Dear friends and family,
Here is our retrospective of 2022, in pictures more than words. It comes with our abiding love and gratitude for you all. It was wonderful to host or visit many of you this year. We hope 2023 will bring even more opportunities to spend time with you at a table somewhere.
In January Geoff turned 80 and we bought an electric Mini Cooper S in British racing green.
In February we published our neighbour’s biography of her father, who was born in Ukraine (see https://agoodcossack.com). A few days later Putin invaded Ukraine.
In March we had the final launch (after Canberra, Toowoomba, Melbourne and Perth), in Hobart, of Christine's book, Who Is This Vernon Cornish?
We also caught up with friends and relatives and took the opportunity to visit Bruny Island to see the Forty-spotted Pardalote, the subject of a friend’s PhD.
In August we took a trip by train to Cairns to spend a holiday in the Atherton Tableland rainforest with all of Christine’s siblings and their spouses.
In September we visited Melbourne for a special fiftieth anniversary afternoon tea for the founders of Bank First (formerly the Victoria Teachers’ Credit Union), of which Geoff is member number 1.
In Melbourne we stayed with Geoff’s brother Robert and wife Lesley and then travelled to find the brothers’ great-grandfather’s and grandfather’s farm near Echuca.
Then in late October, after almost three years, we finally caught COVID-19.
In December we hosted our last houseguests for the year—our friends from Memphis, Tennessee. On Christmas Day, we left the Mini at home and travelled by bus to Sydney to celebrate with niece Giz and her extended family.
It is still the Christmas season and our Christmas tree is still up. We hope the joy and peace of Christmas remains with you all year and forever.
With our love,
Chris and Geoff