WE THREE, AT HOME, IN DERWOOD

The three Geelhoed boys are seen here at home in Derwood, but only one of them is fully "with it" as this picture is taken. The two younger guys are just coming in from an all night affair, complete with a chauffeured limo and multiple party stops. This was not an everyday occurrence but was arranged by Donald as a celebration for his younger Bro' as his bachelor party. I was busy at the time preparing a Maryland feast, with products of the Bay, the fishes and the forests of the home state in honor of Michael's going away party--both kids had once gone out with me on a Chesapeake Waterman's boat and helped catch crabs, and we have fished the streams for trout and the Bay for Blues together. I had just succeeded in getting "America's Bird", my first wild turkey from the forests of Garret County Maryland, so the oyster-stuffing and the Maryland feast awaited their return from the bachelor blowout.

I am able to report to you that the turkey and all the trimmings was delicious---better than the next day's Rehearsal Party Dinner which was catered in Derwood. I am not sure that Donald and Michael would be able to confirm that, since for reasons rather completely unknown to their father, they had less appetite than usual on return than they had exhibited on the way out to party the night before!