Grace sent this photo of "the birthday boy standing underneath the London Bridge--it was brought over and rebuilt." They were at Lake Havasu, Palm Springs, California and are now on their way home to Kelowna. (Is it possible that anyone reading this doesn't recognize my paterfamilias?)

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I'm to pass on the news that Saturday Jan 12 there's a birthday party for Aunt Vera at the seniors' club in Margo between 2 and 4. She's turning 80.

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Emil and Everett are home. I'll say "Woo hoo" but without the !, because it was a long drive.

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