All went well

The transition from one year to another is sometimes a time to think what was and what will be, even though both are useless for obvious reasons.
Despite that, we had a great year and look forward to the coming one.
I spent a short time taking a walk up a steep hill around were we life, just to see if I could still do it.

Now I know there is an easy way to get up there; a kid was showing me,

but I chose the hard way and got a beautiful view looking back.

While up there, I had a good conversation with a potato bug, a totally harmless, normally subterranean creature.

Then it was time to get our act together for the party at Corina & Chris'.
They have an East Coast New Year Party, meaning our New Year starts when New York celebrates, and we can be in bed by 22:00.
Corina and Chris prepared a delicious spread and installed a huge screen in the yard so we could see the action as it was unfolding in New York.

Henry and Patricia 

Friends warmed themselves around the fire-pit or under the heaters.

Corina and Patricia

Then suddenly there were all this other people; no idea were they came from.

And then it was