Denis and I spent New Year’s eve at the Eyesore and had such a wonderful evening that we decided we’ll spend every New Year’s eve here now. What a beautiful and serene place to enjoy the last hours of 2011. Above is the view from the kitchen. I was preparing a roast. Denis was outside, having one of his last cigs of 2011, and, I hope, his life. You can just see his foot.
Every few minutes, the colors all around us changed with the light, so I kept snapping photos. I won’t bore you with all of them. Just a few.
I took this during the beginning of the golden hour:
And this I took near the end:
I wish you all a new year full of love and light and great joy!
THE FLOWER
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
ONCE in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.
To and fro they went
Thro’ my garden-bower,
And muttering discontent
Cur’d me and my flower.
Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o’er the wall
Stole the seed by night.
Sow’d it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
“Splendid is the flower.”
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed.
Wishing you and everyone here a happy, healthy, peaceful 2012 !
Happy New Year, Ann! Beautiful photos.
Happy New Year!
And a happy and blessed New Year to you and yours-two legged and four legged both!
Thank you for such beautiful pictures to start 2012!
*hugs*
A wonderful place, a wonderful tradition, and a wonderful poem.
Here’s to more wonder in 2012.
Happy New Year Ann! Thank you for sharing the serentiy and beauty of your Golden Hour
Happy New year, Leary family! Beautiful pics and post!
Happy New Year, Ann!!
What a beautiful setting. Wishing Denis good luck with quitting. I was going to attempt it myself, but things are just too stressful right now. Thanks for sharing the photos and have a Happy New Year!
What a beautiful way to bring in the New Year. Wishing you,Denis,the kids and the rest of the family the same.xo
Beautiful, peaceful photos.
I know today’s weather is a repeat of yesterday’s in CT, so the view this morning must have been glorious.
I hope all of your days are this beautiful.
Happy New Year to everyone, near and far.
Happy New Year, Ann. I hope it’s a good year for each and every one of us.
What beautiful pictures! Happy New Year everyone!
Ann, the shots are beautiful. What a way to end a year and start another blessed year. Love you guys.
thank you for sharing, inspiring
Happy New Year Ann, whose blog makes every day of each year better. As always, amazing pictures.
Truly beautiful! Wishing you and Denis a fantastic New Year.
How utterly gorgeous. Happy New Year to everybody here. Hope the hubby doesn’t get to crabby with the lack of nicotine, Ann!
What a magical place to begin a new year, Ann. Wishing you and all your readers a year of happiness and good health.
Happy new year to entire Leary clan. Did all the pups spend NYE at the eyesore? The colors are fantastic.
Happy 2012 Everyone!! Much Health and Happiness.
ps the Eyesore needs a new name as it is a beautiful and peaceful place.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Love the photos Ann.
These pictures are so beautiful, I would have loved to see them all. Have a wonderful New Year and wish Denis best of luck with quitting smoking. Keep yourself a safe distance from someone going through nicotine withdrawal. I suggest St Thomas, they have really nice jewelry!
Happy New Year everyone! Ann, thank you for the blog. I really enjoy it. I read often, comment rarely, because always too busy. My resolution is to try to slow down, not get involved in so many things. Your lake photos are beautiful.
Almost forgot to mention, LOVED “Merry #*&^ing Christmas”
Beautiful!
Wishing everyone love and laughter this new year–
Beautiful photos! Maybe you could drop the s move an e and name it after eeyore.
:0)
I love it Judy!!!
Lovely photos to start the New Year with. Thanks, as always, for sharing you thoughts and humor with us all. Best wishes for a great 2012 to all!
Those photos are indeed beautiful.
Good luck to both of you (all of you actually) re nixing the cigs.
A truly worthy endeavor, however difficult.
Wishing Denis and the fam total success, by whatever means will work!
More fodder for comedy or drama.
Happy New Year to you and the blog followers!
How nice is that.. pretty area.. why do they call it the eyesore. I see Denis and his foot smoking his hopefully last cigarette.. I agree it’s time to quit. Unfortunately my uncle got throat cancer last year and he had radiation and the cancer is now gone..but he had smoked for years. He’s only about 56 years old .. He’s doing really good now and he’s relearning to speak again with therapy so we’re very lucky they caught it on time. I hope Denis does quit because he’s a great guy and I would hate for that to happen to anyone else.. Best of wishes to you all for a wonderful New Year.. I wish Rescue Me was still on and hopefully you’ll be coming out with a new book… I really miss that show and would love to read another book of yours..
So much gorgeous in one place. Happy New Year to everybody!
Happy new year Ann!!!!! BEAUTIFUL pics just STUNNING!
Oh and good Luck to Denis, Mark was a chain smoker from age 14, he quit cold turkey one snowy New Years Eve night 5 years ago and has not had one since.
Atta boy, Mark. Fantastic accomplishment.
WOW Bev! I never smoked, but my dad did. When he decided to quit he decided to go cold turkey. The first three months he snuck a smoke here and there and then finally stopped.
How BEAUTIFUL!! I can’t imagine a more perfect place to be on New Years Eve every year– a serene and calm place with the love of your life. Happy New Year to your family and of course the dogs too
That is how all New Year’s Eve should be spent…
This is the first time I’ve commented, usually I just read.. I enjoy your thoughts..
Hey sweetie, Happy happy!!! I had a similar view on New Years’s up in Bristol NH. Soooo peaceful….. the cigs are next for me too
and maybe the chocolate……. maybe not!
Happy New Year. Those pictures are beautiful. I will keep them in my mind during my meditation practice today.
What a beautiful way to ring in the new year. I can smell your roast from here. Happy New Year to you and your family and to all of my blog friends.
Happy New Year to one and all.
(“Brevity is the soul of wit.” – Polonius, Hamlet)
Ann, the pictures are beautiful! Interesting name, Eyesore; is that the name of your lake house or an actual place? Have to ask, such an interesting name! : ) Either way, it looks like the perfect place to spend NYE!
Right back at ya…best of the new year to you as well, filled with love, laugh and good health! Beautiful pictures…an idyllic spot to celebrate.
Happy New Year
Ann, thank you for this beautiful post (I especially love the second-to-last image–oh so lovely!), and thank you once again for all you share through this wonderful blog. It is such a good thing … a joy to visit every day and feel part of. Wishing you and your family blessings and much happiness in 2012.
Wow what a fantastic place, looks heavenly. I have just discovered your blog through Denis’ twitter page. I was such a fan of Rescue Me although we didn’t get the whole series here in Scotland so I am currently watching the rest of the episodes on Sidereel. I was so sad it ended though.
Looking forward to your blog in 2012.
Dawn