01 January 2025

Hello 2025: Holidays And Happy Times



Solstice Vibes



Pretty Skies


Alumni Visits






The blue heron is still here for winter...











Holidaze In Color









Checked in with The Griswolds


Some eBay scores...






Happy 70th Birthday to Annie Lennox



Much love to The Morans















Christmas Day with Mom and Dad 
and my friend Steve, who as always, 
is my parents' favorite child.



It isn't Christmas until the ceramic Snoopy
that Dad bought me in 1977 goes on the tree. 











The Smiths - Rank (1988 / 2016 reissue)






Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby
2024 reissue of the 2004 album on pink vinyl 


Reason No. 463 why Steve is my parents' 
favorite child: He treated us all to tickets for
White Christmas at Paper Mill Playhouse.







Pennsylvania Vibes: 
Indoor Flea Market and 
some other spots at South Mall 





















Current Audio Magazine LP (1972)


Some periodicals for my archives (1970 - 1985)...






Steve's house is always a holiday wonderland.



And then we had a 50 degree day at the end of December...

















Happy 73rd Birthday Mom!


Steve made YET ANOTHER great cake...
Happy New Year From The Montone Family.



New Year • The Message Remains 
I’m beginning 2025 with the same intentions I set at the start of each year. My wish for all of us remains simple and direct. I wish ALL of us love, peace and abundance in ALL things. May all of us work together a better world and hold space for our shared and individual prosperity. Stay illuminated. Love, CDM.