Cards from 2006 through 2015

2006 Card


Like its 28 predecessors, this card visually summarizes our lives' events the year it was made. However, there is a textual key to the images, and on the other side of that this year we printed straightforward photos taken in 2006. In addition Eva's 2006 book and movie lists were enclosed with the card.

Crèche figures carved from Ivory soap front; Herman's cousins in Pubnico, Nova Scotia inside; red-shouldered hawk in a pine tree back

The front of the envelope, with address label, return address label, and U.S. postage stamp all custom-designed for this card. Eva in her Halloween penguin costume Female belted kingfisher photographed outside James d'Entremont's boat shop in Pubnico, Nova Scotia A photo of the cemetery gate flanked by angels with trumpets. We visited Herman's mother's grave here.
The address-label decorations U.S. postage stamp by Eva

The back of the envelope was sealed with one of these stickers:
Monument in Ivory by Bob Cooper. It's a feline sculpture with 'A.T. 1993-2006' carved into the base A meadowlark singing, surrounded by wreath-like green lettering saying 'Hark the Herald Sings' with a streak of red ribbon-like lettering saying 'Glory!' Photo of a monk parakeet in a pine tree A crystal cube with the logo of the company formerly known as Mathsoft, now subsumed into PTC Ivory soap sculpture of a camel

Abstraction of a photo of the chef and his assistant, with lettering saying 'Chez Christophe' running up the side We buried A.T.in the backyard with this lamenated memorial photo in a sealed jar. Custom-designed official U.S. postage stamps: Besides the limited edition (20 exist in the world) stamp of the trumpet-blowing angels at the gates of the cemetery in Herman's ancestral hometown of Pubnico Nova Scotia, I also designed a stamp to celebrate Chez Christophe, a restaurant in the Acadian region of N.S. where we had a particularly lovely lunch with friends and family. While I was at it, I had a commemorative stamp for A.T. made as well at www.zazzle.com.

Alternate crèches:
circularly cropped
Study in black and white
Lacking primary figures
The 2006 "outside" representative displayed on A Contact Sheet of all the Christmas Cards 1975-present

Alternate cranes:
Sandhill crane
flying
foursome
The 2006 "inside" representative displayed on A Contact Sheet of all the Christmas Cards 1975-present

2007 Card

The key to the symbols, a text document embellished with 2008 with an ice-skater tracing out the 8, and two harlequin ducks flying
The key to the images summarizes in words the events of our personal lives in 2007. On the other side of that textual explanation we printed photos taken in 2007. There were variations on the photo-page.

In addition Eva's 2007 book and movie lists were enclosed with the card.

Sketches used on some keys in lieu of the flying harlequins:

simple drawing of a swimming male eider drawing of the head of a yellow-crowned night-heron

Back of the card followed by front of the card, which is the order seen if the card is spread out:
Cow with nursing calf and a cattle egret upon its back. A red ribbon with a gold bell has been photoshopped around its neck to make it festiveback; Lopsidedly pregnant Mary riding a donkey led by Joseph, in a Matisse cutout style on a black backgroundfront; Lopsidedly pregnant Mary riding a donkey led by Joseph, in a Matisse cutout style on a white backgroundAlternate;

Inside left and inside right:
Table 4 at the wedding reception of Maura Drumm and Brian Hunt. Linda, Jeannie, Larry, Marie, Tom, Kathy, Eva, and Hermanleft; The skunk, fork-tailed flycatcher, laughing falcon, and black-necked stilt are done in off-white and black. The groove-billed ani, black vulture, Muscovy duck, great-tailed grackle, white-faced ibis and neotropic cormorant are all blackright;

Front and back of the envelope, followed by the sticker alone:
The return-address label is graced by a photo of a Harlequin duck swimming. The address label boasts a circularly cropped flying Northern Gannetfront; The seal is a photo by Eva of a Scrub Euphonia encircled by green lettering identifying the bird with a touch of red lettering that says Merry Christmasback; The Scrub Euphonia sticker by itselfsticker;

