 Dec. 2: We go to Portland and the Amtrak station to pick up tickets for next june. |
 Dec. 2: Pesky Paisley chews her nylabone! |
 Butch and Karen on their porch with blooming petunias behind. |
 Amazing! Petunias in December! |
 December 4: We get together with Butch and end up in Camden. |
 Where we find the same schooners and ... |
 waterfalls behind the shops. |
 It doesn't change! |
 And neither do WE! Still love shooting this town! |
 Butch and I share a lobster roll....yummmmmmm! |
 ...The Library window w/ holiday decor... |
 ....but this year... |
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 ...it's warm enough for a rose to still be pink/red!! |
 This weathervane lives behind the library. |
 A real favorite! |
 And there are boats everywhere....and dogs! |
 The old MBNA (now Bank of America) conference center. Wow! Is this what our credit cards buy? |
 Surely is a gorgeous place! |
 ....with Penobscot Bay at our feet! |
 What a place!! |
 All money can buy! |
 This is as close to a moose as we'll get! |
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 Must be something in the summer when the view is |
 ....gorgeous! |
 Conference room...only the best for the best! |
 Yup! |
 The Best for the BEST! Why are we allowed in this place? |
 On the way home, we end up at WalMart and... |
 ...black and white seem the best way to treat such a place! |
 Christmas makes it busy with... |
 ...tired elves at the registers! |
 Dec. 12: We meet marta and Lorelei in Portland for the Merrill Auditorium Xmas Concert. |
 We hope she's old enough for this, but... |
 ...learn that she really isn't....she falls asleep and misses... |
 ...the dancing Santas! |
 Dec. 15: It dawns cold and frosty! |
 As Chiristmas approaches, we make stops at the King Eider a few times. |
 Xmas Eve day we lunch there with the Rinehart Family. |
 Xmas Eve is busy at home with the Rineharts visiting. |
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 Lorelei and her Dad work together. |
 and Lorelei is very interested in what's on the computer! |
 Nana brings Lorelei a dress-up outfit which she wears most of Christmas Day and it has.. |
 ...crown, dress, gloves, jewelry, purse and ...SHOES! |
 The little flapper is dressed to kill! |
 As she plays Santa passing gifts on Christmas morning. |
 What a kid! |
 Another package to pass. |
 Back to the tree for another load! |
 .... |
 One for Dad? |
 Then a girl must take time out to play... |
 ....and Barbie makes a good.. |
 ...playmate! |
 Fix that hair! |
 ...and get ready to shoot everyone! |
 This amazing gadget does as good a job as my camera! |
 Clay shows Lorelei how to ..... |
 ....use it! |
 And she is a chip off the old block as a.... |
 ...photographer! |
 ....I'm ON! |
 Check it out to see how it's coming out. |
 Then it's time to check out the instruction book. |
 Who needs it!??? |
 What is this box? |
 A princess castle brought by Santa! |
 Flicka sits by the fire. |
 And Pesky Paisley bedevils her! |
 Come get me, Pesky! |
 And then it's time to take a break and look out the window. |
 Papa turns Pesky Paisley into ... |
 ...a lapdog! |
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