Greetings from Joe's Menagerie

 

No Way!

Did you say it's Joe's Birthday?

Dude, I heard the same thing!

  I heard he's turning 70--can you believe it!?

Everybody's talking about it: it's all over Facebook and Twitter.

We're all headin' over to his crib...

It's time to par-tay!!

Crank up the tunes, man...

Baby, it's COLD out there!

I'm all strung out: what if he makes us play farkle??

The man likes his beer and pizza...

 Day-um...I don't think I was invited...


Happy Birthday, Joe!

Marney (Williamson) Collins

Dearest Cousin Joe (3rd cousin once removed...or something like that!)
I am so happy we found each other! (I think we can thank cousin Judith for helping making the family connection!) I am also so glad you have been such a great family historian for the "Jarvis" side, not to mention your own! I find it very interesting to "get to know" who my ancestors were! I do hope we will get another chance to meet in person! You also have such a nice family who care about you so much!
So, with that being said, I just wanted to wish you a very HaPpY 70th BiRtHdAy!! You don't look a day over "39!" You have been such and interesting person to get to know! You have been so kind and thoughtful! I have enjoyed our e-mails and phone conversations. I look forward to many more years of friendship! Have a great 70th year!
Love ya!
Marney

Wishes from the Gagans

I first met Joe in 1969, at Poughkeepsie, on my first visit to the USA.
His was the first American to take me home to meet his family. He introduced me to Corn, Hamburgers, Pizza and Hotdog.
When he cooked the Hotdogs on a rusty looking grate, with flames all over, I could not believe that anyone could/should it them!  "Try it, you'll like it." said Joe. I did and I did, and I still have a great love of these treats.
Thanks for the education Joe and for being a good friend.
Enjoy your B-Day
As Always. Sheila and Nelson

Wishes for the Greatest Birthday Ever!

Joe is 70???   How incredibly cool!

Best Birthday Wishes to You, Joe.  Remember, age is only relevant if you are a block of cheese!  Hope you have the greatest birthday ever.

Steve Lloyd

Birthday greetings from the British Isles

 (1969)

(email #1:)

Hello Sue, 
 
I presume it is you..... 
 
 And I presume, too, that it is Sherlock Joe.. 
I never thought that he would wear it to work! 
Happy Birthday, Joe!
Cheers!
Sheila and Nelson 

(email #2:)
Hello Sue, 
I forgot to attach the photo.... 
Getting well past 70 is blowing my mind! 
 
Cheers.Nelson 

Happy Birthday!

Joe,

Hope you have a wonderful birthday and we look forward to celebrating with you sometime soon! You can always come over to the Cherry's house anytime for a celebration meal...or party!

Best wishes this year :-)

Kelly and Mark Cherry

"Grow Old Along With Me"

Grow old along with me... (remember, you're supposed to outlive me, Joe!) xo sue

Happy Birthday from Eric and Tony

Wishing you a very happy birthday,  Joe!

--Eric and Tony

A Birthday message from Cousin OP

A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM COUSIN OPIE

Dear Cousin Joe,

I honestly don't think that you are getting old.  If fact, to prove it, please read the following statements I found on the web.  If you can answer NO to all of them it will serve as proof that you are still a youngster.

Happy 70th,

COP

The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bi-focals.

Your children begin to look middle aged.

You look forward to a dull evening.

Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."

You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.

Your back goes out more than you do.

You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"

You have a dream about prunes.

You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

You think Cousin Opie is a nice young kid. 

Happy Birthday from Carol Gillott

Wishing you all the best on your 70th birthday Joe.

Time flies like an arrow.

Fruit flies like a banana.Quoted by Groucho Marx

Oh, to be seventy again.Quoted by Georges Clemenceau
Keep taking good care of Sue!

xxCarolg

(Carol Gillott)

Birthday wishes from Penny McIntyre

Wishes for Joe, 
It was really good to meet you and be able to know Sue is with you.  I hope 
your 70's are full of life and love and hope. 
Congratulations! 
Penny 

Happy Birthday from Dan and Judy Hayes

Joe, 

It has always been a pleasure for me to know you, work with you, and share 
good times with you over the years right from the time we became friends 
back in the early 1970's in Poughkeepsie to today. So, today, you are 70! 
Now, that's a lot of beer! Happy Birthday! Drink up and enjoy yourself (in 
moderation, of course). Enjoy all the family, friends and well-wishes. Judy 
and I enjoyed seeing you and Sue over the Christmas holiday and hope to do 
it again soon. Just for fun, I'll enter some "key words" here to prompt your 
reflection back over time..."ASCAP...Pellucid...80 
columns...-20degrees!...155...old green truck at the red light...a movie, 
good pizza and a cold beer! 
 
Enjoy and see you soon! 
Dan 

Happy Birthday from Chris, Judith, Courtney, and Kasey

Just took this photo last night of Joe's cousin Judy Kozak along with 
her two grand daughters Courtney (seated) and Kasey (standing).  We all 
wish Joe a very happy birthday and a Happy New Year to EVERYONE!!! 
 
Chris in Chicago 

The Manly Cigars

The boys had lots of fun at my 30th Birthday party! Winston, Joe, and Ethan enjoyed their cigars! Love you, Dad!

Beth

Happy Birthday, Joe!
love,
Sue

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years." (Abraham Lincoln)

A Very Happy 70th Birthday, Joe!  

Hmmmmm...

So...just what is it that's made you so damned loveable to us all, 

over all these years?? 

Well, let's see...

Is it your love of flowers and gardening, and everything beautiful?

...Naaaaah.

Is it maybe your way with animals...

... and gentle nature with them that appeals?

 

They seem to sense immediately that you're a good guy.  

Scratch that.

I think it has more to do with your

wicked sense of humor and your irreverent delight in the absurdity in life...

yes, I think it has much more to do with that...

(oh, much, much more to do with that...)

 you do make us laugh...

(Joe and Sue and one of our "pumpkin" pics)

(gotta' love all those crazy photo captions...)

Yes, you do make us smile...

you Party Marsupial, you!

 But...why are we all so instantly drawn to you?

Certainly,  it must have

 something to do with your wild sense of adventure and wanderlust:

Now THAT we know you have in spades...

ever drawn to the new and "out of the box" experiences...

 

Everyone knows you're always ready for new foods, new locales...

New, new, new...

why, "NEW" is practically your middle name!

But more than anything, what's most delightfully appealing about you is your unquenchable love for your family:

(Joe, below, with his Family Tree:)

your understanding that family is the most important thing...

(Joe in his element, with genealogy work:)

 

You're definitely happiest when you're surrounded by your loved ones...

or at least torturing them in photo sessions...

(and with Big Foot)

  

and I love that my family loves you,...

and enjoys you...

and so do our friends...

 We love that you love theatre, and opera, and art, and ballet...
and bird watching, and gardening, and history, and genealogy, and movies, and reading, and just playing games...

and that you clean up pretty nice, too...

So, it turns out, there are innumerable reasons why we love you.

But...in the final analysis, 

 we just do.

Happiest of Birthdays, Joe!!

70 is definitely the new 50 in your case.

xo,

Sue

"It takes a long time to grow young."  (Picasso)