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We had Blue Cheese olives on the Eurodam in Tamarind last month.

@grapau27 I am saddened to read your future Queen has cancer. Prayers for her healing, she is a wonderful woman and mother. 😪

We visited Falmouth twice this winter on our long sojourn on the Eurodam. The weather was beautiful both days. We walked around the elaborate port area and bought some gifts for people who watch the house. The coffee was excellent.

Good morning everyone! I was going to heading to the grocery before the snow came but we had 3" by the time I got up. It can wait until tomorrow. I have enough lettuce and asparagus to have a balanced dinner. Thanks for the daily and fleet reports @kazu and the maps @rafinmd. It is fun to keep up where our daily friends and Facebook crew friends are visiting each day. I plan to goof off today, birds are already fed. Daffodils are up and the early ones are in bloom but I'm not going out into the snow to get a photo. My hip pain is making it hard to feel young so I will just forget about it as I goof off today. Good quote by Cicero. The coffee cake recipe looks wonderful @dfish, I have had Coppola Cabernet before and unless they have a new winemaker it wasn't my style, thanks for researching this for us @cat shepard, @summer slope I will pass on the minty cocktail. Prayers for all of our group who are having serious problems with their backs and their health. Prayers for those in war zones, Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza and the citizens of Haiti. My favorite Daffodil called Gulls, I left them behind in MD.

Good news on John's ear, the black spot is a broken blood vessel He got a refill on his indomethacin for his knee.

Good morning everyone. It is 19 degrees here with 2-4" of snow in tomorrow's forecast. This is the reason we leave Michigan in the winter, it doesn't want to give up. Thanks for the Daily Reports and maps @kazu and @rafinmd. A fun quote by Helen Hayes. I will pass on the crockpot meal but maybe why not throw in some butternut squash in lieu of turnips? Baltimore Bang really looks like a good cocktail for once in a while. The vino looks wonderful. Thanks for researching these for us each day. I look forward to photos of today's port. @JazzyV thanks for the cares and celebrations lists So many with ongoing pain situations, prayers for you and the rest of our group who may need them. Prayers for the people of Ukraine, the innocents in Gaza and the people of Haiti. @Nickelpenny I am sorry you will have to get major back surgery in May. @dfish I am sorry that the PT isn't helping, it sounds like you are doing your own with your frequent exercise. @marshhawk I hope Chuck is doing better and you get a sale before the end of the week. John is off to the doctor. The day after he spread all the lawn treatments last week his knee has been acting up. It got so bad he called the doctor and made an appointment. I am glad he did because he said it was feeling better today. He started taking a strong anti-inflammatory that he got for a bunion. It is rarely prescribed because of side effects. I hope they do some diagnostics instead of giving him more medication. I didn't mention it to him when he left to ask about the black freckle he has had on his ear since I spotted it in January. Hopefully he will get the real issue addressed along with his knee. I have hounded him about it since we returned from the cruise. I am working on sorting through photos and coming up with a plant list and sources for the Zoom class next month. Garden club tonight at 6pm. Luckily the snow doesn't start until later tonight. Have a nice day! Nancy

Good morning everyone Sunlight and snow flurries here. Thanks for the daily and fleet reports Jacqui, I hope you get good results from your x-ray. Thank you for the maps Roy. I plan to be happy today on International Day of Happiness. I am a Sagittarius and my motto is "I see". I always heard we are travelers. Great quote from Benjamin Franklin. @dfish @summer slope and @cat shepard thanks for today's comestibles. I will take a double on the wine. Vanessa, thank you for the cares and celebrations reports each day. I hope that your leg feels better today. Prayers for everyone on our care list and those in war zones, Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza. Prayers for the citizens of Haiti. @0106 thanks for sharing the very cute puppy. More on the office project today. Sorting photos, many landscape photos trashed and some family photos going to be given to them to enjoy. It is cold with snow flakes and it is going to blow this afternoon. Have a lovely Wednesday! Nancy

@Quartzsite Cruiser Lenda, I read your message yesterday about the Pileated Woodpeckers. We were in Costa Rica on a HA excursion to Pura Vida Gardens and saw one there too. A very versatile bird for sure.

