Laughing his way through 59 years

Basil’s first birthday, November 23, 1956.

Basil as a child. Even today I have to work to keep him from wandering off!

What can I say? Detail from Basil with Guitar. Sometime in the 1970s.

Catherine insists I am embarrassing. Just wait til I show her THIS!!!

Engaged.

Catherine was Daddy’s girl right from the start!

Basil and Catherine; Boston, 2009. He insisted it was OK to dip our feet in the public fountain.

There are no words for this photo taken while he chaperoned the GHS chorus trip to Disney in 2012. Except to say I’m glad they got their outfits coordinated.

Trying out some weird head-massage gadget in Brookstone.

Like riding a bike: To the delight of the kids, Basil remembered some chords. Now we’ve got to get his guitar down so he can jam with James. From left: Lily, who danced to all the music; Basil; James; and Isabelle.

I guess it’s true? When you say “Budweiser,” you’ve said it all.

Basil, at our 2013 New Year’s Eve dinner with our friends, The Ritchies, at a Mexican restaurant. The four kids liked Mr. Basil’s look nearly as much as the grownups did.

Basil and the hula girls following his turn on stage during the dinner cruise night of the Greenwich High choir’s February trip to Honolulu.

Visit to Playland in Rye, NY, this fall.

We thought this section of Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, CT, might have been closed to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Alas, it was for a fashion event that took place while we were eating dinner out. No matter, one of Greenwich’s finest was kind enough to snap this shot of us hamming it up.

Being sort of a good sport apple picking.

… a really good sport!