One night while messing around with my graphics tools trying to create a random pattern that didn't look as if it was repeated, I came up with the "blue tissue paper" background tile used here on the top, bottom and right side of this website.  That was the beginning of the latest website design.  I spent 6 months experimenting with different design ideas and then settled on a final version in October 2003.  The 800 pixel wide format was done before today's widescreen monitors, so someday I'll rework the entire site design again in a 1200+ pixel wide format.  The pictures will be a lot bigger, clearer, and better then.  It will take me months to rescan and format the thousands of pictures I have on the website ... something to do now that I'm semi-retired. The changes below are from December 2015 to present. Moved the 2015 page to its own section and added it to the side menu.  Added in Year in Pictures 2016 page.  Still need to add all the pictures and captions for that page yet. Nothing done here yet. Nothing done here yet.   I plan to eventually abandon this page.  It has become too much work to scan in, format and add in everyone's Christmas photos they send us to update this page every year.  Life is too short! Nothing done here yet.