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fourth of july

Fourth of July they have a boat parade at the lake.  People decorate their boats and at 1:00 in the afternoon, they circle the lake.   We did not participate.  Puh-leeze.  We’re far too lazy for that nonsense. The boat above?  Barb, Mark’s wife, gave that to Little Jay.  It’s her dad’s boat, and Big Jay put his

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lilies in the swamp

They bloom in July.  They were blooming the day we bought the place ten years ago. My Sweetie rides this tiny motorcycle pretty fast.  Okay, John gave the kids a bag of receipts and papers to burn.  That’s fine, except your brother and sister are going to go through the bag and question and laugh

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cuteness

    My camera was left at the lake, so all I have is the camera on my phone. It’s actually not a bad camera.   The other night at Target, as I was looking at cameras–they have no cheapies there, all are over $100–the clerk told me he uses only his phone.   Only he has

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the forgotten camera

hackeysack Yeah, we had a great weekend at the lake.  Everyone was prepared for the kind of patience and fortitude a weekend like this takes.    If everyone stays cool, we remember the good parts and forget any moments of insanity or tension. And as we were about ten miles down the road, I realized I’d

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