Winter snow in Groton MA

It is another snowy day. As we are in the 20’s but it seems warm compared to the last few days with temps below zero. Yesterday we walked hounds with a group from ONBH on the cranberry bog in Carlisle MA followed by a great breakfast of bacon, eggs and ham in the house at the kennel. About 10 members participated. After that I took Gidget on a walk in the tree farm which was easy as trees have been harvested and someone ran a snowmobile over the trail. So much for walks in the cold but if one dressed well it is not so bad.

Dolphins jumping wake in Naples Fl Christmass 2008

We are spending Christmas in Naples FL with Wendy's mother. I took a fishing trip out of the harbor and encountered these dolphins jumping the wake of the Lady Brett.

Rotary Polio Immunization trip to Nigeria

Last December I participated in a Polio National Immunization day in Bangladesh as part of a Rotary group. Another trip but this time to Nigeria was attended by some on the Bangladesh trip and organized by Ann Lee Hussey. Dino from Quebec Canada was on both trips and sent me the pictures below. Dino said:

HELLO and Happy New Years. I was(with my friend SERGE,Ann Lee and 10 Rotarians of the USA) in Nigeria from 23 nov to 05 dec 2008(Kano,Joes and Kaduna)for a SNID.We gave the polio’S vaccine to 7000 children in 5 days.If YOU MEET THE Kano’s Rotary’s Club(or Kaduna’s or Joe’s);tell them that you are A FRIEND OF ANN LEE.You will receive a lot of smile…Dino

Christmas in Naples Fl

Life is Good in Naples Fl

We are spending Christmas in Naples with Wendy's mom escaping from the weather in New England.

Thanksgiving Day Hunt ONBH

The Old North Bridge Hounds on Thanksgiving Day.

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The Thanksgiving fox hunt and dinner

I started out the day with coffee at Dunking Doughnuts followed by laying the drag for the ONBH fox hunt in Concord MA with Pam, Stu, Dan and chief Fox Kathy. Two hounds followed the drag and nine went the other way after deer. A little while later the deer went running by followed by the errant hounds. Eventually the pack got back together and the hunt continued. Jinny Z. fell off with three fire trucks coming to the rescue. It looks like she will be OK. There was a black tie stirrup cup with grilled sausages. Latter we had an Indian princess over for Thanksgiving.

Obama HIV testing poster Nairobi Kenya

While on a Rotary International medical mission to Nairobi Kenya I found this poster featuring President Elect Obama and his wife Michelle encouraging people to be tested for HIV infection in the hall outside a Voluntary Counseling and Testing clinic in the Mathare slum.