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Jamie's
birthday party at
Zero Gravity
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Jamie's
birthday party at
Zero Gravity
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First
turtle of Spring on our Turtle Island
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Late Spring
snow -- at least we could get in the hot tub!
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Phyllis,
enjoying her banjo in front of the fireplace
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Jamie with Rascal the lap-cat
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Rascal enjoying the spring sunshine
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A cold, snowy day in late April (but the hot tub is
hot!)
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The sun's
almost up when we leave in the morning!
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Two custom order B000s in the shop being built
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My array of set-purpose routers -- these really save a
lot of time; I never have to reset them and do test
cuts.
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A loon on our pond, fishing. Taken from our back
deck.
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Wild
turkeys, across the street from our house. Taken
from our front porch.
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Great egret on our pond. Taken from our back deck.
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Boules time with grandma Harriet!
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Boules
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Boules
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Boules
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Turtles on turtle island
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Sunrise mist, across the street from Jamie's school.
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Jamie was
selected to participate in the Central Regional
Beginning Band Festival (the only saxophone from his
school picked)
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Band
Festival: They arrived, got four new, difficult
pieces to play, had two ensemble practices, and one
section practice and thnen present ed them in concert,
after only 3.5 hours!
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Band
Festival
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Band
Festival
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Band
Festival
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While Jamie
was practicing with the band, Phyllis and I went for a
walk at Rebecca Lake Park Reserve, near Delano
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Rebecca
Lake Park Reserve
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Rebecca
Lake Park Reserve
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The Crow
River near Delano, MN
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My birthday
flowers from Phyllis
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Jamie's
last band concert, at Turtle Lake
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My birthday
dinner out
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My birthday
dinner out
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We had a
fire on the beach. This is what happen s to guitar
sides that don;t turn out!
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Fire on the
beach
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Mother's
Day dinner with Phyllis and my Mom
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Us in
Gresham, WI, before Chelsea's wedding
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Aunt Polly
and Sassy
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At the
wedding, Gresham, WI
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At the
wedding, Gresham, WI.
Chelsea and James Murphy (R)
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At the
reception:
Wyatt Nietzer, Sissy with her great granddaughter, Arianna's daughter
Aaliyah
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At the
reception:
Sassy and Caprice, Rachel and her first grandchild:
Arianna's daughter Aaliyah
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At the
reception:
Chelsea and James Murphy
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At the
reception:
Phyllis and Sissy
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At the
reception:
Les an d his Sassy, Arianna and her daughter Aaliyah
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Jamie in
Shawano
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The Shawano
sign
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Morels that
Phyllis found in our yard. Very good fried in
butter!
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A picture
taken by our friend Steve Mason in White Salmon:
Bluebirds in the house. Thanks Steve!
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A picture
taken by our friend Steve Mason in White Salmon:
Lilacs
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A picture
taken by our friend Steve Mason in White Salmon:
The power pole on our land has been replaced by
Klickitat PUD
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A picture
taken by our friend Steve Mason in White Salmon:
Flowers in The Park
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Some of
Jamie's artowrk. A compass.
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Phyllis,
2001 and 2015.
Even more beautiful now!
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Family
gathering at our place.
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Our garden
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Jamming
with Kent
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Jamming
with Kent
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Father's
Day
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Phyllis and
Jamie enjoying their kayaks
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More fun
with boules
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More fun
with boules
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More fun
with boules
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More fun
with boules
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New tie-dye
I made after the EXPO tie-dye party we held.
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A tired
dinner at Asia's Finest after the tie-dye party.
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Jeff and
Nannette invited us to share their anniversary dinner
with them at Tria. Very nice!
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Chelsea and
Aaliyah
Brad and Ted
Shawano in July (Phyllis's Dad's funeral)
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Jamie with
my London cap
Phyllis and baby James Murphy
Shawano, July
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Sissy and
Phyllis
Shawano, July
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Pete
Pleshek, 1934 - 2015
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New tile
backsplash and new lamp in the kitchen. (The tile
is not yet sealed or grouted.)
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Tile, all
done
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Tile, all
done
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Jamie's
coins and medallions. He made a display frame out
of Legos.
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Enjoying
dinner at Mirror of Korea
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Enjoying
dinner at Mirror of Korea
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Click on
the photo for
our trip to England in June and July!
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Click on
the photo for
our trip to England in June and July!
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Click on
the photo for
our trip to England in June and July!
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Click on
the photo for
our trip to England in June and July!
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Click on
the photo for
our trip to England in June and July!
