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We came, we saw, we conquered. We don't quite know what we saw or conquered, but I took pictures so maybe you can help us figure that part out.
Here's a set of the picnic photos. One teaser photo to convince you that you want to view the whole set:
And, here are two movies of Keith being seriously adorable with Kira:
For Bruce
August 18, 2005
Today would have been Bruce’s 42nd Birthday, if he were alive. I have often wondered in the intervening years since his death, whether or not he would approve of me or even be proud of me. I like to think so. He was barely a man when he died, but old enough to have hinted at the man he would have become. He liked to work with his hands; they were large and strong like our grandfathers hands. They appeared to be sculpted from a hard tan stone. His passion was a 67 Chevrolet Super Sport that he kept in the barn, he worked on it constantly it seemed. I always remember him working on it, shirtless, wavy brown hair, blue jeans. His dream was for this machine to one day be restored and prowl the roads in true muscle car fashion. It didn't happen...
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This is the post Roger wrote today. Sarah had warned me it would make me cry. I didn't cry the first time I read it, because I was confused about who Bruce was. I read it a second time and smiled. I read it a third time and cried.
'Discovery is home'
Shuttle completes first mission since loss of ColumbiaKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The space shuttle Discovery touched down Tuesday morning, completing NASA's first shuttle mission since Columbia broke apart during re-entry in February 2003.
The shuttle landed at 5:11 a.m. PT at NASA's secondary landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
As commander Eileen Collins brought the orbiter to a stop on runway 22, NASA spokesman James Hartsfield stated, "Discovery is home."
"Congratulations on a truly spectacular test flight," mission control radioed the crew. "Welcome home friends."
"We're happy to be back," Collins said.
"We brought Discovery back in great shape," she said later after getting a look around the spacecraft.
She thanked all the people who worked on the mission calling it "fantastic."
It was the 50th shuttle landing at Edwards.
With Discovery safely back on Earth, NASA officials breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"It's a good day to be us," program manager Bill Parsons said at a Kennedy Space Center news conference.
"There isn't any of this that is easy ... Eileen made it look like a cake walk," associate administrator Mike Readdy said.
The rest of the article is available here. Congratulations, Discovery crew and NASA!
Keri had her first baby July 31. Congratulations to the happy couple for creating such a cutie patootey!
Go see more pics of Lochlan Etu aka Leo aka Turtle and his happy family at the ~O~ family blog!
JonJon/JLT brought me cake today! I took pics taking the Web Team's camera, not my own, so they're all fuzzy. :)
The "All things iPod, iTunes and beyond" iLounge allows you to upload photos of your iPod doing fun things. Visit the gallery here. I submitted a photo, pending admin approval. Since I'm slightly impatient, I'll post my submission here:
That's my metallic blue iPod mini sitting in my perennial garden bark mulch next to a newly formed pile of slime mold (really a fungus). I didn't notice it until tonight, then the thunderstorms with warnings of hail and 70 mph wind arrived so I didn't have time to treat it. Will take care of it tomorrow, but for tonight it was a beautiful shot!
Upload your own iPod photo here. Pay close attention to the submission guidelines. You'll receive an empty error if your file is too big. The admin folks won't approve your submission if it doesn't meet all of the other submission guidelines listed!
...flowers I 'won' at the University Training & Development instructor appreciation luncheon. The bouquets' flowers are from the UVM Hort Farm.
