Graceland

 

 

Ron and Grace
Gabriel and Krystle
Michael and Cristina
Joseph and Holly
our sweet Eden
Zosha
Zooey
family collages
Moby

 

 

SITE-SEEING

See where we live
and
where we've traveled.

 

 

BOYSNI

See some early
photos of the boys,
plus their early art.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Graceland!

 

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Zooey's first birthday!

Zooey turned eleven months.

 

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Zooey turned ten months.

Zooey turned nine months.

Our yard is beautiful now.

A new swan family has taken over our canal.

We spent a week in a vacation-house on the coast of Belgium.

We took a drive on the Bollenstreek, along the coast of North Holland, where all the bulbs are in bloom from March till May: crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips.

Some scenes from my stay in VA during February and March. Zooey in her new chair. A visit to Paul's bench. Skyping from Virginia Beach. The family cars. A soccer game, with all the guys on one team this time.

Zooey turned eight months.

Zooey turned seven months.

 

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January sunset.

Holly and Zooey.

A new photo of Michael at work.

I love playing mahjong!

Zooey turned six months.

Our end-of-the-year letter for 2007.

Days before Christmas, Holland is encased in ice.

 

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Zooey turned five months.

Zooey turned four months.

Some scenes from Richmond during my two-month visit, including time spent around the family cars and some shots of Michael's soccer game. Some scenes from Atlanta, where Ron flew in for a visit at my mom's house. Back up in Richmond... more scenes. Zooey's first Halloween. Michael's 28th birthday. The whole family celebrated a few days later. Ron and I went to Monticello and Jamestowne. The whole family shared an evening. We all shared Thanksgiving at Gabriel and Krystle's house. Only a few days left in my trip, so off we went on a picnic of day-after-TG sandwiches by the river. Zooey's prayer flags.

Zooey's three months old.

Going through old photos, Joseph and I just found these.

A new photo of Gabriel and Krystle.

The memorial bench for Paul was placed in Seashore State Park in Virginia Beach.

Gabriel's clothing company, Ser-vice, also has father/daughter clothes for him and Zooey.

Zooey's turning two months.

 

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Our deck and yard are finally finished. Yeeeaaahhhh!

Zooey just celebrated one month, on August 5.

Zooey likes to work with her Daddy.

A link to Zooey's site.

More photos of Zooey.

Joseph and Holly have also been spending time with Zooey.

More progress on the yard.

Uncle Mikey got to hold Zooey.

Zooey Sophia Ricioppo has arrived!

The eleven-month project of replacing the deck behind the house is finally done!

Joseph walked the trail in the State Park in Virginia Beach, to find a site for Paul's memorial bench.

Gabriel and Krystle moved into their new apartment, just in time before their baby girl arrives.

 

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We spent a week on the Dutch island of Texel.

We recently visited Nuenen, in southern Holland, where Vincent van Gogh lived for two years.

These photos are my screensavers.

The annual announcement about Zeist's frogs arrived in the mail again.

The first weekend of March, Ron and I went away to the Dutch coastline for a couple nights.

 

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Our end-of-the-year letter for 2006.

A new photo of my cutie.

I spent Christmas with the boys in Richmond, including Joseph's birthday. I spent most days at Gabriel and Krystle's apartment. I checked out the shop where Mikey and Joe work. There was a Santa-sighting. Christmas morning was special. Gabriel and I spent an afternoon with Paul. Some of us went to Maymont. We watched Mikey's soccer game. And we shared one more meal at Mikey's apartment on my last evening.

 

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I spent time with my mom, outside Atlanta, including going to her dances.

These guys live near our house in Zeist and are good friends of Mikey's, cause he feeds them.

New photos of Gabriel and Krystle.

Check out Michael's Halloween costume. And Joseph and Holly's.

Ron and I went to an expo on the Dalai Lamas in Rotterdam.

One of my favorite photos of the Dalai Lama, and the effect he has on people.

In October, Ron and I went to the Greek island of Rodos.

In September, Ron and I spent a long weekend in Paris.

 

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In August, Michael came to visit and kept me company while Ron was in Switzerland for two weeks. We biked through Park Hoge Veluwe. And we took a train to the coast. And we also worked in the backyard.

Ron and I recently visited an old trades fair in Holland.

Michael just moved to a new apartment in Richmond.

In July, Ron and I took a three-day bike-trip.

In July, Gabriel and Krystle came for a visit.

In June, Joseph came to visit before moving back to the US. We took a lot of walks around our neighborhood.

In June, we finally ticked the Portuguese island of Madeira off our “go-to” list.

 

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In May, we went to Scotland and visited Edinburgh, plus Rosslyn Chapel.

More springtime photos from our yard.

Our eight-year-old Wisteria finally got its first blossoms!

We spent a day on a boat recently.

Check out Moby's recent beach-day!!

Michael's been working on some new projects.

Here's something special... collages of all of us as we grew up.

 

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I voted for the first time in Holland!

Here's a new photo of Joseph and Holly, taken on his birthday in December.

Here's a photo of a mural Michael's been painting on his bedroom walls.

Ron's been chatting on my laptop.

While Joseph and I were chatting, it was snowing in England and Holland. Check out our snowdays.

Something funny came in the mail today.

Take a look at what I got for my birthday!

Joseph spent the last week of January with us in Zeist, and he helped me with my laptop.

Our end-of-the-year letter for 2005.

We lost Ron's father, Toine, this year.

Christmas 2005. Check out this recent Santa-sighting.

 

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I spent the week of Thanksgiving in Richmond with Gabriel and Michael. I got to see Mikey's apartment. And also Gabriel's. Quite different.

I spent the week before Thanksgiving in Atlanta and went with my mom to one of her dance classes.

 

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Joseph and Holly spent time with us in July. First we put Joseph to work. Then we went off to the local castle. Then we spent a day in Amsterdam.

A few of us had a great evening in Virginia Beach in June.

Michael had an artshow in May. Gabriel and Moby and I took a roadtrip from Atlanta to Richmond for the opening.

Check out what Moby's been up to lately.