XMAS
Tree Tailgate |
November
28, 1999 |
Master
Organizer |
Tony Russo, Wine connoisseur |
Actual
Organizer |
Andrea Kish, Socialite
and primo wine connoisseur |
Photos
(part 1) |
OK folks, here's the scoop:
The following photos were taken with my old antique (1995)
digital camera, which I still love because it is a point-and-shoot that
works (!) without all the high-tech glitz that I usually love...
Anyway, my point is that we took other photos which can be
added to this page in the future, when they are developed, but we never
seem to do that... so here are the 9 pictures I managed to get before the
battery died....
Not bad actually!
The group Photo is # 4 below...
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This is the grand meeting at the RED BARN at Exit 41 Merritt
Parkway.
Nancy and Ted Nygreen were the last to arrive at this waypoint, and
this is the look of the group upon our arrival on a Sunday morning... |
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OK, upon arrival in the parking lot of Jones Tree Farm in Shelton, CT,
here we are "greeting" in the crisp cold morning that became
windy... later...
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![](19991128_Tonys_Tree_Tailgate_02.jpg) |
3
no comment
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4
Our Group!
All smiles, except Nancy Nygreen who was taking the photo...
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5
Actually, they are watching the tailgate, in which Larry Delgato has placed a
sterno-heated stove to warm up the pasta...
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6
Andrea is pleased with the scene, she doesn't even show the wind-chill
factor because she's behind the van...
Barely visible is the heated sterno-sotve inside the van, where the
pasta was being heated. |
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7
Beautiful hills of Shelton, CT, and a lovely sunny Sunday, although
there was a bitterly chilling breeze whistling over the hilltops.
So we all huddled behind the van.
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8
Discussing Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (really!)
It seems that the tropics and Pacific beaches always get the attention!
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9
Still going stong.
The champagne is gone. Not sure about the Cab or the Beaujolais
Nouveau, or the Argentine wine...
This is when I left with the digital camera. Any additional
photos that others send me will be posted below...
But the fun continued, apparently.
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10
Andrea was the first to step off the path and head for a tree to cut. |
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11
Larry's hat says White Plains Rotary Club |
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12
Chilly, but we got into the food and drink. |
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13
Group minus Anita, Andrea and Doretta |
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14
Nancy |
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15
No need for a caption |
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16
Friends
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