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Early Advent Style. . .

 



A variety of photographs from Thanksgiving Weekend and today back on campus for the final week of classes.  Managed to nail the Robert Talbott bow tie on the first attempt in the semi-darkness at 5:45am this morning.  Not an easy feat.  

More than three feet of snow fell around Gaylord, Michigan in the northern part of "The Mitten" (three hours north of East Lansing) during the weekend, and our favorite ski areas are already open for the season!  We had only about three inches in our neck of the woods on Friday night and throughout Saturday, but it was/is beautiful.

The Grand Duchess enjoyed it with me during a mid-afternoon walk around the neighborhood on Saturday.

-- Heinz-Ulrich


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