At Halcyon Farm, Amsterdam NY - Day One, the Birthday Party

Here are a plethora of fun shots of the 80th birthday barbeque for Uncle John and a few other sights.  I'll make another post for the 50th Anniversay gala, and beyond

We arrive at the Farm, and are taken on a hike to see the fiddle-head ferns

Uncle John and Dorothy can barely get their arms around this mighty walnut tree

On our way to the Farm, we saw this fun church

I tried to be discrete taking this photo of an Amish buggy, of which we saw several

this house and former restaurant in Palatine Bridge is for sale!!!  $300, 000 includes 12 acres of land.  The place is falling apart, but was hard to resist.

fiddle-head ferns, which we ate for dinner!

Wendie meets Uncle for the first time while Jeffery, Lud, and Matt look on

Tommy and Uncle John in the delightful sunny afternoon with Lud and Betty in the background

Jeffery and I found this cool driftwood "sea snake" on the shores of Saratoga Lake.  We gave it to Uncle John and Aunt Junie for their anniversary. (par for the course?)

The barbeque begins (Lucy, Sarah Ames, Allen, Emily, John Holloway, Jonathan, and Dan)  Allen had just arrived from Korea, where he was working.

Johny Leonard and Christina.  The barn behind is 150 years old or more

Dick Brooks, Tommy, Erin, and RJ, and John in the doorway

Jeffery, Fransje, Sarah, and Wendie; with Jonathan, Chick, Lud, and Tom behind

Too many to name

Moment of last sun made our world so pretty

Tommy and Rozzy

The party is here!

The Holloway home

The blowing out of the candles and the singing of Happy Birthday!