As Time Goes By.....: August 2010

August

Yes, That is a McDonald's Happy Meal Box on his head

Serena told me that one day she was going in to the store and

Jack had the Happy meal hat and carrying a hand fan that

is shaped like a tomato

( Has "TOMATO FAN printed on it .)

Can you imagine the look on people faces.

Like their own kids don't do this stuff at home ...

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Summer Fun

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Jack managed to get the nut off of this wheel

so Pa fixed it back tight after Jack removed it

A guys work is never done

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Time to feed the dogs

Got the food - Now I need to put it in the
dogs bowls

Missing You ....

You left us August 12,1991

You were way to young to be taken,

and I think of you every day.

Since I seem to be the keeper of all family photos,

I am posting the first few

for memories

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One of your visits to Colorado

(4 generations)

OF course Serena was not happy,about having to take time

to have this done,Strider decided to run away that day ,

traffic was a bitch coming home from work.

By the time we got to the photo place

I was hot & sweaty , pissed off and ready for a drink .

So were you and Grandma Dorothy

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Christams 1958

Chicago, IL

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You are a bridesmaid at

Uncle Wil's wedding in 1941

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Girls Night Out at the Cow Palace

Ft. Collins, Colorado
(Yes, that is a male stripper)

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Serena & Grandma Hon
Confirmation Day

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You finally got to see Hawaii !!!
I am so glad we made this trip and I will never forget
you getting flipped ass over end
while coming out of the water at Waikiki Beach.
We were all laughing so hard ( once we found out you were okay)
that Ihad tears in my eyes..
I have tears today but for a different reason

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If roses grow in Heaven Lord,

Please pick a bunch for me.

Place them in my Mother's arms

and tell her they are from me.

Tell her that I love her and miss her,

and when she turns to smile ,
Place a kiss on her cheek and

hold her for a while.

Because remembering her is easy,

I do it every day.

But there is an ache in my heart

that will never go away

We went to Memphis yesterday

We got up yesterday morning and decided to

have a "do nothing " day.

That is a day that you get in the

car and have no set plans -- You just GO

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We ended up in Memphis

on Beale Street

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We drove past the Pyramid

and I got this picture .

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Kind of hard to see, but this is one

of many statues of Elvis

in and around Memphis. No, we did not go to Graceland .

We did that about 10 years ago , because

even tho Tom grew up so close to Memphis, he had never

been to Graceland .

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Looking down Beale Street-

For those that have not been,

the Blues Clubs take up about 2.5 blocks along with restaurants and

junk stores and little store fronts selling frozen drinks.

There were a couple of young kids doing street

tumbling .. They were amazing!!

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Hotel Chisca

Preservationist are trying to save this old hotel.

Tearing down this hotel would be slap in the face of Memphis'

music history and also to Elvis Presley

and Dewey Phillips
Do a search on Hotel Chisca to getthe whole story

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We have no idea what they are planning for this building.
Surprisingly, there people still conducting business
in the ground level storefronts

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If you click on this picture to enlarge it , you will
see the employee sitting on the counter. If somebody needed
a frozen Marg or other spirit of choice , she would hop down ,
pour the drink then hop back up on the counter

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We stopped at BB King's Blues Club for Lunch.
The gentelman in the black hat is 87 years young
and plays in the local blue band.