Photo Hunt

The manner in which Memorial Day is observed at Cherokee Memorial Park here in Lodi is different and unique. I know of no other cemetery that makes such an effort to honor those who have served the United States. Each of the large flags and the flagpole bearing it has been donated by the family […]

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Photo Hunt: Party

March 1, 2008

Mattie-Boo’s 16th birthday party. My kids always want to have their parties at our favorite Mexican restaurant … and never want their picture taken. Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Light

December 21, 2007

This week’s theme: Light Christmas 1991: #1Son was 4 years old and Mattie-Boo just a few weeks. These two are the lights of my life! Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Long

December 7, 2007

Yes, that’s me with long hair in 2001. It grew even longer before I began cutting it. Gradually, I ended up with this: Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Red

December 1, 2007

My sister and I still laugh about our family’s artificial white Christmas tree, decorated every year with red ornaments. Here I am with my parents in 1969: Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: I love …

November 16, 2007

… Matthew! Matthew* is 16 today, November 16th! Happy Birthday! *His name is Matthew because it means “gift from God” and his older brother loved the name! Photo Hunt Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Classic

November 3, 2007

My mother (the young girl on the right) and an unidentified friend posed for this photo sitting on a classic vehicle. [tags]Photo Hunt[/tags] Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Pink

October 26, 2007

As we were driving west on Interstate 80 out of Davis, I snapped this photo of the sun setting over the hills because I thought the pink skyline was beautiful. [tags]Photo Hunt[/tags] Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Music

September 7, 2007

Yup, that’s me warming up backstage at Carnegie Hall on March 28, 2007!You are listening to an excerpt from the Stockton Concert Band’s performance of “Symphonic Duke” (arranged by The Tonight Show’s Tommy Newsome) at its Carnegie Send-Off Concert on March 24, 2007! Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Happy

August 24, 2007

I think #1Son was somewhere between three and four years old when he decided to try out Dad’s boots! He looks very surprised and looking at this photo makes me happy because it brings back memories of silly little moments that occurred when my boys were just little guys. This photo is of the same […]

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Photo Hunt: Two

August 17, 2007

I thought I took a photo of Matthew before the limousine came to pick him up for his first homecoming. I didn’t realize until several hours later that I had actually snapped a picture of my two boys, one of whom was being a total stinker. Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Row

August 10, 2007

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Photo Hunt: Funky

August 3, 2007

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Photo Hunt: Creative

July 27, 2007

Last Sunday I had the extreme honor and privilege of attending Sir James Galway’s Flute Master Class in Napa. I spent the entire day just a few feet from the master himself!

The teens were in another room being taught by Sir James’ wife, Lady Jeanne. At the end of the class, they performed for the adults and then Sir James joined them for one number. Watching those youngsters play so beautifully with the world’s best living flutist, beaming as they did so, was very moving. But for all of us, the day was an opportunity to learn from the undisputed master of the instrument and create memories that will stay with us for the rest of our lives.

Incidentally, Sir James is known as “the man with the golden flute.” He brought several with him and allowed students to play them. In this photo, he is playing on of his gold Nagaharas.

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Photo Hunt: Tiny

July 20, 2007

This week’s theme: Tiny Topics: Photo Hunt

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Photo Hunt: Shadow

July 13, 2007

In this 1984 photo of my parents helping their first grandchild learn to walk, he appears fascinated with the shadows on the sidewalk in front of them.

It reminded me of this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson from “A Child’s Garden of Verses” (I still have my copy from childhood … do you?):

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Photo Hunt: Sweet

June 30, 2007

This Week’s Theme: Sweet My sweet boys paused on the stairs leading to the beach from our favorite hotel in Pismo Beach to let Mom snap their photo. Topics: Photo Hunt

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