Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

Mark Twain

Sunday, October 28, 2007

A Brief Note...



I haven't updated for a while, and don't have much time at the moment, but I couldn't resist posting a few of the photos I have available. Here is a one of Isabella, my cute little niece by my brother Steve and his girlfriend Sarah...don't worry, when I get back to Crested Butte there will be many more to follow!!!! I can't believe how much she is growing up...









and just for a change, here is the extended the Manchester family drinking and eating...
and here is a photo that I know will make Adrianne jealous...a Portuguese lunch...bread, cheese and wine in a beautiful tiled old restaurant in the Alfama in Lisbon....what more can you want?!!!! And yes, it was delicious, and so was the salad, grilled squid, coffee and brandy that followed...!!!

'And anywhere the scent of orange blossom drifts, I'm happy' (Frances Mayes)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
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US President Franklin D. Roosevelt Forbids Hoarding of Gold (1933)

Executive Order 6102 required US citizens and businesses to turn in all but a small amount of gold to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20.67 per ounce. It came in the midst of a banking crisis, when the stability of paper currency was in doubt. Consequently, many tried to withdraw their money and redeem it for gold, which was considered safer. However, there simply was not enough gold in the US—or the world—to cover the nation's debts. How many people were prosecuted for violating the order? More... Discuss