Some highlights of our 2011...
Turkey
The Sultan Ahmet mosque (also called the "Blue Mosque") on the Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus and Golden Horn
Our hosts - Oya and Suleyman Girit
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge connecting Europe and Asia - looking toward the Asian side
See more pictures of our trip to Turkey
Italy
Venice - Riva degli Schiavoni near the Piazza San Marco
Michelangelo's David - Florence
The Leaning Tower - Pisa
Austria
Karlskirche (St. Charles Church)
Belvedere Palace
Entrance to the Hofburg - the palace of the Hapsburgs
Emily with cousin Hilde
Emily and her cousin Treny with Rick in Tulbing (Wienerwald)
See
more pictures of our trip to Austria
Mexico
Cabo San Lucas - our annual February getaway
Emily at the resort
Humpback whale
At one of our favorite restaurants
Finisterra
Rick at a local hangout
Florida
Emily visited for her mother's 80th birthday
Grete and Emily
Birthday dinner with friends
Pennsylvania
Rick went back to visit the family
Pittsburgh - the Allegheny (top) and Monongahela (right) rivers meet at the point to form the Ohio River
Rick with brother John
Rick with his Aunt Jean, Uncle Tito and cousin Theresa "Jay"
Uncle Tito
Grave marker for my great-grandparents, formerly an unmarked grave - thanks to all the descendants who donated for the marker
Rick in a Pittsburgh television studio for an interview for Russian television
More pictures from the Pittsburgh trip
Rick and the grandchildren
Dante (7), Dominic (11), Bella (4), Alexa (2)
Bella and Alexa with Turkish necklaces
Mike, Melissa and the children in front of the new store
Mike is the general manager
Melissa and the children with Rick
Speaking of family, Rick went to Seattle for a Red Sox game and a dugout visit with cousin Terry
I think that was the last chance for dugout passes.... (More photos)
California
A San Francisco bay wine cruise on a sailboat for members of the Mazzocco Winery Club
More wine cruise photos
Emily with Catherine Favero (winemaker's sister) on the boat
Wilson Family wineries (including Mazzocco) owner Ken Wilson
Our fourth Thanksgiving at the Mills-Myers ranch in Creston (near Paso Robles, California)
Rick, Emily, Karen and Roy Butts, Walt Wright, Jim Mills and Beth Myers
More Thanksgiving trip photos
Croquet at the Sonoma-Cutrer Winery in Windsor - Rick and Emily, playing as "F Troop," took first place in the competition
More photos of the matches
Adopted goddaughter Melissa Weinblatt - croquet with attitude
Christmas cocktails with Carmel landlady Jacqueline Jones
Rick at 60th birthday reception with Niniv Ibrahim
Niniv was Rick's Arabic language instructor 38 years ago
More birthday reception photos
Our studio apartment in Carmel (top floor)
Emily volunteered at the Monterey County SPCA benefit store
Christmas party at Mazzocco with John and Muriel Niehaus
Max's Cafe - Palo Alto
Rick and artist Suzanne St. John in Sand City
...at the Merritts - Mike and Cheryl
Rick appeared in an episode of Spike TV's "Who is the Deadliest Warrior?"
(click on left image to watch the show, on the right image for the much better aftermath segment)
Port Orford (Oregon)
View from our house
Autumn sunrise from our house
Sunrise from our house
Full moon from our deck
Emily making a "Do you really want to break into this house?" poster with a Glock 17
More Second Amendment photos here and here
Rick with adopted goddaughter Nikki Hampton
Rick with Glock 17
Nikki and Rick teamed up to run in the annual Jerry Can Races
More race photos
California gray whale below the deck
More whale photos
It's a tough town...
Visitors Mary and Nicola Mallik (another adopted goddaughter)
with Nancy Fraser and Emily
at the famous Redfish happy hour
Finally, we are published photographers...
A German book on geology - our photographs of
Jim Mills' petrified wood specimens are featured
Rick at the grill
Nikki Hampton, Emily and Nikki Kitty
Nikki at the bird feeder awaiting playmates
Author and journalist Michael Totten visited for a few days
Michael and Rick were in Israel together during the Gaza War
Emily invited bonsai master John Niehaus in for help
Dinner at Redfish with Texas vistors Bob and Debbie Cope
Rick was asked to speak at the local Coast Guard Day
ceremony - in uniform...and it still fits
Paul and Cathy Peschiera on the deck
February in Port Orford
Bucks off the deck
You can almost make out a double rainbow
Summer rainbow
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