Where last year all you got to see were photos of Michele a couple months pregnant, here is a shot of Jet (sorry, out of focus) visiting with Chuck Holzner (of Folio II).   Jet had just started walking the week prior, and was eagerly careening around any and all available venues.

But not all is happiness in this picture.  Chuck is ailing from stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and the doctors doubt he will make it to 2014.  When I visited him here, in this photo, he was already three months into his diagnosis, and faring much better than anyone had expected.  I’m presently helping him get his photographic legacy in order, in particular his collection of MF3d Newfoundland views, a number of which he has entrusted me to mount.

At the time this picture was made, he was in good spirits, considering his plight.  Of his diagnosis and prospects, he said, “I haven’t had so much excitement in my life, in a long time!”  He went on a big road trip with his two sons (hunting in Wyoming), and has been travelling to see family and pay last respects.

This view got mounted a bit “far,” with infinity points too far apart, and even the very near foreground behind the stereo window. Not sure what happened there, but it was not my intent. Been rushed lately, which hasn’t helped.