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On Saturday April 11th twenty eight ladies from Bella Trae left their significant others and set sail to the Caribbean in Sky Princess. Julie was joined by her sister, Janet. The adventure started with Julie, Liz and Denise driving down to Fort Lauderdale Friday to get an early start, where they met up with Janet. The rest of the party traveled down by bus next day where they all boarded Princess Cruises ship, Sky Princess, bound for 7 nights of fun in the sun.

Enjoyed the best day, weather wise, of the trip so far and played golf with Mal at Hillside. We had about 10 mins of light rain on about the 11th hole but, as you can see, it was mostly blue skies. The course is in beautiful condition and I did ok but Mal played well scoring +1 for the back nine. No eagles (Mal had one on the par 5 #8 hole when we played in Florida in November. Mal is playing a foursome with Kenny Dalglish and Alan Hansen, on Wednesday. Good luck!

The old boys got back together last night to enjoy some snooker and fellowship. Andy Rae, John Porter, Mal Johnson, Paul Connor, and Les Dodd. It was great seeing these guys again. We also met up with Steve Tomlinson who I haven't seen since moving to PA in 1988.

While Julie cruised with the ladies of Bella Trae, I headed back to England for a few days. No plans, just to spend a few days in the frozen, wet North. it's the first time I've seen Nick and Pauline's home since the remodel and it looks beautiful. They kindly let Mum and I use the shower while the bathroom is being redone in her house. We went to dinner at Sparrowhawk in Formby, played snooker, and played golf on Friday at Hillside.

Mom and I visited Dad this morning, in his final resting place at Emmanuel's Memorial Garden. It is clear that Mum is still taking good care of him, by keeping the stone clean with fresh flowers. Emmanuel looks much the same as I remember. There are new front steps, and a ramp, as well as flat screen TVs to replace the old hymn books post COVID.

Here's a small collection of pictures from the Shorts, including one of Duncan with his Grandmother, at lunch, on 21 March which is Human Rights Day in South Africa

Pictures of Micah

Kelly, Steve, and Meadow had a fun day horsin’ around!

Micah's 1st Birthday with "Smash Cake"

Well I finally did it. I have updated daeth.com and given it a whole fresh look. It only took me 15 years but who's counting? I copied over some of the archive pictures, just to embarrass the kids, but I hope they come to appreciate it over time. Of course you may ask, "Why? Why maintain a personal website at all when there's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc?" I guess I still believe that owning the domain name of your family name has value. Not so much for the information it provides today but more of a digital record for future generations. I guess that will play out over time. Anyway I hope you enjoy the new pictures and I promise to update the new site more often.

In January 2023, Chris (my neighbor) and I went to the Mecum Classic Car Auction in Kissimmee. Although Julie insisted I leave my wallet, checkbook and bank cards at home we still went thinking we'd find something to drag home. Fortunately common sense prevailed but we had a great time window shopping. For more information or to view all the cars, go to www.mecum.com