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George and
his daughter Debbie
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Family
gathering at Grandma Kay's for photos
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Grandma
Kay's with young people
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The
5-generation photos we gathered for. Kay, Sissy,
Cherra and Rachael, Chelsea and Arianna, and James and
Aaliyah
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Little
James with his grandmas
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Aaliyah
with her grandmas
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The big
group
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At Grandma
Kay's
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Kay's
cat, Lawrence (Larry) of Menominee
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B-52s
at our hotel
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B-52s
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My new,
small camera rig: Olympus OM-D E-M10,
Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 walkaround lens, 40-150mm
F4.0-5.6, 9mm fisheye, 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 wide angle,
45mm f/1.8 (portrait). I love it.
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The
rig is tiny, and weighs less than my Pentax K-5 plus
the walk-aournd 17-70 f/4 lens
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More
B-52s -- at home
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Test
shot with the new 9mm fisheye
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Phyllis
and Jamie at Red Robin for fish and chips and the
tower of onion rings. As Phyllis said: We
don't usually eat this way!
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My
Mom, August
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Test
shots with my new: Lumix G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0
ASPH
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A
couple of test shots with my new Lumix G Vario
100-300mm F/4.0-5.6 MEGA O.I.S.
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Phyllis
and Jamie at Chirs and Kristina Sorenson's wedding
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: The processional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: The processional
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: The processional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: The processional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: The processional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: Recessional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: Recessional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: Recessional
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Recessional
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Recessional
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: Nannette and Luka
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Chris and
Kristina's wedding: Family
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Jeff
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Kelsey and Nolan
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Nolan
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Kate and Luka
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: The bride and groom and
their parents
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Family
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Kate, Brian, and Luka
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Chris
and Kristina's wedding: Kate, Brian, and Luka
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I've
had car payments for quite a while -- No more!
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Birthday
dinner with Joe in August
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Birthday
dinner with Joe in August
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Birthday
dinner with Joe in August
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My
little band-man
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My
little band-man
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Cleaning
out the basement!
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Click
on the photo for pictures from my very brief trip
to White Salmon in Augst 2015
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More
emptying of the basement
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The
"garage give-away". People took about
95% of our stuff.
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Kai
is getting very tall. So is Jamie. These
are after our tie-dye party
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The
results: Kai's shirts (top), Bobbi's and Jon's
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Mom's
shirt
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Phyllis's
shirt
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My
shirts
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Jamie's
first day of middle school
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Our
new basement: Cleaned, reduced, organized, and
well-lit
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The
wine rack, after clean-up
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The
wine that was given away. It has happy new
homes.
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Mid-September
sunrise
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Last
weekend (20-Sep), we had a lovely late-summer hike at William
O'Brien State Park
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William
O'Brien State Park
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William
O'Brien State Park
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William
O'Brien State Park: Late season Monarchs
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Some
shots from White Salmon taken by our friend Kevin
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Our
Jamie, 6th grader!
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Only
in Minnesota: Sitting in the rain next to the
fire pit. So silly, I told Phyllis it had to be
photographed.
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We
got to see my cousin Susan on her brief visit to the
Twin Cities
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A
lovely birthday dinner for Phyllis at Nannette and
Jeff's, topped by a chat around the fire pit.
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Mark
and Liz stopped by on their way back to Chelan from
Wisconsin. Great to see you!
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A
scan from my cousin Chris: His mother as a young
woman (my aunt Toni).
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A
scan from my cousin Chris: Confirmation photo,
my great uncle Maurice (2nd from right)
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A
scan from my cousin Chris: Gundersen
children: L-R: Gustav, Josie, Olga, Julie
(my grandmother), Selma
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: Lars Christian Blilie and
Augusta
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: Josie and Julie Gundersen as
young women
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: My aunt Lorraine as a young
woman
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: A copy of my Mom and Dad's
wedding invitation (!)
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: My grandafther Louis Blilie as
a young man
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: The Gundersen family:
Standing: Selma, Olga, Gustav, Julie,
seated: Jon, Josie, Antonette
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A scan from
my cousin Chris: Antonette Blilie, circa
1917
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A
scan from my cousin Chris: My father, James
Louis Blilie, circa 1935
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A scan from
my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom): My
family, circa 1967
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A scan from
my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom): My aunt
Toni and Charlie, circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunt Lorraine and uncle Alex, circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunts Toni and Lorraine and uncle Alex, circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunt Toni at Robin Hill Tower, Chelmsford, Mass.,
circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My grandmother, Julie Blilie, circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunt Josie, circa 1967
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunt Toni, grandmother Julie Blilie, and great aunt
Josie, circa 1967 (almost certainly at 1806 Wordsworth Av
e., St. Paul)
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A
scan from my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom):
My aunt Toni and uncle Brian
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A scan from
my cousin Martin (photos from his Mom): My
aunt Lorraine and aunt Toni, circa 1967
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Stand
up board on our pond
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My
poor attempt to photograph the full lunar eclipse.
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I
took Jamie to a local car show -- he loved it!
