January 1, 2008

Dear (state your name),


Greetings from Rick and Emily Francona.  We wish you a great 2008. 

Here's some happy snaps of our 2007...



Views from the deck and solarium


Another year of gray whale sightings off the deck


Although we had a lot of whales, this was the year of the pelican - they were everywhere

Visitors included Karen and Roy Butts from Arizona (left), 
Nicola Mallik from Australia (top)
Darr and Leslie King from Texas (right)
Helmut and Marion Krueger from Germany (bottom)
 
 


Wine tasting in Sonoma County
Nancy and Ed Dowdy with Rick and Sonoma Cutrer guide (top)
Paul and Cathy Peschiera in Healdsburg (left)
Nancy and Emily in the Cutrer vineyards (right)


With fellow USAF veterans Airlee Owens and Lonnie Henderson (visiting from Oklahoma) at the weekly
"Support Our Troops" rally - Bandon, Oregon


"The Guys" - Nikki and Pasha


The new ride - 2008 Lexus RX350


Emily's mother visiting us in Carmel


Lunch in Cambria, CA with Lois and Karl Polifka
Lois and Karl were visiting southern California while
we were in Carmel - Cambria was halfway for each...


 


American goldfinch in the bird garden
 
 


Fawn visiting the cliffside gardens
 
 
 


Emily at the Heritage Society Fundraiser
(wearing Palestinian garb)
 
 
 
 


We spent about four months of 2007 in Carmel


Grand Tetons National Park - see more pictures


Emily at the range in Montana - see more pictures


Rick finished his fifth year as a military analyst for the
NBC News networks - NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC


 While in New York, he met up with his first cousin 
Terry (manager of the world champion Boston Red Sox) 
at a Yankees game

 Rick on location (Long Island) filming the pilot show for
a series on A&E Channel - with co-star Jocelyn Droege

(It was not picked up...)



Rick and Emily Francona - P.O. Box 1421 - Port Orford, Oregon 97465
rick@francona.net  /  emily@francona.net
www.franconaadvisors.com



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