Safety First!

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Clasps

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RRRRRiiippppppp

Velcro - up close and personal

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Home, Sweet Home

Our little village - population (approx) 2,500

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LAX Opening Day

It was the opening day of Lacrosse season here. Our guys didn't care if there were floods or blizzards - they plowed the snow off the field and played their first game of the year. (they could have at least brushed off the seats in the stands) :-)

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Guard Dog!

Here's our "ferocious" German Shepard on the first day we had her. She never did get very ferocious, though (which is fine with us).

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Sea Farin' Dog!

Getting ready to brave the mighty lake!

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Backbone!

This is the core of a whale's vertebrae - where the spinal cord went

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The Good 'ol Days

I still have a couple of hundred albums in the back room from the days before iPods. Back from when the music was better, too. :-) Did anyone else have these, or recognize them? Can you name them all?

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Pals Playin'

Grew up together, and they play about 23 hours a day!

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Construction!

He was convinced he made the whole thing himself! :-)

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Nocturnal

Even in the richest country in the world, there are many who have next to nothing. Homeless people often stay awake through the night for protection, and then catch up on their sleep during the day when it's safer.

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Lapidary

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January Farmland

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Patchwork

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Family Farm

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75,000 yr old knife

I make stuff from old stuff. This is a letter opener with a Mother-of-Pearl handle and a sterling silver band. I formed the blade from (approx.) 75,000 year old Wooley Mammoth Tusk.

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Sovereign

Ruler of all she surveys!

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Inflation

We'll take your coins - but we'd rather have your bills. :-)

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Softer

Remembering the physique of 30 years ago. :-)

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Nonconformity

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Bright Future

Our kids started playing chess when they were 10 and 8. Now, ten years later, they kick pretty much everyone's rears.

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Egg Separator

You can have one guess as to where the whites come out. :-)

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Old Love

My wife's grandparents. These are the Valentine's they gave each other in the 1920's. The open one, which you can read, is the one he gave her.

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