It's the penultimate day of the year 2024 and a good time to start looking back at the year in pictures.
As with any year, Charles Dickens famous quote fits for 2024.
It was the best of years; it was the worst.
The superlatives for each extreme can fit into a variety of happenings.
Losing 25 years of your life work in pictures and writings when a hard drive fails does not make for a banner day.
Fortunately, that story had a good but expensive ending.
When your children put together a lovely party to celebrate 50 years of marriage for you and your spouse, that's pretty nice and meaningful.
So, the extremes were there in 2024, just like they are in any month, on any day or during any year.
Regardless of the extremes of life, we soldier on to see what's on the next page, and that's exactly what we did in 2024.
More than likely, that's what we'll do again in 2025.
Regardless of many extremes this past year, pictures of special moments of family, friendship, joy and even the mundane moments of life are as fun to review as they have been any other year.
Today's batch represents some of my favorites from the first few months of 2024, while tomorrow's will finish up the year.
Hope you enjoy.
There's a new pet urgent care in town, and this lady owns and manages it.
Below: another vet and her pal enjoying St. Paddy's Day.
It was good to see this Sandpoint High educator back up and running after a car accident.
Patsy and Patti---always fun friends from forever.
Beth and her grandson Bishop
Laurie and her new pup Callie.
Hope, Idaho, has a beautiful mural.
First year of boarding horses and actually riding in the winter time. My friend Helen with Reno and yours truly aboard Lefty.
The two pups started coming with us pretty much everywhere this past year.
Roxane owns the stable where I board my horses.
Debbie and some of her food bank volunteers worked on a fundraiser at Schweitzer.
The Litehouse, Inc. Hawkins family doesn't just do salad dressing; one family member has struck out on his own, producing microbrews in Priest River.
Barbara and her new pup Remi.
Whenever there's a State girls basketball tournament in Southern Idaho, Cathy, on the right, is there to welcome the teams.
She once played basketball for Sandpoint High.
Tonya and her grandbaby.
Michelle held an open house for area vets when her Family Pet Urgent Care opened.
Dan and I are contemporaries from neighboring high schools. He graduated from Bonners Ferry, while I graduated from Sandpoint High School.
Andrea, owner of Matchwood, amazing community activist.
A Hereford baby at the Filipowski farm.
It was a soup-bowl fundraiser for the food bank, and my fun friends Ann and Becky came.
CB struttin' his stuff.
These fun folks were the "Natives and Newcomers" in the summer 2024 edition of Sandpoint Magazine.
The Love family loves selfies with the Pend Oreille Lake in the background.
A happy coach named Will Love.
A knowledgeable plumber named Joey.
Joey's assistant Jada.
Easter tradition at Boundary Creek: food, peeps, dogs and the beautiful outdoors.
Below: Robyn meets Bridie.
Friends out for lunch and friends celebrating St. Patrick's Day at friend Marcia's house.
The Idaho State dish: tater tots.
My friend and fellow journalist, Trish.
Below: some gals visiting at the Farmers' Market.
Emma came to ride Lily this spring.
Cyclists speed by on Selle Road while racing.
Kyle and Steve have both worked on the horses' hooves this year.
Debbie and Annie
Todd and Erin (co-owner of Pour Authority).
My dear friend Jeralyn with her granddaughter.
Bailey, new pup at the Young Love's.
Sister-in-law Joyce with her Ozzy.
Classmates Rick and Janet at an NCAA women's regional tournament.
Karren, Kirsten and Tom, part of the loyal Bulldog fan base.
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