Our New Years Eve party photos – 67
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Our New Years Eve party photos – 67
Image by Paul Jacobson
Our New Years eve celebration started at home with a fantastic meal cooked by Gina. We then moved off to Jared’s mom’s place for drinks and the countdown.
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Image by Maryland National Guard
Soldiers from the 29th Military Police Company from Westminster, Md., enjoyed their Holiday meal with other veterans at the local American Legion Post this weekend and were visited by some special guests.
Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian S. Sann the senior enlisted leader and Santa Clause all spent time with family and friends and unit members.
“I want to thank the families for their support,” said Adkins, commanding general of the Maryland National Guard. “Many times when we deploy or get called out, you are left behind to take care of the kids and fix the car and you have to deal with all the problems in a household. Because of your sacrifices we are able to do our jobs, and I thank you.”
The Soldiers used the opportunity to help those who are less fortunate in the community and they started a food drive. The Military Police Company leadership looked for ways the unit could support the local community of Westminster that would have the biggest impact on those that were in dire need of assistance. They decided to work with Carroll County Food Sunday a nonprofit organization that distributes a weekly, nutritionally balanced grocery packages to more than 400 families a week.
“Our Soldiers live in this community and it is important that we help those of us who are struggling during this time of year,” said Lt. Andre Fields, company commander for the 29th Military Police unit. “We want to make sure that everyone is able to enjoy the season.”
The unit has collection boxes at their Westminster and Cascade armories and they will be taking donations of nonperishable items until December 13.
2014 Thanksgiving Meal
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2014 Thanksgiving Meal
Image by U.S. Army Garrison Casey
Army leaders express gratitude to Service members, civilian employees and families by serving a traditional Thanksgiving meal Nov. 27. Warrior Country dining facilities were decorated in seasonal colors, baked goods and a cornucopia of fruit and vegetables.
Merlin (f. columbarius) Makes Meal of Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Image by Wayne W G
Merlin (f. columbarius) with Mourning Dove
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
Species: F. columbarius
Thanksgiving Meal at DFAC_12
Image by USAG Italy
The Vicenza Military Community celebrates Thanksgiving with a festive meal at the South of the Alps Dining Facility Nov. 27. Soldiers, Retirees, civilian employees, family members, and Italian employees enjoyed the traditional meal served in both the South of the Alps Dining Facility and the Del Din Dining Facility.
Photo by Laura Kreider, USAG Vicenza/PAO
Learn more on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil or www.facebook.com/USAGVicenza.
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Harvesting Winter Carrots
Image by Chiot’s Run
Eliot Coleman talks about his trouble with voles in The Winter Harvest Handbook. This was the first year we’ve ever had trouble with voles, remember my sweet potatoes? They also ate a lot of my winter beets and were moving in to the carrot patch. I was planning on leaving the carrots in the ground and harvesting them as needed, but with voles threatening our harvest we decided we should get them all out of the ground. We happened to be having our annual New Year’s sauerkraut family meal yesterday (a few days late), and I thought it would be a perfect time to harvest the carrots (since they’re growing in my mom’s garden). My niece Hannah helped out with the reward of taking greens & little carrots home to her guinea.
chiotsrun.com/2011/01/04/harvesting-winter-carrots/
Nags Head 2012 Memoirs 52 – The Pier
Image by Counselman Collection
Our son and daughter-in-law chose this location for this year’s spring trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, putting us right on the ocean front beach. It was a great location right beside Jeanette’s Pier, and the weather was so sunny. There were some windy days that made the waves all that much better. Besides our family from Ohio, we had friends visiting from several Congregations neighboring ours, plus a family that drove from mid-Texas and another from Indiana. As usual, we took turns making meals and it was a great experience with everyone fellowshipping and working together peacefully. Yes, I had one conference call with World Headquarters I did not want to miss, but it was still total relaxation. I tried to go a whole day without touching a camera, but then I got the shakes, and I just had to grab a camera and start snapping again; when you are hooked, you are hooked. To see photos from our past visits to Nags Head see the set of photos in our Travel Collection called Nags Head Memoirs; they are all dated.
