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……………..”THEN & NOW”………..Matty…..Jeannine….and Chris….Time passes by so quickly!………The insert picture at the lower right was taken the evening of Jeannine’s prom……She was wearing one of Jac’s Anne Klein dresses of all over tiny crystal beads…..I called it “Cracked Ice”……Matty was probably about 16 and was already towering over his siblings! Chris and Jeannine have blue eyes like their mom, and Matty has pale yellow hazel eyes like his dad. They are fun to be around, and they love listening to my many many stories……I keep them entertained…..”Uncle Lou….tell us one of your stories”.

……………Introducing……..BELLA……she is my nephew Chris’ Bernese Mountain Dog……She has the sweetest personality…..The pics to the right are from when she was a puppy, and the one at the left is  her today….She loves watching other animals on TV, and will just sit and stare. She used to bark, but now sits quietly and enjoys it. She loves being with my brother and they have scrambled eggs together for breakfast…..She follows him everywhere. My brother, who never had animals until his grown children started bring them home, has become a softy, and in spite of himself, they all gravitate to him….he loves it!

………………..Angela made me an “uncle” again! He’s a baby Doberman Pincher, and his name is Bodhi…….He’s such a ham already posing with a flower in his mouth………Those EYES!!!

………………………I came across these pictures of my brother Mauro and his beautiful family, and decided to post them……..Across the top is my bro Mauro…..John his oldest son who tragically died in a freak accident at the age of 21…….my SIL Kathy………on the bottom row is Christopher who i took to Africa with me almost two years ago!…….my niece Jeannine……..and the baby of the family Mathew who is now 6’5″!……..They were wonderful children, and now they are terrific adults……..It’s been a fun journey watching them grow, and becoming the terrific individuals they are today.

…………….For my birthday Angela and Chantal sent me this firepit!………..Lou and I set it up Sunday morning, [more Lou than me….I watched] LOL………Now we just have to wait for the evenings to get cool enough, but there has been a sudden cool down here in CT…….I think it’s going to be sooner rather than later. Hopefully, when the girls come and pay me a visit we can sit around the fire, looking at the sea, sipping some very cold Rose!