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The Three Most Important People In My Life
There are a few other really important people too, but these are the top three and the ones I interact with daily.
My sweetie!
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Buddy being the *cutest* beside my front garden
If ever you're looking for Buddy, no need to look any farther than 2.5 inches behind me... he's ALWAYS there! He follows me everywhere, in the car, to the beach, to Gramma's house, into bed... if Shawn is lucky, Buddy lets him into bed too! We've only had Buddy since February 2001, but he has since bonded very tightly, especially with me. As he is a German Shepherd (he IS crossed with something, but its unknown... his *brain* is total Shepherd) he can be fiercely protective of his family.
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This is how Buddy spends most his time, waiting for me to move somewhere else.
Buddy watching for possible danger, or maybe just squirrels!
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Buddy in the van
Buddy watching over the backyard
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My Kids!
Jessica, Buddy and my gardens
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These are the planter boxes Shawn and Jessica gave me for Mother's Day, I planted them right away, of course! This was taken late May.
This year, I have been able to plant flowers and gardens and such. It's worked out really well. Things *grew*! The house looks nice with all sorts of green stuff around, and it gives me something to do when I have the urge to play in the dirt!
I thought my planter boxes looked nice right after planting, but they have sure matured into something *amazing*... hard to believe they are the same boxes as above. This was taken late August.
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Here is Jessica (right) and Amanda (left) on the Lion Safari bus
My nephews, Jamie (right) and Justin (left)... not a particularly good picture of either, but the *ONLY* picture of Justin from Lion Safari without his tongue hanging out, or his eyes crossed! Typical 7 year old boy!
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Jamie on the bus, being cute... I took so many pictures of him that by the end of the day, he was trying to hide from the camera!
Oozing with cuteness once again, who can resist those baby blues?!
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Jessica dressed up at Castle Village, in Midland, Ontario
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Yes, we're goofy, etc, but we were having fun... not a bad pic, considering I took it at arm's length!
Shawn and I went to African Lion Safari, mostly to prove there really *are* giraffes within 45 minutes of our house. My mom, Jessica, my sister, her 3 kids and I went subsequently. On each trip I took about 200 pictures, but I'm only posting some of the nicer ones here. While at Lion Safari, both times, I rode an elephant, however, I didn't get good digital pictures either time.
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My favourite! Horses in jammies!
Shawn's favourite, the G-raffe!
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Shawn's newest hobby... building furniture for our house. This is the king size bed frame he designed and built.It's exceptionally *sturdy*, I fear the day we move from this house and have to move that frame! Until then, it's the best!
He's also built a bunch of shelves for the garage, dining room, Jessica's room, kitchen, as well as bedside tables to match the bed frame. The new king size mattress fits beautifully in the frame, and Shawn and I fit beautifully in the bed. Finally, we both have enough space... even when Buddy gets in! (posted September 20/2001)
My dad and my uncle (his brother) looking so pleased after catching this huge salmon. They caught it in my uncle's boat, in the background.