Rain and more rain.

cp, Happy New Year to you and Mrs. cp! I wish you many blessings in the coming year. Your New Year's Day dinner sounds splendid, and in our virtual world of friendship, I graciously accept your invitation. Consider me there! Looking forward to seeing what delectable meals you will be preparing throughout the year.

Hear! Hear!, my dear!

Happy New Year, kiwi! These are exciting times in your life, treasure each and every moment.

Oh, hell yeah!

The highest of highs, indeed!

Keeping the party going as we enter the New Year!! I will remember 2016 as a year of the lowest of lows and the highest of highs. Life flies by as it is, I don't wish away any of it. These years are golden. Happy New Year to those near and far!

^^^ Ahhh, I just saw that pic posted on Facebook. What a gem, so precious! Rest In Peace, dear mother and daughter. ❤

Very cool!

You are most welcome, Strider. And thank you for the swell gifts and sweet treats, including these very yummy cookies which have been gobbled up. No Zep gifts this Christmas, but I did get this really cool print of one of my favorite places in New Orleans, the infamous Carousel Bar.

Thank you, Kiwi! I remember being very sick at Christmas time one year, and it was the worst! I bet you will be in good form for the New Year. Celebrate well, my friend. Christmas with the family was very nice. Having all of the family together gets harder as all the kids are grown, so I am very thankful that we were all together this year. I hope your day was enjoyable as well!

Major funk right there, Steve! I love that you picked a performance from Jazz Fest, and watching them play makes it all the more fun. I love the dancing mop in the crowd, nice touch! Me and Missy are getting a dance workout at this party, woohoo! ???? Incidentally, I would see Robert Plant perform on this very stage at Jazz Fest one year later. He was greeted with the same warm crowd. But he wasn't quite as funky as Galactic.

You are all right, Strider! Me and Missy love it, and we are dancing our way in now! I see a soul train line forming ahead! ????

One of my favorites. RIP George Michael.

Fashionably late, I am. I bring my little dog, Missy, who has already started with some holiday cheer. I'll have a French 75. I hope the party will keep on going through the New Year, we are ready to get our boogie shoes on! Please pick us out some funky music to dance to, Steve. Merry Christmas, forum friends. And thank you, Steve, for being a gracious host.

Oh dear, Kiwi, what a terrible time of year to be sick! As if there is a good time, right!? Happy to hear that everyone is on the mend.

I could join you on a plane in DC, yes! And I would love to meet up with you in NOLA!!

Simply divine! It would be an honor to dine with you and your bride. And thank you for the warm wishes. I do hope that 2017 is very kind to you, too. Wait for me, ebk, I'm headed your way to tag along! CP will be shocked one day when we show up on his doorstep, hehe. Merry Christmas, ebk!

I thought about cooking but after seeing this, I've decided I'm coming to your house! Wow, that all sounds delicious! I see that you have figured out that it's all about the food. And the wine. Quality, not quantity. Just perfect. Knock knock...is anybody home? Merry Christmas to you and Mrs CP!

Amen to that!!!

Thanks so much for sharing, zepscoda! There is a full moon scheduled for June 10, 2017. I'm hoping to see it from the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater.

^^^ The plane crash is terribly sad. Wildfires burning in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Lots of great memories there.

Nothing selfish about that, Walter. Congrats to your whole family on Mrs W's fantastic news. She has a wonderful support system that keeps her lifted, good job!!

I agree with Walter, Kiwi. And you have already learned this for yourself. Good for you! Remember, follow your heart, trust your gut, use your head. Nay-sayers don't have a place in the process.

Congrats to you, Kiwi! Great job sticking with your dream!!