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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MN
C & C Car Show
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A little guitar work to distract me from my liquid diet
(colonoscopy tomorrow, what fun!) Resawing my
first rosewood: Santos rosewood (Machaerium
scleroxylon) I think it will be good stuff!
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Also
got this guitar ready for finishing (finally) - GA in
highly figured bubinga and Sitka srpuce
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#2
Weissenborn begins. All koa. Top plate
being joined.
For
more on this guitar click HERE
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Sunset.
9-Oct, Sunrise 10-Oct
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More
boules fun
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Fall
colors around our neighborhood
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Fall
colors around our neighborhood
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Fall
colors around our neighborhood
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Fall
colors around our neighborhood
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Fall
colors around our neighborhood
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Intersting
configuration of the moon and some planets/stars
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Tie-dye
with friends Jan and Rick
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Tie-dye
with friends Jan and Rick
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Tie-dye
results
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Tie-dye
results
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Kai
and Jamie; Jon's back deck under construction
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More
fall colors in our yard
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More
fall colors in our yard
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More
fall colors in our yard
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Fun
at Grandma Kay's
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Wyatt
and Little James
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Chelsea
and James with Little James
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Photos
from Grandpa Pete's interrment ceremony, Morgan, WI
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Phyllis
and her brothers Shorty and Peter
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Fall
scenes, Oconto County
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Fall
scenes, Oconto County
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Fall
colors, Shawano, WI
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Fall
colors, Shawano, WI
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Snow
in October?! Not fair! Good thing it
didn't stick.
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My
second Weissenborn-style lap-steel guitar, mostly
done. I
have a page for it here.
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Sequence
of my installation of our new over-range microwave
oven. We really need the additional counter
space.
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All
done!
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I
also built a bat house. Now where to mount
it? ...
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The
new under-counter lighting I installed.
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Hard
to believe for 8-Nov!
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Early
monring clouds, November
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Early
monring clouds, November
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The
bat house - installed!
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The
all-koa Weissie. Binding.
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The
all-koa Weissie. Binding.
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The
all-koa Weissie. Almost done.
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The
all-koa Weissie. Precise joinery.
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Making
chili
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The
moon Jupiter, Venus, sunset
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First
bit of snow
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More
tie-dye
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Out
anniversary night out
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Sunrise,
late Nov., sunset with moon
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Ice
on the pond
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Ice
on the pond
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Ice
on the pond
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Getting
cold
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Snow,
again
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Cooking
for Thanksgiving and the day after.
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Thanksgiving
at my Mom's
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Jamie
and his tower
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Jamie's
winter band concert. They did really well.
Jamie in the first sax. seat!
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Jamie's
winter band concert. They did really well.
Jamie in the first sax. seat!
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Jamie's
winter band concert. They did really well.
Jamie in the first sax. seat!
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Sax.
man
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Joe
and Grandma Kay
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party: Kay and sister Mary
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party:
Little
James (Murphy) and his Grandma Cherra and Mom Chelsea
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party:
Les and his
Sassy. Kay, sister Anna and her Donnie.
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party: The gang's all here!
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party: Anna, Kay, Mary
(seated), Donnie and Pete (standing)
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The
sisters and their children
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Anna,
Donnie, and their kids, their spouses, and
grandchildren
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Mary,
Pete, their daughter Carol, and her husband
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Kay
and her progeny
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Grandma
Kay's 80th birthday party
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Looking
likke a green Christmas in Minnesota
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But
not in White Salmon! Steve took this photo.
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Our
new cork floor going in!
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Before
...
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...
during ...
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...
After!
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A bit
more wintery. Ice on the pond.
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Weissenborn-style
#2, ready to finish
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Weissenborn-style
#2, ready to finish
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Weissenborn-style
#2, ready to finish
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Weissenborn-style
#2, ready to finish
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Weissenborn-style
#2, ready to finish
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Day
before Chirstmas Eve: Sitting by the fire as the
snow falls outside.
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Building
another cutaway B00 with Santos Rosewood
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Building
another cutaway B00 with Santos Rosewood:
Amboyna burl rosette
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Building
another cutaway B00 with Santos Rosewood:
Amboyna burl rosette
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Enjoying
Rick Marcus's home-grown garlic!
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Fish
fry. Yummy!
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It's
finally getting wintry
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More
tie-dye fun
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More
tie-dye fun
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More
tie-dye fun
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More
tie-dye fun
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Christmas
Eve at my Mom's
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Christmas
day, opening presents
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Christmas
day, opening presents
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Christmas
day, opening presents
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Beautiful
sunset -- before the big snow hits.
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Jamie
and his Wall-E Lego
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With
the Christmas tree
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A
nice visit from Joe after Christmas
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Staying
warm whiel it snows outside
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I
made a new handle for Phyllis's recliner, from jatoba
wood.
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A new B00
going together
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A new
B00 going together
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A new B00
going together
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A new B00
going together
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