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Another B00C
for me
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B00C for
Phyllis for White Salmon
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B00C for
Phyllis for White Salmon
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B00C for
Phyllis for White Salmon
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B00C for
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Jamie in his
MVHS Nordic
Team uniform
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Mmmm "new card small"
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New computer, w/Win 10
Finally broke down and did it
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Building an LED array for our MBR ceiling fan
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Building an LED array for our MBR ceiling fan
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Building an LED array for our MBR ceiling fan. 2nd
photo is the Rev A version
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Mid winter warmth and sunshine
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Our new water mgt. on the roof continues to work well
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New LED
lights in my shop
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New LED lights in my shop
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New hat Phyllis's Mom got me for Christmas
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Early Spring sunset
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Sunrise, April
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April snow
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April snow
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April snow
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Early spring deck time
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Dock repairs
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Painting the side of the house
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Spring sunrise
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Spring is here
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck Some of the
boards were pretty rotten.
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck New,
free-standing bench to replace the old rotten built-in
one.
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck Putting the
railings back on the stairs.
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Major rebuilding of the lower deck: Done
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I built Phyllis an ipad stand for doing distance
teaching,
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I built Phyllis an ipad stand for doing distance
teaching,
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I built Phyllis an ipad stand for doing distance
teaching,
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I built Phyllis an ipad stand for doing distance
teaching,
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar,
Cutting an angle on a curved edge.
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in
cedar. All the parts.
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in cedar
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in
cedar. Assembled.
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I copied my favorite plastic Adirondack chair in
cedar. Done.
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Spring!
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Spring!
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Lilacs blooming in White Salmon
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Siding repair
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Deck post mass production
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More siding repair. The guys that built the place
just slapped unpainted OSB on the side for the power
meter.
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We lost my
dear mother, Harriet E. V. Blilie suddenly on
8-May-20. Click on the image to go to a tribute
page.
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Rascal came back to live with us.
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Work on my Mom's house
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Friends Kent and Peggy Reed played a birthday concert
for me. Outdoors, social distancing.
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Repairing the last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Last of the water damage.
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Beach retaining wall repairs
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Beach retaining wall repairs
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Beach retaining wall repairs
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Beach retaining wall repairs
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Beach retaining wall repairs
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New siding and roof on my Mom's place
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New siding and roof on my Mom's place
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Summer morning
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Rascal and his staff
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Lots of work preparing my Mom's house for sale.
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Lots of work preparing my Mom's house for sale.
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Lots of work preparing my Mom's house for sale.
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Lots of work preparing my Mom's house for sale.
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Lots of work preparing my Mom's house for sale.
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Toasting Mom
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William O'Brien State Park, June
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William O'Brien State Park, June
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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, early July
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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, early July
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Jamie at Taylor's Falls. I started climbing on
these cliffs 40 years ago.
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Day trip to Beaver Bay, North Shore of Lake Superior
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Day trip to Beaver Bay, North Shore of Lake Superior
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Day trip to Beaver Bay, North Shore of Lake Superior
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, early July
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Local fishing spot, Sucker Creek
Refreshed front planter
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Preparing for new carpeting
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Mom's funeral visitation
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Mom's funeral visitation
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At Mom's funeral
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1-inch twig that punctured my back bike tire.
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Phyllis and her colleague boating on our pond
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Phyllis and her colleague boating on our pond
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Prepping for the new carpet
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Carpet going in
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New carpet upstairs
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New carpet upstairs
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New carpet upstairs
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New carpet downstairs
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New socks!
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One of our locals
(Dryophytes versicolor)
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Impatiens after summer rain
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Rascal, so tense!
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I finally got my beemer after waiting for about 40 years
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Phyllis gets a new gargoyle
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Harriet Blilie Memorial Petanque Night
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Harriet Blilie Memorial Petanque Night
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William O'Brien State Park, August
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William O'Brien State Park, August
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We took a day
trip to see Indian
Mounds Regional Park, which none of us had seen
before. Beautiful and historic spot. I wish
they'd had some interpretive information at the site.
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We took a day trip to see Indian
Mounds Regional Park
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We took a day trip to see Indian
Mounds Regional Park
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This picture shows (can you guess?) almost all of the
discs cut out of the tops of the guitars I've built (for
the soundholes). Each is around 0.12 - 0.15 inch
thick. That's about 15 inches tall of soundhole
discs.
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Lovely gift from Ken Terrill and Carol Mason.
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Fish fry!
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Got my average speed for my 14-mile evening time trial
up to 17.1 mph. I'm proud of this (at almost 60!)
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Phyllis's birthday concert night.
With True
Charade.
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Jamie and his COVID look.
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Phyllis's special birthday dinner
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Phyllis's special birthday dinner
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Birthday decorations put up by Phyllis's work
colleagues.
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Birthday pink fizz on the back deck. Thanks to the
Smith family for the fizz!
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Rainy afternoon in Shoreview
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Jamie before and after his first haircut since about
February. We like the long hair.
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Our front yard. This is an important election.
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Our backyard, early October
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October colors
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Milkweed, burst open
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Jamie and I went to my brothers' cabin for some shooting
in mid-October
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Jamie and I went to my brothers' cabin for some shooting
in mid-October
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Jamie and I went to my brothers' cabin for some shooting
in mid-October
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Jamie and I went to my brothers' cabin for some shooting
in mid-October
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We were very lucky to have a work colleague of mine
offer their cabin on the North
Shore for MEA weekend. Our first
overnight trip of 2020!
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend.
On the Superior
Hiking Trail, which we accessed by climbing up from
the cabin
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More from the North
Shore weekend.
On the Superior
Hiking Trail
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More from the North
Shore weekend.
On the Superior
Hiking Trail
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More from the North
Shore weekend.
On the Superior
Hiking Trail
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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More from the North
Shore weekend
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Video
of the amazing wood stove
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Video
of our first snow at the cabin
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Ridiculous: Mid-October snow
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Ridiculous: Mid-October snow
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Early morning and sunset
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More shooting at Jon and Charlie's cabin
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Shoot & eject sequence, .22LR, Browning Buck Mark
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My last group of 5 shots with the M&P 40, .40
S&W, 20 yards. Pretty happy with that
shooting.
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"Black Friday" walk across the street
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Thanksgiving
2020
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Our front porch and the front of our house. Our
colored lights (very low power LEDs) have been on for
about a year (for COVID support)
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Our local muskrat, behind our house
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Backyard views
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Backyard views
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Backyard views
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Backyard views
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No idea who this guy is.
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Phyllis wearing the cross my Mom had from her
grandparents' generation
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Another trip to my brothers' cabin for shooting.
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Another trip to my brothers' cabin for shooting.
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Pork shoulder, yum!
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Winter has arrived.
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22 Goldfinches. Cardinals in the snow.
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Christmas Eve table, remembering my Mom. Lasagne
dinner after Christmas/
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Rascal enjoying the fireplace
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We do worry
about Rascal getting too tense.
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Jamie, opening gifts
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Christmas 2020
(what other year could it be?)
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Snowy December day
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Winter walk in the Open Space
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Winter walk in the Open Space
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Winter walk in the Open Space
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