2008 Card

front of the card followed by the inside, then the back:
digital photo of a cookie-dough ornament of our houseFront ornaments on a evergreen tree background, each superimposed with a bird we saw in KansasLeft Drawing of memorable bird species we saw in MA. Virginia Rail (Needham), broad-billed hummingbird Cape Cod), Evening Grosbeak (Nantucket), and Sabine's Gull (Stellagen Banks)Right Drawing of the Ornate Hawk-EagleBack

Text summarizing our 2008 (html); Same, as a Word document

Photos on the back of the key to the symbols: The 2008 Go windows on an Election theme, Herman in the Prairie Chicken Blind, a Prairie Chicken, an Aracari, etc. digital photo of a cookie-dough ornament of our house digital photo of a cookie-dough ornament of our house ornaments on a evergreen tree background, each superimposed with a bird we saw in Kansas Front and back of the envelope
The photos were on the back of the textual summary. There were variations on the house and KS panels.
The sticker on the back of the envelope is a photo of a St. Francis of Assisi carving we bought in Antigua Guatemala. The return address sticker contains a drawing by Eva of a Yellow-winged Tanager. The address label features her drawing of a Blue-throated Motmot.

2009 Card

digital photo of a mosaic of a choir in front of a stained glass window. The mosaic is framed by the oriental carpet on which it is lying.Front digital photos of a belted kingfisher, an ivory gull, and a snowy owl, all sculpted from Ivory soap. Text: 'Massachusetts'Left Digital Photo of Gambel's Quail. Text 'Utah'Right stylized photo of my nephew surrounded by a rug pattern.Back

The key to the symbols and, on the reverse side, a photo montage:
key to the symbols text plus graphics of brant, white-winged crossbill, scrabble tile rendition of 'Happy Yuletide,' and Herman and eva signatures Photos from 2009. Eva and Marigail.Herman and Stauffer. Eva and Herman. Phainopepla. Summer Tanager. Stellars Jay. California Condors, etc. The front of the envelope with return address sticker decorated with a yellow-winged blackbird illustration, and the address label decorated with a painted bunting illustration, both naive. Below this is an image of the back of the envelope with a sticker showing a canada goose making like an angel.
The Key to the Symbols (text only) in html format.
The Key to the Symbols as a Word document

Variations on the front of the card:
a different digital photo of the same mosaic choir in front of a stained glass window. The mosaic is framed by another oriental carpet on which it is lying. a digital photo of the mosaic before it was grouted a digital photo of the mosaic before an epoxy was applied The mosaic was on a dark table when photographed

Symbols not covered in the Key to the Symbols:

The red-breasted bird (You need some imagination to recognize it as a bird, I admit it's a bit abstract) with the black head and the white in the wing in the peak of the stained glass is the Painted Redstart, which Herman was thrilled to see in Zion National Park. I did not photograph the bird--I did not even see it. I was off on a hike while Herman sat in a canvas chair at the Temple of Sinawava.

The turtle in the stained glass window represents our daily walks around Cutler Lake in Needham, because a large turtle crossed our path one day.

The cardinal reminds us of our visit to Ellie and Stauffer because that was the predominant species at their feeders.
Redstart photo from John Crawford looking at a turtle crossing the path around Cutler Lake in Needham, MA.June 4, 2009. Anatoly watches from afar. Photo of a perched front-facing male cardinal, a red bird with a crest.
http://www.roysephotos.com/zzPaintedRedstart10D.jpg

2010 Card

Photo of rough white plaster statues of Mary and Joseph against a background of a large desert plant. There are some potters vessels strewn about.Front Photo montage of Eva, Herman and Oakes in a boat wit three species of alcids in the water. Eva is wearing a yellow raincoat. The word 'Maine' appears in yellow lettering against the gray waterLeft Drawings in gray tones of a turkey pair. Text 'MA'and winterberries are red.Right Photo of a hooded oriole on a cactus.Back

