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Carolinas Aviation Museum

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Here’s Ava in front of Sully’s “Miracle on Hudson” plane.   or what’s left of it.             In the nav seat of a Phantom II F-4  

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Our guest is a Mourning Dove

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Also known as a Turtle Dove which everybody knows from the “Twelve days of Christmas”.   I recently just read on wikipedia that the “two turtle doves” represent the new and old testament. Here’s a better picture:       … Continue reading

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St Pat’s Festival uptown

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They blocked off uptown Charlotte to auto traffic and had a huge street party for St. Pat’s day.   Ava liked the rides.  I enjoyed the slide a lot more that I anticipated. video

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New roomate

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A bird has moved in to the old nest on our back porch.    Anybody know what kind of bird this is?   We believe she has eggs in there,  because she will not fly away even when we are … Continue reading

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Lily Fresh Air

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Fast Clouds

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video by stewart.

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Home safe. Some more pics from the beach weekend

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Polar bear

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KK wins the trivia contest.  We are on Folly Beach.   Ava spent 4 hours in the pool yesterday.  

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Where’s Ava?

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My kind of snow storm

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Monday morning,  Richmond VA. Snowed really hard for 4 hours.   But is was so warm, nothing stuck to any road… anywhere.

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Dinner at Providence CC

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This is Ava and Will Pelkey,  oldest son of close colleague of mine.   We played golf on Friday, then had the families come out and meet for dinner.   Its fascinating watching little kids meet for the first time, then rapidly … Continue reading

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Yard Helper

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We are in a neat phase lately where Ava seems to learn something new every day.  This latest one could be a winner.    I have visions of me sitting on the porch sipping a warm coffee while she bags … Continue reading

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Lily helps with leaf blowing

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We are home safe

Great trip!

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Stewart on Widowmaker

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Very smooth. video

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Snow Plow

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We decided to ski home across the mountain instead of taking the bus around at the end of the day.  There are some catwalks with steep drops so I gave Ava a snow plow escort.   While we are doing … Continue reading

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Snow Angels

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Occasionally we must stop skiing,  remove our skis and do snow angels. video

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Snowshoe, WV

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We have successfully snowed ourselves in here at Snowshoe.  There was much worry that the big storm had missed us, but we got a nice deposit of new snow last night.  Ava loves skiing!  Its funny though she is equally … Continue reading

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Weekend Update

We just arrived in Raleigh for quick celebration of the Gregory grand mothers b-days.   Then back to Charlotte tomorrow to root Sunny on in her Ultimate tournament. The real reason I was inspired to write tonight is that Stewart … Continue reading

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Tap practice

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Ava strapped on the tap shoes tonight to give me a recap of the afternoon practice. video

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