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The devastation of the Toronto earthquake last week.

My lilies are beautiful this year. So is my grass. So is my creeping charlie.



Winner of Ugliest Dog Contest has died. Is it my imagination that the winner of this contest tends to die soon after?



I love a color-coordinated bike. And they say guys can't accessorize.

In times of stress it seems we guys either grab our mothers or our winkies. This little feller is Cole visiting Mr. Vader in Galesburg this Spring. Worked at KCA with his Dad.




A good Bloody Mary is a thing of beauty.




Farm in Wisconsin during a bike ride up there a few years ago.



Hachi, a loyal dog. Its a movie out on DVD now that no one seems to know about.





I don't know much about Sonny Liston other than he was the champ before Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali brought him down. Nice epitaph. Simple but says everything.











Yee haw!

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