Leave to a youngish mind in a middleaged, out of shape body to discover the hard way (always the hard way) that he cannot still do everything he once did. Yesterday I decided, at long last, to finish the distruction of our dog pen that Ike had started. Bearing in mind that this dog pen [...]

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To get past the better half.
WINEDALE — OK, I believe it. They’ve got me convinced.
Here at the old country house in Washington County, winter has come to the front porch so I’ve moved inside by the fire.
I’ve sat here and read three magazines and two newspapers. With this computer I’ve roamed [...]

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It’s been quite busy the last week. Most of my online time is being spent working on updating my Genealogy Site…So here’s a couple of pictures from the weekend…

And later in the day…

Later folks…

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The Podcast I listened to yesterday that really caught my interest was this one…
Tiny Texas Cafe Fills Up After Barbecue Award : NPR
All Things Considered, July 18, 2008 · Barbecue is religion in Texas.
Every five years, Texas Monthly goes on a quest for the Holy Grail — to find the best barbecue in a state [...]

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I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
We wandered over to my mother’s house about noon on Thursday carrying our contribution to the feast. Both of my brothers were already there. Of my sisters one had arrived and one was running late…So far everything was normal for the day. We stood around in Mom’s small [...]

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Our first Grandson had his first birthday party over the weekend and I finally managed to process some shots. The capture above was of him and his personal birthday cake…He had fun until he noticed everyone was watching and laughing…
All of the little ones at the party seemed to have alot of fun. Even [...]

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The alarm clock is failing in it’s efforts to motivate me out of bed this week. The fall weather (another tease, I am sure) is not helping it in it’s appointed task. The snooze setting of 30 minutes normally gives me that extra little bit I need to go ahead an get up. This week [...]

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We are starting an update of our bathroom today. I went in to this project with some misgivings. Today’s start has not made these misgivings go away.
Realize please, our house predates electricity and most probably indoor plumbing. So needless to say the house only has one bathroom. It was probably updated last some time in [...]

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