www.flickr.com/photos/counselman/sets/1707339/
Nags Head 2012 Memoirs 43 – The Pier
Image by Counselman Collection
Our son and daughter-in-law chose this location for this year’s spring trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, putting us right on the ocean front beach. It was a great location right beside Jeanette’s Pier, and the weather was so sunny. There were some windy days that made the waves all that much better. Besides our family from Ohio, we had friends visiting from several Congregations neighboring ours, plus a family that drove from mid-Texas and another from Indiana. As usual, we took turns making meals and it was a great experience with everyone fellowshipping and working together peacefully. Yes, I had one conference call with World Headquarters I did not want to miss, but it was still total relaxation. I tried to go a whole day without touching a camera, but then I got the shakes, and I just had to grab a camera and start snapping again; when you are hooked, you are hooked. To see photos from our past visits to Nags Head see the set of photos in our Travel Collection called Nags Head Memoirs; they are all dated.
www.flickr.com/photos/counselman/sets/1707339/
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Command Delivery
Image by United States Forces – Iraq (Inactive)
The commander of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Brigade, 7th Division Iraqi Army, is happy to help his own people by bringing humanitarian meals to families in the district of Jamiat, Basra, Iraq, June 24, 2008. U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st. Lt. James Gardner.
2014 Thanksgiving Meal
Image by U.S. Army Garrison Casey
Army leaders express gratitude to Service members, civilian employees and families by serving a traditional Thanksgiving meal Nov. 27. Warrior Country dining facilities were decorated in seasonal colors, baked goods and a cornucopia of fruit and vegetables.
Martinsville-based 1173d Transportation Company hosts open house
Image by Virginia Guard Public Affairs
The Martinsville-based 1173d Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group hosted an open house Dec. 11, 2010 and also served Soldiers and family members a holiday meal. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, visited the event to enjoy the meal prepared by the company food service section as well as talk with Soldiers and families and recognize select Soldiers for outstanding performance. In addition to vehicle displays, the Virginia Guard Counterdrug Program also set up an informational display, and the Virginia Guard Recruiting and Retention Command provided a climbing wall and other activities. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)
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Inside the Great Kitchens
Image by failing_angel
Built 1530, the kitchens would provide two meals a day for 600 members of the Tudor court.
The annual provision of meat for the Tudor court stood at 1,240 oxen, 8,200 sheep, 2,330 deer, 760 calves, 1,870 pigs and 53 wild boar [Hampton Court Palace website].
Hampton Court Palace began with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c.1473-1530) acquiring what was then a grange from the Order of St John (the Knights Hospitaller) in 1514 and redeveloping it as a palace. The new palace included the Base Court (which included 40 guest lodgings), and the inner Clock Court (which had state apartments for Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon and the Princess Mary). The palace was used for hosting state functions such as diplomatic visits as well as entertainments.
In 1529 Hampton Court passed to Henry following Wolsey’s downfall, at which point Henry built upon and developed an already substantial palace. The new complex included larger kitchens, a chapel and great hall, as well as tennis courts, a bowling alley and tiltyard. Starting less than 6 months of taking possession, Henry’s works weren’t complete until 1540.
Each of Henry’s heirs stayed at Hampton Court (indeed Edward VI was born there), although only Elizabeth I made any changes and those were relatively minor; this was similar under the Stuarts, with the next changes to the palace happening with William and Mary.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was comissioned to design a new palace, but the cost of demolishing the existing building was too prohibitive, instead the east and south sides were rebuilt.
The last phase of construction happened with the Hanoverians, with Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) designing the Queen’s apartments under George I, and William Kent (c. 1685-1748) the Queen’s staircase and Cumberland Suite under George II.
The royal family left Hampton Court in 1737, after which time the palace became grace and favour apartments for a century, before being opened to the public by Queen Victoria.
Cesar Salgado, Crittenton Wraparound Services Director, and Members of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Iota Chapter.
Image by CrittentonSoCal
Each Thanksgiving Crittenton Services for Children and Families and the Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. chapter at California State University, Long Beach partner to feed Crittenton families in need. This year alone the Thanksgiving Outreach Project provided meals for about 130 Crittenton Wraparound families located throughout Southern California.
For more info on Long Beach Lambdas: www.longbeachlambdas.com/
For more info on Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.: www.lambda1975.org/Home.aspx
Build Your Own Pizza, Christmas 2005
Image by Lee Bennett
Ben decides his dough needed to be reshaped.
