Realism - more than Patriotism

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March 15 Zero degrees, snowing. Forecast minus 9, windchill minus 30.

Clean up. Basement flooding will be a nuisance when the melt comes .... :(
 

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Death and Rejuvenation - at Easter

My only sister, Roberta Suzanne, suffered a massive brain bleed-out aneurism on Wednesday night while driving home from a celebratory dinner with her daughter and 2 grand children. She was brain-dead before her car crashed in to the concrete retaining wall at Shepard and Leslie. Suzanne lingered on life-support in a peaceful state until Saturday afternoon - long enough to harvest her very healthy kidneys, liver, pancreas cells, and eyes.

Suzanne was 74.

Her organs are being implanted in waiting recipients as I write.

Suzanne made a difference.
 

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April 3 Plus 6 Three feet of sugar snow

Leks' view
 

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April 13. 21 degrees. Outdoors, at last

No trips north to Meander .... Leks is on jury duty .... minor war-on-drugs street level trial ..... but fortunately The Courts don't work week-ends and stat holidays .... his busiest hours at Sheridan Nurseries.

Glad to be raking and fertilizing ... and living's easy for Rocket von Panzer.
 

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Good bye old friend ...

.... clutch blown, heater blower motor cooked up, cracked front wind shield, rust, 355,000 kms ....

In the olde days tired horses went to the knacker .... today it's cash for clunkers ..... run by Iraqis.

My new ride is Suzanne's 2010 Dodge Caliber .... 30,000 kms .... everything works ... :)
 

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April 25 - 6 degrees and windy - river rippin' along
 

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May 11. Real spring ... late but lovely
 

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May 14. 16 and hazy. Bugs are out .... fierce.

It all started with a Dodge, heh, heh ..
 

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First drive-in 2014

The new vehicle has been named "Suzanne"
 

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Minus 2 Saturday night, May 17

Rigged a 4-poster bed to handle mosquito netting frustrations, pollen on the surface of the river
 

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