Thanksgiving 2019

It is that time of year for me to say Thanks! to everyone who made 2019 special for me. It was a year of more adventure plus spending time with family and great friends. My Christmas 2018 trip was to Australia where I saw Koala bears and baseball with Sarge, the Canberra Cavalry mascot. I got together with many family members at my cousin Liz's wedding. Here she is dancing with her father, Bill. I posed with my good looking cousins (l-r) Claude, Joanie, Susie and Francis.

Thankful for baseball fans that I met, Mick at the Canberra Cavalry game and the group of Wilmington Blue Rocks fans at their playoff game. Tampa buddy and Tampa's rock icon, Johnny G. Lyon, and I spent time at the Rock Hall of Fame. Basketball buddy, Chris, and I participated in some All-Star Game events. Thankful that I was able to visit more baseball stadiums including Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. Thankful that I was able to see the great comic murals in Canberra, Australia and to pose with Syd, the Sydney Blue Sox mascot. Visiting Wilmington, Delaware, I was able to see a Revolutionary War battle flag, plus a statue of Negro League great, Judy Johnson, outside of Frawley Stadium. Visiting New York City, I saw the Wall Street Bull, the poignant 9/11 Memorial and murals in the area of the World Trade Center.

    Baseball's All Star game came to 
Cleveland with numerous events. Left,
I pose with supermodel and friend,
Joey Courtney, working for New Era.
    Above left, more scenes from 
Sydney, the Opera House and an
Aboriginal street performer playing the
didgeridoo.
    Above, another picture of Frawley 
Stadium and playoff introductions in
Wilmington and a picture of the home
of the Lancaster Barnstormers, 
Clipper Magazine Stadium.
    Not surprisingly, I visited more
Hooters with the Roaming Hooters T
Shirt. At the Parramatta (Australia)
Hooters, the servers dance on cue,
and on chairs.

In Sydney, at Christmastime, the facade of St. Mary's Cathedral Church is used as screen for Christmas stories. Very impressive. As I mentioned, Cleveland was the host of the Major League All Star Game. Here is Shane Bieber on the scoreboard being introduced. He would be named the Most Valuable Player of the game. Rollover that picture to see what I probably looked like walking around Canberra, Australia. One last look at the stadium in Sydney where the Blue Sox played on a steaming hot December day. Please don't pet the tasmanian devil.