27 Grandpa and Atticus. This is Jess and James' son.
28 These next images are on our trip to Washington DC.
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34 Vera and I spent one night touring the national monuments on electric scooters. This prompted me to buy an electric unicycle.
35 Two beauties ... Vera and Tanya
36 Matt and some shrunken up old guy
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38 Tanya was a lawyer in Russia. When she saw the Supreme Court building and the Capitol building, across the street, she nearly started crying.
39 James receiving his Masters Degree from Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He was promoted to Navy Commander the day before. This was all a very special time for all of us.
40 James and his mom, Joan.
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44 Any veteran will know the significance of the "scrambled eggs" on an officers cover.
45 Joan, Senator James Lankford, and Tanya as we were all leaving Washington DC
46 A squirrel antagonizing Sadie
47 This was a bumper year for dewberries.
48 Dewberries always come on at the beginning of June. It is always very hot, humid, and we have to cover up and put stuff on for mosquitos and chiggers. They grow wild along the edge of the woods.
49 Brother and me being photo bombed by our oldest sister, Jacqueline about forty years ago.
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51 You would call this, "NOT aging gracefully".
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54 The young man on the left is my friend, Joshua. He won $13,000 this night. I did not take this photo.
55 My granddaughter Erica
56 The blue quilt in the background took a blue ribbon at the State Fair of Oklahoma.
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58 The gray blanket in the background is another blue ribbon project at the State Fair of Oklahoma.
59 I bought this truck in September.
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61 Vera and I were back in Washington DC in November to see my latest newborn Granddaughter, Ruth.
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63 Trying to tuck the new truck in the garage with an approaching hail storm. The truck didn't fit and the storm never materialized.
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66 My drinking buddy (coffee that is) John and his wife Oy.
67 My old coworkers. We all retired within years of each other. Leon, in the blue shirt, sadly died a day or two after this photo.
68 This is a screen shot of a FaceTime call with my friend of forty years, Terry Love. He lives in Atlanta now.
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71 Sadie riding with me on my electric unicycle.
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73 James with the latest addition to his family, Ruth Curie.
74 James, Atticus, and Ruth
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76 Having lunch with Vera
77 This really makes me smile. Vera is an architect in New York City.
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Download MOV 81 A short trip up my driveway on my electric unicycle.
Download MOV 82 One day, last spring, a pig showed up at my feet. The joys of living in the country.
