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Joe & Garron West - gifted with
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Mom and Dad were pretty shocked at first.
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happy and shocked |
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After church Sunday, the fabulous folks
at Unitarian
Universalist Church of Birmingham hosted an
unforgetable tribute potluck! Charles sang, Emily read a
special poem to Mom, Mel said a tribute and MC'ed the
whole thing!
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UU friends,
click
here please. |
Garron & Joe
Heads of the Clan |
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at the condo in Birmingham,
jamming and relaxing |
Teri, Mom, Bob |
Elliot's sweetheart Ricki & Mom |
frogs from Maxine, on the shelf, right
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far right, Bob |
checking out Mom's Barbie collection . . .
feminist-created Barbies she won in a silent auction at
University of Alabama recently
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top/clockwise:
Teri, sister-in-law Ingrid, Mom, Julia, Ricki |
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Ricki & Julia |
Teri, Ricki |
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Ingrid, Julia, Ricki
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Watching TV
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Dad & Brother #2 Rae
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Baby Bro Charles |
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son Elliot |
oldest bro Joe Jr. -> |
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the view into the valley, from the condo
deck
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out to Hick R Nut Hill, the
house on the Logan Martin Lake - Cropwell, AL
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hanging out |
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Ingrid & Rae |
Joe, Jr. & Elliot |
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Mom and Dad have created
a special place of peace and beauty.
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Mom's gardening cart
<--- good, 'cause the yard is 11 acres |
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lots of seats and swings on the lower
porch |
fighting cocks
(nearby neighbors - not Mom & Dad's!) |
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Celebrating Dad's birthday at the
Chinese restaurant |
Charles, Rae, me, Joe, Mom and Dad |
Gerda, Mom & DadGerda is
awesome; She invited Ricki and Elliot to stay in her
home the Saturday night we arrived. Thank you!
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me and Juanzetta
Juanzetta prepared a beautiful bedroom for Julia and I
the Saturday night we arrived. Thank you!
Mel & Emily
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couldn't have done it without you. |
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Elliot & Ricki
Ricki & Julia |
Rae, Dad, Mel |
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Emily, Dad & Joe |
Julia, Dad, Ingrid |
Dad, Elliot & Ricki |
Garron 'n Joe |
Juanzetta, Dad, Charles |
Charles & Emily |
Ingrid & Rae |
Juanzetta & Charles |
Joe & Elliot |
Hick R Nut Hill
in Cropwell, AL
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Mom and Dad moved this stained glass
window (and all their other stuff!) all by themselves,
from Libertyville, Illinois
See pics of its original home:
here and
here |
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Julie overrules her fear of fish. |
Ingrid, below
Rae's caught
a big one |
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Ricki loves to fish.
Apparently she is a very good
fisherwoman.
Speaking of which, see
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