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A Saturday afternoon

Saturday afternoon: spent with David, Michelle and Lily. Got to try out the Wii, play with the baby girl and try Bison Short Ribs at Ted's Montana Grille. Oh, and see Kevin and Marie when they came by to get the top of the wedding cake to celebrate their first...

She’s a beautiful baby

Lily brought her parents by for dinner last night -- since I saw her last she's learned to laugh a lot more!

BragBook pages

The bug really bit me on these little bragbook size scrapbook pages -- The book fits in my purse so I can show off to anyone who will look. So, I'm adding more pages in hope that I'll have enough for creating Christmas gifts. Nicol Family

Small Scrapbook pages

I'm trying to put this year in perspective - it's not over, but it's been quite eventful: 2 weddings, a funeral, sick in bed for a week, a new PhD in the family and my first grandchild... just to name a few things. So - I'm trying to summarize in graphic art (inspired...
 

Weather in Auburn

Thought you might like to know what the weather is like here in east Alabama - we're sitting in the projected path of Frances... this should change thru the weekend. Update: Frances seems to have slowed a bit, so we think we'll see effects on Monday night and Tuesday...

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On the Road Again – Family Reunion in Maine

On the Road Again – Family Reunion in Maine

"Pre-Reunion" - a day at Pine Point (Maine)... We had a lovely day at the beach on Saturday before the big Nicol-Vermette Family Reunion. Nice sun, good company, card games, novels, walks and a bit of body-surfting. The day began late morning - Henry and his crew had...

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Family Reunion

The next day was the Official Reunion.... More pictures are coming, but these are the few that Louise (the real power behind the reunion) sent out almost immediately.

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Blessed

I was allowing myself to wallow a bit - my oldest son, now 24 and in grad school broke his nose in water polo practice Thursday night. No health insurance - and I was a bit worried. And, I had a couple of bad stress days this week. But - I am so blessed! I am not...

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Braves 10, DiamondBacks 6

Braves 10, DiamondBacks 6

My second major league baseball game! Both have been trips to see the Braves in Atlanta - a beautiful ballpark. We were running late due to the service at Famous Dave's Barbeque being a bit slower than we would have liked - and the parking lot on I-75/85 getting down...

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Recent Travels

Our last journey involved travel from rain-soaked Alabama up to the beach in southern Maine by way of NYC and Rhode Island.... T'was a grand time -with Daniel (18) and Marie (22) travelling with us in the car, and David (24) meeting us in Maine. Two weeks of family -...

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Louise’s Gardens

Just before we started home from Maine, we stayed with JP's aunt Louise. Louise has beautiful gardens - BEAUTIFUL! This is a view of Louise's Front Gardens July, 2003

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