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spring monday

It was a beautiful morning, cool and bright, with a meeting at the office and then fetching p.j. from preschool. The front steps project is going well.   He’s going to do a little more work on it and then we’ll seal the whole thing with epoxy and hope for the best.  And yard waste […]

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april friday

 We went shopping today and p.j. picked out that Batman t shirt, and Julia wanted some new summer clothes.   They’re looking cute.  Too bad I didn’t get their summer shoes in the picture. Then when Jay came home, he tackled the front steps.   They cracked all to pieces over the winter.  It’s old,

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fifteen

It’s been a long time we’ve known each other.  Fifteen years?  You once were a young squirrel.  Possibly even the nuttiest one. You were a very entertaining child, creative, off-beat, hilarious.  And then you became civilized and appropriate, but every once in a while that craziness comes peeping out again around the edges.  Thank goodness.

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easter, 2015

 Church was beautiful, the message inspiring. Easter is my sister’s holiday, so we went to their house for dinner and the afternoon. John’s family posed for a family picture. That circle in the middle is where the trampoline used to be. Sadly, it fell apart over time and has been removed. Yeah. It’s been over

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jay’s 23

I swiped a bunch of pictures from Desi. She and I are still getting to know each other, but we definitely share such affection for YOU.  An Easter from another year, cute.  Buddies up in the room: Here you are as a young squirrel:  A beautiful teenager:  And this family classic:  I heard weird noises

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Japan, 1944

 Happened to be looking for some pictures buried in files.  I’ve given so many files such completely generic names that it’s a process to find anything. But I ran across these photos from when Jay’s dad was in Japan during the occupation after the war.  I think this one was a post card: Anyway, the

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