This year has been a very challenging year for everyone because of covid . Covid brought much more than illness but also sad divisions that hurt so many people.
However , looking back in the "way back machine" there were better New years.
One of the first blogs I read this morning was the new Dharma bums. Roger and Robin both posted about how they met at a New Year's Eve party. It's a post that you should check out.
I have my own New Year's Eve story and I've posted it here.
Our first date was New Year's Eve 1965.
Pictures don't lie...very much.
So here we are on the official night of engagement. No fancy digital cameras in 1965 where we could take selfies. So we each posed and the other one took a photo. So you see a very young woman flashing the new diamond.
It's hard to believe that we were that young once upon a time.
It's just s hard to believe that we are this old now. We have digital cameras now but we couldn't get our act together to take a selfie.
So how many other people have a similar New Year's Eve story that changed the rest of their lives.
I don't. You and the Mrs have got me beat, hands down.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good looking couple you were!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a single New Years Eve story, sorry to say.
A very Happy New Year to you both :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have a New Year's Eve story, but I sure do love yours! All four of those pictures of you both are beautiful! A very Happy New Year to you both!
ReplyDeleteI think you both look great in all of those pictures ... the new and the not so new. :-) Happy New Year to both of you!
ReplyDeleteI spent many years searching for the perfect woman and I found her one New Year's Eve. Unfortunately she was searching for the perfect man.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you enjoy good health to share a good few more New Years together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice story and one I can't beat.
ReplyDeleteI have no similar story but am glad to have read yours.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Wishing you both good health and fun adventures in 2022!
ReplyDeleteNot I but I can see your lovely personalities shine through in each set of photos!
ReplyDeleteNice to see the Micromanager!
ReplyDeleteWe were engaged on Dec. 19th, 1968 and so our New Years Eve that year was our first together, to share a kiss before Tom drove me home through heavy snow. We were teachers in the same school and we used the following snow days of no school to plan our March wedding.
What a nice story. I like your before and after photos. I wish you many more happy New Year's Eves. All the best in 2022, have a happy and healthy New Year!
ReplyDeleteNo New Years story here either but I love your old fashion selfie before there were selfies. :) Wishing you both a Happy and Healthy 2022.
ReplyDeleteSuch a memorable day for a first date. Glad it worked out!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see after all these years that you are still well and happy and together! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI do believe this is my favorite post ever! It is so sweet. You have a pretty wife and you are very handsome. Hey, I pass a mirror and have to step back to make sure that it was me! How did I get to be so old all of a sudden? and with so many aches and pains? I too am hoping for a better year in 2022. Happy New Year to you both.
ReplyDeleteWhat great memories. And what an amazing first date. Happy New Year to you and your lovely lady!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Red. I tried to leave a comment yesterday but blogger wouldn't let me. I like your vintage photos and the beautiful mukluks your young fiancee was wearing.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the young micro managers boots!!!! Happy New year!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the photos of you and your wife when you were young, and the ones of you two in the current time. Love spans the time well.
ReplyDeleteNot New Year Eve... but at a Halloween Party my freshman year where I picked up the young man sitting next to me... It will be 60 years next Halloween!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year. What fun looking back. I enjoyed the photos.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! I love those shots of you from 1965! The year before I was born, incidentally. :)
ReplyDeleteJean was wearing some very cool boots back in 1965. They look very much like traditional Inuit boots. You were so laid back you could have easily fallen over!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Mr. and Mrs. Red! You both have been, and are still a lovely couple. Sometimes ignoring all that is possible with technology is just fine. Cheers, Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteSuper photos Red. So nice to see you and the micro manager in this post. I have no New Year's tale to match but I certainly enjoyed yours.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you both :)
ReplyDeleteHi Red, Please excuse a second comment. I just published a new post and, just for you, used a large font for all the writing. Hope you'll take a look and let me know how it looks on your end. Have a great day. John
ReplyDeleteJohn, he size color and font you use are very easy to read. Yours was easy to read before.
ReplyDeleteGosh, Red. This kinda made me tear up. You both looked beautiful then and are beautiful now.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of New Years Eve, you've just reminded me that it's when Art proposed. 49 years ago.
https://travelerswife.blogspot.com/2009/02/way-we-are-sequel.html
ReplyDeleteBy the way, this is the blog post I wrote about that particular New Year's Eve. It's from 2009.