The key to the symbols and, on the reverse side, a photo montage:
key to the symbols text plus graphics of a roadrunner and a woodchuck, flanking Herman and Eva signatures Photos from 2010. Glenn, Eva and Herman April 16 when Herman was honored by the Brookline Bird Club. Glenn gave the keynote speech. Plus 3 species of hummingbirds, Green-winged Teal, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Black-crowned Night-heron, Great-horned Owl,Pyrrhuloxia, Herman pushing the transport chair that used to be Mrs. McGaffigan's, and finally, the only drawing among all these photos, a Hooded Merganser pair. The front of the envelope with return address sticker decorated with a Boreal Chickadee illustration, and the address label decorated with a Cedar Waxwing photo. Below this is an image of the back of the envelope, sealed with a sticker decorated with a drawing of a Common Goldeneye.
The Key to the Symbols in html format.
The Key to the Symbols as a Word document

Variation on the decoration in the footer of the keys to the symbols:
The lowest fifth of the key to the symbols showing a rabit and a muskrat flanking the Eva and Herman signatures, and a line drawing of a fox below

Another variation, swapping the fox for the roadrunner.

A few of the stickers used to seal the 2010 card's envelope:
Photos Eva took in 2010, or drawings she made, made into stickers, often circularly cropped.

2011 Card

The sheep and shepherd are made of a scraps of white towling and black wire. They are photographed on a piece of green felt, with a navy blue satin sheet hanging in the background.Front the word Hawaii apears at the top, each letter a different color. The words Red-billed Leiothrix appear beneath a drawing of that colorful species.Left Drawings of 6 species we saw in MA in 2011 that are not normally here, so the word Massachusetts is followed by (!). The 6 are Cassin's Kingbird, White-faced Ibis, Brown Booby, Lark Bunting, and (immature) White IbisRight Photo of a yellow-breasted chat. Atop that are some bars of Good King Wnceslas, with the words Good Thing Herm 'n Eve Looked Out/On the Feast of Stephen/When the Snow Lay Round About/Deep and Crisp and Even. Back

The key to the symbols and, on the reverse side, a photo montage:
key to the symbols text plus laid over a tan graphic of Herman on his stairlift wearing a bicycle helmet Photos from 2011. Kathy, Marie, and Eva at Helen Gillcrist's condo, Herman and Eva at Herman's birthday gala, Eva, Herman,and Oakes at Rainbow Plantation's breakfast lanai, Marydan and Ezra at Plum Island, A Bald Eagle labeled Somerville, Feb. 6, and photois of 'Apapane, 'I'iwi, and Red-tailed Tropicbird The front of the envelope with return address sticker decorated with a King Eider illustration, and the address label decorated with a design Eva entered in a Google Cambridge T-shirt contest. Below this is an image of the back of the envelope, sealed with a sticker decorated with a photo of a Red-footed Booby in an evergreen. Jan Bares made the best wireframe pieces in our post-prandial craftfest on thanksgiving.
The Key to the Symbols (text only) Coopers' Thanksgiving guests got me rolling, especially Jan Bares.

A few variations on the sheep card cover:
s Yellow moon on a black sky with a black-and-white diorama of wirefram-and-rag_towelling shepherds and sheep. A white sky with a diagonal swatch of green hillside on which two photoshopped wireframe shepherds and a flock of sheep stand. Only the back of the shepherd's head shows. The sheep are made of white wire with no scraps of towling. The sky is ful of stars, the hillside is greem. A shepherd with a staff facing 5 sheep. No wireframe apparent, though I photoshopped this watercolor look from a wireframe-and_towling diorama.

2012 Card

A collage of a male white-winged crossbill in a pine tree.Front A design Eva did to promote the Toastmaster's Club at Google. A man stands at a podium with a champaign flute.Back

The key to the symbols and, on the reverse side, a photo montage:
key to the symbols text plus graphics of our white Prius overlapping our damaged grey Prius, and also a drawing by Eva of a razorbill in Nantucket harbor. Photos from 2012. Herman hosting at the Red Hat, Eva with Herman at Beth Israel Hospital, A Carolina Wren and a Blackpoll, both labelled. A Great-crested flycatcher, purple finch, barred owl, puffin, and whales. The front of the envelope with return address sticker decorated with an indigo bunting photo, and the address label decorated with a mourning warbler photo, and below the back of the envelope with a circularly cropped sticker of a photo of a male white-winged crossbill on a pinecone in a long-needled pine .
The Key to the Symbols (html)
The Key to the Symbols (Microsoft Word)

