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Couple of pictures of our son and grandsons visiting

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We have been working on our garden. Here are a couple of pictures of

what we've done so far. The circle behind Mary may be painted later. Not sure.

June 29, 2008:

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April 10 WIND!

It's been overcast and breezy. Then suddenly BAM, wind struck and struck

so hard that the tree across the street blew apart. Larry was standing looking

out the window and hollered that the tree fell. I grabbed my camera and opened

the door. I opened the storm door and the wind caught it and yanked me outside.

What a strange feeling! Anyway, got this picture. It isn't nearly as dramatic

on the screen as it is when you are standing in the yard in a big windstorm.

Below, same tree, June 29, 2008

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House being torn down in April

Above is (or was) a house a few blocks SE of us. I wish I'd gotten a close-up of

that inside doorway. Above the door is a horseshoe. The first picture grabbed my heart,

because someone many years ago put that wallpaper up and loved this house.

Update, June 28, 2008

This house is completely gone now. It has some black stuff, maybe rock

poured down and they house just to the North of this lot is using it to

park their cars.

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Above is an old church around the corner and down the street from us.

This much obvious

deterioration just happened in the past few months I think. 5 years ago I used to wish

I could buy this place and fix it. Today, no way.

Picture of remains of the old church below, June 28, 2008

That house behind was very close to the church. The people who owned

the old church live in that house. They were told by the City Council that

they had to tear it down. They couldn't, so got an extension of 60 days.

Then the Methodist Church in town (an absolutely lovely congregation of

people) decided to help and they are tearing it down as I type.

We zipped over there a few minutes ago to snap this picture.

As I sit here, I can hear the big machinery ripping it apart.

Kinda sad, but life must move on, and that building was getting dangerous.

However, look at the front yard the owners will have! They'll have

sun in the front windows in the morning now. I imagine this is a loss to

them, it would be to me.

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New Restaurant

April, 2008:

June, 2008:

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April scene:

Above, look carefully as I speak, okay? I'll speak left to right mostly.

Green paddles are on a new windmill my husband just built.

Green martini glasses (plastic) and fabric are on a failed windmill.

Black windmill with green martini glasses at right of the picture are on my

favorite windmill he has built. The silver spheres are painted bowling balls.

The black metal is made up of three table stands, one coffee table stand, two

end table stands. At one time I suppose they had glass tops.

Right in the center of the picture is a cherry tree. Will bloom eventually. But

I hear that on the East Coast the cherry trees are in full glorious bloom as we speak

(early April.) Left tree is a Tulip tree. Barely showing that it might spring to life again.

House in the background isn't ours. They've roofed and painted the pink shutters black. You can

kind of see that through the trees below:

June 28, 2008:

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