picture copout

Today I opened an email that made me laugh (well actually i got three that made me laugh but that's beside the point.)

"Dear Beckie are you dead. If you are don't bother to reply to this e-mail as I know that it might be inconvenient."

(my granpa has a very Scottish sense of humour)

A lot has happened in the last little while and I'm not sure where to start, so instead I'm going to follow the old adage 'a picture paints a thousand words' and use some photos instead.



Spent a cold thanksgiving morning in the city.



Went out through the Hamptons to the end of the island with some friends where the shore looks just like where i grew up...



... except for the wildlife.



Was blown away by the generosity of Christmas gifts that folks have given for our homeless guys.



Found a card (I never thought that actually happened.)



Did some baking with a friend.



Attended a massive gingerbread house making party. And got a little carried away with my house... it even had a coal pile out the back.



Saw the first snow of the season on a rather early sunday morning. The other guy who stays here at weekends had never seen snow. How cool!



Had a great time meeting up with the New Orleans team yesterday for a look over photos etc. Great company and great food. I got insight into why Clemenza tells Rocco to 'Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.' There are a tonne of Italians on Long Island, and they brought their food with them. So when someone brought freshly made cannoli from the best bakery on Long Island (apparently) I had to try one.
There is but one word... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!