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Welcome to our family home on the Web! Daisy and Ed Marill created this site in 1998, while living in San Jose, California, primarily to keep their family and friends up to date with their whereabouts and adventures, Since that time, we (Ed and Daisy) have found, much to our amazement, that our web site can serve additional purposes as well. We hope that you will enjoy its diverse and dynamic content. Get comfortable and rummage through all its many passageways, sharing our experiences, interests, and latest news. We invite you to email us a note from time to time, and update us on your whereabouts as well...see our email address in the ABOUT US section. Please be patient. It takes a while to load all the pictures in our home page. Scroll down. Click on small pictures to make them larger. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Helpful tips for navigating this site:
If you are familiar with our website, you will notice that we have restructured some of the sections in an attempt to make the site simpler and easier to navigate. Over the years, it has grown to be a fairly large body of information. To visit any of these sections, click the corresponding link above. Below is a brief description of each of the sections:
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On July 17, 2007, our
second granddaughter KAITLYN was born in Delray Beach, FL. Our granddaughter
Lily is now 2 years old as of May of 2007. We are enjoying every minute we
spend with them in Delray Beach, and particularly enjoy when Lily visits us
in the Florida Keys. Click on any picture to make it larger.
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Some Marill Website Highlights:
about Boy Scout Charters, and sailboat charters in general, aboard our 44' SIESTA, check out the Island Ventures section)
For pictures of the Boy Scouts that have crewed on SIESTA, click here
Early in 2004, we adopted an abandoned female cat who had been left behind by her previous owners here in the Keys. Our SMUDGE (see picture below) is no kitten. She is a mature cat, although lovable and really cute. And she has a definite personality, as they say all cats do. And then, in the spring of '07, our neighbors relocated and asked if we would want to keep "SNIFFLES" (below, right). Up until that point, SNIFFY had been an outdoor cat. He is now an indoor cat, and a lot of fun to have around. He is really enjoying his new lifestyle, don't you think?
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Almost two years since we left San Francisco Bay, right after 9/11, we completed our voyage aboard our sailboat "SIESTA", from San Francisco, CA, via the Panamá Canal, to our home base in the Florida Keys! For more information on this major adventure, visit the Log of the Siesta.
We have posted many stories and pictures of our 2-year trip. Drop us a line via email. Our email address is found in the ABOUT US section of this website.
Daisy and Ed retired in July of 2001, and on June 16th, 2003, we completed our sailing trip to the Florida Keys. We sailed along the West Coast of Mexico and Central America, through the Panama Canal, and up the Western Caribbean through San Andres, Colombia, Roatan, Honduras, Cancun and Isla Mujeres in Caribbean Mexico, and finally sailed to Key West.
For more information, visit the Log of the Siesta.
Below is a picture of SIESTA about to sail under the Golden Gate Bridge on September of 2001, on its way south to Mexico. Photo courtesy of Dave and Marie Caradonna.
Our Florida Keys home (below) will serve as home base, as we plan sailboat trips up the Eastern seaboard, to the Bahamas and other interesting places. We also plan to return to the Western Caribbean. For more information on the Florida Keys and our home, click here.
(Click on picture to make it larger)
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Can you tell who is Daisy, and who is her identical twin Maida above? You have a 50:50 chance of getting it right. Find the answer at the bottom of the page. (Click on picture to make it larger)
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Since October of 1960, Edgardo (Ed) had not seen his brother Emilio Arturo and her wife Conchita, a time-span of over 40 years! On August 21st, 2001, Daisy and Edgardo met with Emilio Arturo and Conchita, and with Teresita, Emilio Arturo's daughter, who is currently living in Toronto. These were very special days for all of us!
To see more details of our family reunion in Toronto, click here.
In September of 2006, Daisy and Edgardo met with Emilio Arturo and Conchita for the second time, again in Toronto. We stayed at my niece's home in Mississauga, Ontario. Click on each picture to make it larger.
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The number of times that our site has been visited, since
September 19, 2007 is:
This page was last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
Answer: Daisy is the one on the left. Maida, her twin sister, is on the right.
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Picture
on left: SIESTA at our dock in Marathon, shortly after our arrival on April
16th. 2003. Photo courtesy of Dick Conklin.