Good morning everyone! I will celebrate nurses today. I see so many in my Dermatologist's office lately. A good quote today from Oscar Wilde. I will pass on another slow cooker dish, would enjoy an LI Ice Tea on a BHB and the wine sounds wonderful too. Thanks for the Daily reports and maps each day Jacqui and Roy. Thanks for the cares and celebrations lists Vanessa. I am so sorry to read that your leg pain is returning. @Haljo1935 I am sorry that you are having such a hard time getting the care you need and will have to live with a numb foot. Prayers for the people in war zones, Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza and the citizens of Haiti. @StLouisCruisers thanks for brightening our first day of spring with your DD's lovely Easter/Spring tree. It is lovely. I am going to do a new outline for the powerpoint for the April class as it is changed, then send it off to the lady running the school. Then more cleaning of the office and dinner out somewhere near home. Have a lovely day! Nancy

@Haljo1935 Full retirement age is the year that you reach age 70. I had filed for SS early but when my DDDH passed away a wonderful agent at the Towson, MD SS office said if I repaid all I had received I could take his payment and I could wait until age 70. It was a big help. I say she was wonderful because she took her job seriously. I had help from another guy in the Philadelphia office to help me get my pay back check entered in before the year end so I didn't have to pay taxes on it.

@Crazy For Cats please let us know if anything is revealed about a Grand South America or Grand Australia for 2026.

@YourWorldWithBill welcome to the Daily. Today's wine 1994 edition. I bet I paid in the high $20s for the bottle at Baltimore's precursor to Total Wine. It has held up well and was delightful with my not quite fork tender pot roast. Power Point mostly complete just need to recreate a new outline. The Pileated Woodpeckers have started to fancy our suet. We are going through a cake per day.

Good morning from chilly SW Michigan. It was 28 degrees when I woke and the ground is white. Nothing good in the forecast either. Thanks for the Daily and maps Jacqui and Roy! We celebrate recycling day and today is our biggest day of celebration, our bin went out for monthly pick up. It is always a worry will everything fit by the end of the month. @summer slope @dfish and @cat shepard thanks for today's comestibles. I will pass on the banana cocktail. I had planned for pot roast for dinner though I slow oven bake it in a plastic oven bag, not doing a crockpot. Lots of tomatoes and onions. Only carrot I have are the sheds for salads but I guess they would work too. I have several cases of Pontet Canet in the cellar that moved with me from Maryland, I will choose one of those to go with. We had brought several nice aged bottles on the Eurodam and two really disappointed at the end of the cruise. I am trying to figure if I am not managing the cellar well or all the vibration and rough seas shook them for almost 52 days and wrecked them. Vibration is bad for wine. Vanessa thank you for the Cares and Celebrations reports. Prayers for @smitty34877 that you had to deal with a broken bed on the weekend. Prayers for Tana. Prayers for all on our care list and those in war zones, Ukraine, those poor souls in Haiti and the innocents in Gaza. Today is working on the PowerPoint. The office cleaning started but just when I was getting on a roll with my presentation John found a place to get a broken part from his lawn aerator repaired. It was a private home so I rode along for safety. Almost three hours shot from yesterday afternoon. Bird seed not dumped into bins either. Have a great Monday! Nancy

