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Picture Update
Pictures are now posted for the Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS JAX) Airshow and the November Biking Trip at Myles Standish State Forest.
Enjoy!
Laptop Screenshot
It’s been 5 months since I’ve posted a screenshot – here’s one of the PowerBook G4:
Family Portrait
Here’s a picture from my recently completed vacation to Florida. This is at Ormond Beach, just north of Daytona Beach. And yes, I’m really that burned. The airshow really whooped my tail.
Me on the left in the Boston cap, my mother Nancy in the middle, my father Butch on the right.
Yes, that’s really his name 😉
Family Pets
My parents have two cats – Sadie and Katie – who are around a year old. The dog in the house is Bishop, whom my mother and I picked up at the Vermillion County Humane Society in the fall of 1992. She’s now twelve years old and has two rebuilt knees that she managed to snap in the backyard across the years. She doesn’t get around as well as she used to, but she’s still Bishop 😉
Here’s Katie hanging out in the kitchen:
Bishop spending some time with me down on the floor. A bit grayer than I remember, but still the same old dog:
Despite my best efforts, Sadie refused to pose for any noteworthy photographs.
St. Augustine Florida
My last full day in Florida took us south of Jacksonville down to St. Augustine, where I have spent many days over the years. My parents and I toured the recently renovated Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and some of the surrounding areas. A few pictures:
There will be more posted shortly in the online pictures section – check the menu up above for the link.
My Father’s Office
Over the years, I’ve given many gifts to my father that have ended up in his office. One of my recent gifts to him was a Navy Jack and a link to Lex’s posting about seeing the colors raised on the USS Stennis one morning. Here’s what I found in his office yesterday:
If you look to the left and below the Navy Jack – you’ll see a picture of the Navy Jack being raised on a navy vessel – next to that was this posting from Lex:
It was Lex’s blog post that inspired this gift to him earlier this year.
My father also has some pictures of his recruit class, his discharge from the Navy, his certificate from crossing the equator, and a picture of the USS Duluth (the ship he served on during Vietnam) hanging in his office. Here’s a pic of him sitting at his desk:
My father, for the curious, is the Junior Vice General Chairman and General Secretary Treasurer of the CSX Western Lines for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.