Bambi

A few weeks ago I looked out the side window and saw some deer next door in Tony and Martha's backyard. They munched and grazed for awhile then moved on. They are there often, however, I had my camera at hand that day.

Enjoy!














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New Test Post

This is a test post using the ScribeFire tool for blogging.  You can read about ScribeFire here.

Let's see how it did.

Test post of a photo at 600X400 pixels wide, re-sized in Photoshop and optimized for the web. (A previous test post of an image 800 pixels wide slid off to the right and you could not see the entire image. Testing the font sizing tool here!)



This photo was taken in the morning on October 12th in our front yard looking out to the street.  The tree across the street is simply gorgeous!

Here is one of our roses still blooming.  There were blooms on this rose up until the snow came on Monday.  (This photo is sized at 683X1024, so it is technically originally wider than the photo above.)



What do you think?  Did this post go OK?
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First Snow of the Season

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On Sunday morning I looked out the kitchen window and saw a chipmunk sitting on the hose caddy hanging off the front porch. He's hard to see, but notice the lack of snow!


















Here's a close-up of the cute guy. Again, no snow.

















As I went to bed Sunday evening it was raining lightly with a little snow mixed in. Forecast for Monday was also for a some snow mixed with rain.

Monday morning it looked like this...

















More than just a little snow mixed with some rain. Most of the trees have lost their leaves, but some still have some.

















It snowed about 4 inches or so here. Enough to really mess up traffic. The funny thing about this snow was how isolated it was. Once I was on the freeway heading to work and about 6 miles down the road, there was no snow on the ground! It was wet from some rain, but no snow!

In fact as I got to work and was driving down the a side street, some people were out raking up their leaves! It was dry. Our leaves were sitting under a fresh snowfall.

Today, the snow is still hanging around even though the temperature is 48 degrees. It is melting and all the roads are clear and dry but I can't rake my leaves today.

















Maybe I can get those leaves up next week. We'll see.

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Veterans Day 2008

Today is a very special day. It is a day to honor and remember and thank Veteran’s across our country and spread throughout the world. It is a day dedicated to all the men and women that have laid their lives on the line for this great country and the freedoms that we enjoy. This is the greatest country in the world, with more freedoms, opportunities and riches than anywhere else.

Both my older brothers, Charlie and Joe, as well as my younger brother Ray all served in the Navy. To each of them "Thank You".

After 22 years service in the Navy, Ray retired last year. He and his wife and sons visited while traveling from Japan to their new home in Florida and it was wonderful to see him after several years.

Here is a photo of my little brother.


























Thank You to all veterans, today and every day for your service.
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Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps

Click the link below for a great video from GoDaddy.

Happy 230th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!
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Now I Am Wider

I know what you're thinking, and while it is true that I am a little bit wider now than this time last year,I was referring to the blog.

I always thought the original layout was too narrow and wanted a wider look. After searching the web for some time I posted my problem at BloggerForum and found the answer to my problem at The Blogger Guide. In fact if you want to see what I did, you can read about it here. Thanks to ids for your website.

Enjoy the new blog look and watch for new BIGGER pictures soon.

Shiver Me Timbers

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Trick or Treat Matey!

For Halloween yesterday, Uma was a Pirate!





















Very cute. I hope she got lots of booty from the neighbors. She is all set with a costume to wear on International Talk Like A Pirate Day next September 19th.

I didn't hear how the candy gathering adventure went, but I did hear the following:

A little pirate is trick or treatin' on Halloween. He is dressed as a pirate. At one house, a friendly man asks him, "Where are your buccaneers?" The little boy responds, "On either side o' me 'buccan' head!"

Ahhh the life of a Pirate.
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