Good Sunday morning! Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @kazu and thank you for the maps @rafinmd. Happy St. Patrick's Day! I will pass on the corned beef and cabbage, with sauerkraut yes but not the cabbage. I love a good rum punch and I definitely would love today's wine. We were in today's port twice this year on the Eurodam and once or twice before on the New Statendam and Zuiderdam. I don't have many photos and they are in my phone. We walked the shopping street and found just what we were looking for Cheese Curls and a handbag for our NS Concierge for her birthday. There is also a casino we didn't sample but heard from someone it was rather nice although it doesn't look too nice from the outside. Each time I remember we had lovely weather. @JazzyV Thanks for the cares and celebrations reports each day. Prayers for everyone needing them and those in war zones Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza. Prayers that they can finally get the hostages home. Prayers for the NM State Trooper who died just for giving a guy a hand. I am going to clean my office and rework an entire PowerPoint for a Zoom class. Ugh. I thought about getting a more updated Office package but I decided to use what I have an make the photos brighten my presentation. We have a week of very cold weather. I guess I have to move all the bird feed we bought to the garbage cans today too because all the weather is going to do is get worse. Have a nice day! Nancy

@irishjim Happy Anniversary! 🍾🎂

@Scrapnana Bon Voyage! 🍾

We had the same problem. One time it was so bad they were going to give us a free dinner but I had my 5* benefit booked. I had them give a $65 bottle of wine. One night we arrived for our 6pm reservation and there were about 15 people lined up to get in. John hadn't gotten his meal by the time I finished mine. This has been an ongoing problem since January at the least.

@richwmn thank you for creating the Daily for us 4 years ago.

Happy 4th Anniversary to the Daily!! 🍾🎂 It is a beautiful chilly morning today. The main pair of swans on the lake built a nest in the cat tails behind the house and she finally settled in on it yesterday. Poor thing we are going to get lake effect snow the next couple days and a protracted cold spell. Thanks for the Daily Reports and maps Jacqui and Roy! a good quote today. I will pass on the cocktail and the box wine but the non-air fryer chicken would be wonderful. Thanks for researching these for us each day! Thanks for the cares and celebrations lists Vanessa. Wow @Nickelpenny you won a cruise too! You deserve some positive excitement from this cruise! Prayers for everyone on our care list and those in war zones, Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza. @StLouisCruisers thanks for the photos of Moorea today. We will be there in March next year on our long winter sojourn on a BHB. I am working on my calendar for the cruises today as I have booked so many HIA that I need to get them straight so when our Roll Calls are offering up private excursions I will be prepared to jump on them. I expect there will be more beautiful photos from @Quartzsite Cruiser and others. Have a nice Saturday. Nancy

@Suslor @RedneckBob @Crazy For Cats Bon Voyage! 🍾🍾🍾

@Nickelpenny Congratulations on your jackpot!!

@Lady Hudson Bon Voyage! 🍾

@StLouisCruisers Happy Birthday to your DB! 🎂 @Mr. Boston Happy birthday to your DM! 🎂 @Denise T I hope that Fiona is on the mend today and all goes well at the vet's office. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports each day Jacqui and Roy! I will pass on the meal and the cocktail but today's Zin looks tasty. I appreciate all the work to do these for us each day! Vanessa, thanks for the Cares and Celebrations reports Seem like we have some Bon Voyages coming soon. Prayers for all on our care list and those in war zones, Ukraine and the innocents in Gaza. It is a lousy day here with darkness and rain. A garden club friend is coming over and we will be planning our club's own Environmental School in 2025. I will be late again tomorrow as I have to go get my stitches our on my arm and who knows if John will want to do some type of road trip since the weather won't be too nice again tomorrow, just not so rainy. Have a lovely day! Nancy

@bennybear Happy Birthday Brenda!

I am just getting caught up. Early and long doctor appointment. Then I got home and John wanted to go to Lowe's to get lawn treatments, then Costco and then my bird feed store. By the time I got my morning chores done John needed gas for the lawn tractor. I think he will get those 10 40lb. bags of treatments down this afternoon. We have about 1/2-1" of rain coming tonight so hos timing will be perfect. Sad to read above that HA is suspending the MDR lunch on the first day. More people slamming in the Lido. @summer slope wow! I am sorry about the complications of your tooth extraction. @Seasick Sailor so sad to read about Allan's low sodium, that can be really problematic. Have a lovely afternoon! Nancy