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July 2011 |
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| Week One: Happy 4th! |
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| Happy 4th of July! |
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Unlike many years in the past on this summer holiday, I have no
plans for going to an amusement park. I mention it because it does
make me a bit sad; however, I won't be staying at home this year.
Mom, Dennis, and I will be going over to my youngest brother's house
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to put together one of my favorites - "Bean-n-Bacon Cole Slaw". This
was a recipe that I submitted to a fund-raiser cookbook. Each time
I've made a recipe from the book, I've created crazy pictures.
There's the bowl of cole slaw |
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This is a sampling of the posed pictures that I took of myself. |
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Here's the final picture of
mikie and the cole slaw |
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| Sneaking
Over to Visit the Big Back Yard |
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The other day, as I was out reading my
the pool, I was surprised to see a visitor to the "big backyard". I
guess I didn't latch the gate enough, so Aries was able to sneak
over and sniff around. |
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Aries is smart but
couldn't figure out why this doggie door didn't go into our bedroom.
He must have thought all the doggie doors led to the same place. LOL |
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Week Two: |
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| Like Flat
Stanley |
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Stanley is. He's a paper doll that people have been taking to places
all over the world. Using that idea, my friend Bill, make me some
cutout letters of H-I-V. So I've been taking the letters around and
taking pictures of them in different locations. |
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I've got a plan for these
letters in the end.
The SECOND annual World AIDS Day video competition by Catawba Care
will be coming up this December. I'm going to use these pictures as
the background for several short vids with information about the
myths of HIV. I'll keep you informed when I put those together and
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A NEW Pool
(well, new to me LOL) |
| We've been looking for a "new" pool on
craigslist; but the pickings have been slim. Finally though, this
pool, which is the next size down from the one I had, came up at a
decent price. |
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| My friend, Larry, drove us
up past Kings Mountain (that lump there in the background) to get
the pool. |
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Luckily it all just fit into his
hatchback. I was lucky to get a ground cover, tarp, pump, chemicals
and all the piecey-parts for the entire setup. |
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everything into the backyard and we started setting it up. |
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| Wave "Hey!" to the camera,
Larry. |
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Within just a couple of
hours, it was already looking like a pool! |
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Just two days later, it
was filled and I was in swimming again,
a month after my previous pool exploded into the tsunami across the
backyard. |
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And just in time too!
Boy, is it ever HOT here in the Carolinas. Every day is at least in
the upper 90's. |
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As you can see, I'm loving
the pool! |
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Week Three: |
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| My Garden |
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| Everything is green and growing! |
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Yeah! Last year I hardly had any tomatoes;
but this year I've got some and they're going to be ready to eat
soon. |
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Week Four: |
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| Summer
Flowers! |
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| Gladiolas in the front
yard. |
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| The Butterfly Bush |
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