2013 Card

A full-frontal photo of a king eider standing in the snow labeled plum Island, Feb. 16, 2013Front A drawing of a northern lapwing.Back

The summary of our 2013 in words and photos:
a .jpg of a text page. Photos from 2013: Upland Sandpiper, tri-colored heron, little blue heron, female blue grosbeak at the Buxtons' feeder. Herman in produce riding an electric grocery cart. Herman laughing with Oakes at the BBC 100th gala, Eva and Herman in a blind, our Thanksgiving table: The 3 Coopers, Herman, and Sheila Maudsley Hedberg; Eva and Ezra at Thanksgiving, Herman and his sister-in-law Irene. The front of the envelope with return address sticker decorated with a red crossbill, and the address label decorated with a black-necked stilt photo
Summary of our 2013 in words (html)
Summary of our 2013 in words (Microsoft Word)
Summary of our 2013 in words (.rtf)

2014 Card

A snowy owl in a leafless tree against a pale blue sky full frontalBack A cut-paper collage of a mature red-headed woodpecker in profile on a tree trunk, against a blue sky.Front Top: immature woodpecker photo and immature woodpecker collage side-by-side, both in profile.Alternate A cut-paper collage of a mature red-headed woodpecker in profile on a tree trunk, against a green background.Front 2
Woodpecker, slight variation
Full card alternate 2. The photo is of the back of the woodpecker

The summary of our 2014 in words and photos:
a .jpg of a text page. Photos from 2014: Photos of Jane, Todd and Anne d'Entremont in our living room Christmas Day 2013, poinsetta in the foreground; Harold and Herman, Christmas tree in the background, Herman wearing his D'Entremont cap and shirt; Eva and Herman at the beach witha 'scope set up; Eva and Kathy at their 50 yr Aquinas reunion; Cousins party at MCanns'; Herman in his Holiday duds; A cattle Egret, a Manx Shearwater, and a surf scoter; The front of two envelopes with return address stickers decorated respectively with a purple finch and an upland sandpiper, and the return address labels decorated with respectively, a Wilson's Snipe and a cattle egret The backs of 3 envelopes with sealing sticker bearing photos of, respectively, a surf scoter, a mockingbird in berries, and a yellow-rumped warbler singing fron atop a fir tree.

2015 Card

A solid black raven on an evergreen bough woth a long-stemmed yellow rose in it's beak Front A photo of Eva walking alone taken Nov. 29, 2015 by Laurel in Rochester NYBack

The summary of 2015 in words and photos:
a .jpg of a text page. Photos from 2015: Herman's burial at Mt. Auburn May 10, 2015. Ricardo's family, MaryDan, and Bob Stymeist and Martha Steele, tenor Sal Atti, and, in the background, the bagpiper; Herman's tombstone covered in yellow roses, Herman at the Townsend's Warbler site Dec. 27, 2014, Eva Casey and Jean Drumm at Yellowstone August 2015, and Eva, Harold and Irene at Harold's 90th birthday Oct. 11, 2015. The front of the envelopes with return address sticker decorated with a photo of a black-billed cuckoo, and an address label decorated with a rose-breasted grosbeak. The back of an envelope with sealing sticker bearing a photo of a hummingbird taken in Marie and Larry's garden.

Other stickers used:
magpie standing on a post, in profile, circularly cropped Red-bellied Woodpecker at Harold and Irene's feeder. blackburnian warbler on a tree trunk, circularly cropped

Also enclosed, folded and laminated, was this memorial card:
photo of Herman in 2013 pushing his wheelchair in Mt. Auburn, Cemetery, with text of the burial program on the other side .

Summary of 2015 in words (html)
Summary of 2015 in words (Microsoft Word)
Summary of 2015 in words (.rtf)

Finally, the summary of the year would not be complete without Eva's annual book and movie lists.

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Birds photographed by Eva in Massachusetts in 2014
Birds photographed by Eva in Massachusetts in 2013
Birds photographed by Eva in Massachusetts in 2012
Birds photographed by Eva in Massachusetts in 2011
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2010 birding Yellowstone and the Salt Lake City Area in 2015.
2010 birding Arizona.
2009 birding Utah.
2008 birding Guatemala.
2008 birding Kansas.
2007 birding Mexico.

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