{"id":20620,"date":"2025-01-31T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=20620"},"modified":"2025-01-31T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:31:12","slug":"a-few-of-my-favorite-2024-photos-so-many-i-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=20620","title":{"rendered":"A FEW OF MY FAVORITE 2024 PHOTOS…SO MANY I LOVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I really enjoy chronicling<\/strong> the<\/strong> year with imagery. Here is a small selection of some of my favorite photos of the past year. The above photo is Marla and I at the “Lennon Wall” <\/em>in Prague.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beautiful family sunset.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking in Davis Park in Dallas with Stacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla removes grass from my Mother’s tombstone plaque.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paxton graduates from Boston College.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vaughan graduates from Highland Park High School.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla having coffee in the morning in Menton, France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a wonderfully long lunch at Beaus\u00e9jour<\/strong> Restaurant in Gorbio, France, I told the owner I didn’t bring enough cash (they don’t accept credit cards) and would have to…work in his kitchen to pay it off. After a good fun laugh I pulled money out of my wallet! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The six grandchildren in Menton, France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking to the Stade de France for track & field events at the Paris Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the redwoods with our good friend Lea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the dirt running track at the old Pleasant Hill High school.<\/strong> From this track came a scholarship to college and the rest is wonderful history!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paxton in Gorbio, France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a Uniworld Danube river cruise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A deep conversation in Budapest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An ancient lane in Passau, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla on Rue Maynadier in Cannes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bar at La Closerie des Lilas<\/strong> in Paris was a favorite destination for Hemingway, Picasso, Jean-Paul Sartre, Cezanne, Zola,…and many others. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren dips her bread in my esgargot at La Closerie des Lilas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A giant advertising poster on my bike trip in Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Collector’s Choice<\/em> Gala” <\/em>at the Denver Art Museum with Lisa and Ray.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hiking at Chautauqua in Boulder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Late night window shopping at Dale Rogers Ammonite on Pimlico Road in London.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Doce Mesas in Dallas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our favorite beach at the Mauna Lani Beach Club on the Big Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bliss!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outside of Gstaad, Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Da Nello with family, St Peter Port, Guernsey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gold Hill is just a short drive up from Boulder, Colorado, but it could be in the 1880’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In front of the<\/strong> Libeskind designed Hamilton Wing of the Denver Art Museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla and our snowblower.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla and our Christmas tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I really enjoy chronicling the year with imagery. Here is a small selection of some of my favorite photos of the past year. The above photo is Marla and I at the “Lennon Wall” in Prague. A beautiful family sunset. Walking in Davis Park in Dallas with Stacy. Marla removes grass from my Mother’s tombstone plaque. Paxton graduates from Boston College. Vaughan graduates from Highland Park High School. Marla having coffee in the morning in Menton, France. After a wonderfully long lunch at Beaus\u00e9jour Restaurant in Gorbio, France, I told the owner I didn’t bring enough cash (they don’t accept credit cards) and would have to…work in his kitchen to pay it off. After a good fun laugh I pulled money out of my wallet! The six grandchildren in Menton, France. Walking to the Stade de France for track & field events at the Paris Olympics. In the redwoods with our good friend Lea. At the dirt running track at the old Pleasant Hill High school. From this track came a scholarship to college and the rest is wonderful history! Paxton in Gorbio, France. On a Uniworld Danube river cruise. A deep conversation in Budapest. An ancient lane in Passau, Germany. Marla on Rue Maynadier in Cannes. The bar at La Closerie des Lilas in Paris was a favorite destination for Hemingway, Picasso, Jean-Paul Sartre, Cezanne, Zola,…and many others. Lauren dips her bread in my esgargot at La Closerie des Lilas. A giant advertising poster on my bike trip in Switzerland. “Collector’s Choice Gala” at the Denver Art Museum with Lisa and Ray. Hiking at Chautauqua in Boulder. Late night window shopping at Dale Rogers Ammonite on Pimlico Road in London. At Doce Mesas in Dallas. Our favorite beach at the Mauna Lani Beach Club on the Big Island. Bliss! Outside of Gstaad, Switzerland. At Da Nello with family, St Peter Port, Guernsey. Gold Hill is just a short drive up from Boulder, Colorado, but it could be in the 1880’s. In front of the Libeskind designed Hamilton Wing of the Denver Art Museum. Marla and our snowblower. Marla and our Christmas tree. Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[443,289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memories","category-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/unnamed-2024-11-06T172853.630_result.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20620"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20848,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620\/revisions\/20848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}