Frank's Birthday 2012

Pumpkin Festival at All Saints Episcopal

Twice each year, All Saints Episcopal Church of Sunnyside hosts a street fair, once in the Spring (called the Strawberry Fair), and once in the Autumn (called the Pumpkin Festival).

Church members chip in at various stations, and this year I ended up at the grill with Father Jerome, feeding 5,000 despite starting out with just 5 buns and 2 hot dogs.

A couple of the images below are from the little fife and drum corps of Sunnyside

Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara (Irish: Cnoc na Teamhrach,^[1] Teamhair or Teamhair na Rí), located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments, and, according to tradition, was the seat of the High King of Ireland.

The statue is of Saint Patrick

The Wedding of Lorenz Ruwwe and Marissa Kaufmann

Seoul, Korea

March 24, 2012

 


The last picture is with friends, Sabonim Khan Bada, and Mr. Choi and daughter Moon Jong Choi

Thank you all who have supported us so lovingly and generously in this time

New Year's Eve, 2012

Our long tradition in our family is to spend the latter part of the evening in reflection and repentance.  Then at the stroke of  00:00 we pray in gratitude and to offer ourselves for the year to come.

After our prayers we have a toast with the family, and then head right next door to our neighbors of 18 years to spend an hour or so together.

Here below are Hiroko and me (use to be with the kids too ... the hands of time) with our immediate neighbors.  Don't be fooled by the rubber champagne bottles.