2019 Year in Review

Happy New Year — and New Decade!

We hope the 2010’s ended on a good note for you.  We are looking forward to a wonderful 2020 and hope that good times will continue throughout the next decade.  Our year 2019 was again one focused on interesting work projects, exciting travel and enjoyable times with family and friends.  Though the work took more time, there are more pictures from the trips! Here are some 2019 highlights, with caveats:  in the interest of getting this out, we didn’t edit the photos as much as some photographers might prefer, and we haven’t named as many of the birds we saw as some birders might wish.

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Starting 2019 with snow!

  • On March 2, 2020
We were at the KT Ranch for New Year’s 2019.  Terry’s sister Nancy and her friend Kim joined us there.  We enjoyed some nice time outdoors, as well as good food, martinis and fun times indoors (including lots of Quiddler). We were surprised to have SNOW!! This is pretty rare here, particularly in the amount […]
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Panama

  • On March 2, 2020
As always, it was fun to visit Panama. This time we combined some of our favorite places and people with a new location. We began with a few days at the Canopy Bed and Breakfast in Gamboa. This community was built in the 1930’s for the managers and workers of the Panama Canal Company. These […]
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Dallas TX and Portal AZ

  • On March 2, 2020
Most of our time in Dallas was spent on client projects, so you can read about those elsewhere. We do enjoy sharing our home and neighborhood with some other residents who provide lots of enjoyment to us! The biggest performance we went to in Dallas this year was The Dallas Opera’s “The Magic Flute”. It’s […]
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Antarctica! Plus Argentina, the Falklands and South Georgia

  • On March 2, 2020
This really was a trip of a lifetime! It was full of amazing places! These are just a few of the highlights. We began the trip by flying from Dallas to Buenos Aires and then to Ushuaia. Our friends Barbara and Dan Williams were also on this trip and the four of us explored this […]
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Karen’s Work

  • On March 2, 2020
Karen continues her work as Principal of Strategic Community Solutions LLC (SCS). Her attention this year has focused on clients in the North Texas area and on involvement with the American Planning Association (APA). The City of Lewisville continues to be a major client. During 2019, SCS assisted this community in a complete overhaul of […]
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Terry and His Not-Quite Retirement

  • On March 2, 2020
Terry retired from his 43 years in law practice in 2019 — for three weeks. He’s subsequently joined Messer, Fort, McDonald, a municipal law firm in Frisco, TX. He is working half-time from home and is often in the field representing Texas cities in the Metroplex.
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Time with Family and Friends

  • On March 2, 2020
We were fortunate to see almost all of our close family members this year, and to enjoy time with good friends as well. These are a few highlights. In April, a planning conference gave Karen the opportunity to spend time with family and friends in the Bay Area. She and her sister Sallie had time […]
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Enjoying Art

  • On March 2, 2020
It seems we visited more art museums and galleries this year than usual. That was really fun, particularly since there were many and varied topics and styles. Here is a selection of what we saw, in order of the museum, gallery or city (in the case of public art) where we saw it.
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Spain in Spring

  • On March 2, 2020
We had planned to visit Spain in 2018, but delayed the trip after Karen’s parents passed away. We packed a lot into this trip — places Karen visited (with her mom, sister and nephew) in 2014, birding areas, diverse cities and unique islands. Here are the highlights. Our first stop was in Granada. The Alhambra […]
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Argentina and Uruguay

  • On March 2, 2020
For our final foreign trip in 2019, we returned to Argentina and explored Uruguay for the first time. It was spring there and supposed to be the dry season. We began the trip by flying from Dallas to Miami, and then to Cordoba, Argentina. Our guide Emiliano ‘Indio’ Garcia Loyola picked us up and we […]
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