course, they station him in Kyiv. The military isn't the only one who deserves skepticism when the word "intelligence" is bantered about.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
106. Thanks, Blue!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:10 PM
Dec 2024

The painter Edward Hopper always used to talk about "Cape Cod Light," a special light that bathed to bay side coast at certain times of the day. My wife used to think it was a myth, but after we started hanging out there every year, she is now a true believer.

electric_blue68

(20,599 posts)
109. Ah, cool. As a young teen our family visited Cape Cod.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:15 PM
Dec 2024

🤔
With the ocean surrounding 3 sides, the light that bouces off of it - it just might be so. 👍

DFW

(57,609 posts)
108. Thanks, Ornotna!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:13 PM
Dec 2024

With a crew like ours, being as safe afterward as we were before the holiday is something a mid-level Defense Department stategist would object to planning, but we will try!

 

Unladen Swallow

(491 posts)
111. Merry Christmas
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:34 PM
Dec 2024

to each and everyone of you and to your families. Its easy to lose sight of what's MOST important in life. Hint: you won't see it on TV

Hekate

(96,972 posts)
112. So much joy & beauty in that photo: thanks for sharing with us. May your days be merry & bright...
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:35 PM
Dec 2024

May your new year be one of health & happiness. 💝💝💝💝

Thanks for being one of DU’s best, DFW.

💕🎄💕🎄💕🎄💕🎄

DFW

(57,609 posts)
115. Thanks so much, Hekate!!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 08:37 PM
Dec 2024

As for your last humbling statement, there is a lot of company there! I’d maybe try for being in the top 99%, since the bottom 1% are Republican trolls anyway

wendyb-NC

(4,157 posts)
117. Very fine photograph
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 09:21 PM
Dec 2024

Beautiful family through many generations. Happy Holidays, many blessings to all of you. May you all have many happy, safe, healthy New Years to come.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
125. Thanks Wendy!
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:45 AM
Dec 2024

At our age, we don’t know how many years that means, but we’ll take every one bc we get!

Maru Kitteh

(29,885 posts)
118. Happy Holidays. How lucky we are, no?
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 09:28 PM
Dec 2024

To have such a place to share. And you, to have such a lovely family to share with us. The best to you and yours, DRW.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
126. Thanks MK !
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:49 AM
Dec 2024

As for the genetics, my wife did all the work—luckily for our daughters and their little ones!

Alliepoo

(2,675 posts)
120. What a happy photo
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:27 PM
Dec 2024

Of you and your beautiful family! Wishing you all peace, joy and love in the coming year! Happy Holidays!

FakeNoose

(37,045 posts)
121. Happy Holidays and Frohe Weihnachten!
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:51 PM
Dec 2024

I'm thinking this photo might have been taken last summer? Great photo of such a happy family!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
128. You are thinking correctly
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:53 AM
Dec 2024

Early July, 2024 near the tip of Cape Cod (Truro, bay side). The photo was a lucky snap for sure!

summer_in_TX

(3,518 posts)
122. Lovely photo of your beautiful family.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:42 AM
Dec 2024

Reminds me of a prized one of my dad and all five of us adult children taken at the beach at Port Aransas on what would have been my mom's 82nd birthday. She'd passed a few months earlier in the summer of 2013 and my dad passed in 2022. The common theme being the evident love between you all and us in our family photo (besides being on the beach).

calimary

(85,661 posts)
123. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:45 AM
Dec 2024

…and a great 2025 to everybody here! A great 2025 wherein we ALL can powerfully resist trump & comp, and retain our sanity, that is!!!

DFW

(57,609 posts)
130. Thanks Calimary!!
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:58 AM
Dec 2024

If we retain our sanity, we can resist Trump and mindless minions. If we lose that, we’ll never get anywhere. We must keep our cool, since the Trumpanzees have none.

shanti

(21,737 posts)
133. Awwwwww, what a gorgeous family
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:52 AM
Dec 2024

Last edited Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

You are a lucky man DFW, Happy Holidays!

On edit: You are so right, I just picked the song for the title. I'll delete it now.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
134. Thanks Shanti!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:40 AM
Dec 2024

Luck is relative, but I’ve had more than my share, and I am grateful for it.

As for the song, I’ll go for the title, but the lyrics tell a rather different tale. I want no part of that kind of luck!

Dystopian

(6,428 posts)
136. ♥️💚 thank you for sharing your beautiful family
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:58 AM
Dec 2024

Christmas blessings to all.

peace-

DFW

(57,609 posts)
137. The same from us, and thanks!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:06 AM
Dec 2024

I think we can all use a healthy dosage at this point.

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