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This is my mother's (Carmela) high school orchestra picture. She is
the pretty girl with the cello, just left of center.
She is still a pretty girl, and can still play the cello. Central High
School in Duluth Minnesota. These students are
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Here's the close-up of Carmela
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My niece Jessica back when she was in the sixth grade, playing
in the Broward County Honors Orchestra. Jess is all grown up
now, and lives in Ft. Lauderdale
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Grandson Cameron at age 5
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This is "Bambi"
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I have to tell you a little about her and how she got her name. My
daughter lives on a farm in Wisconsin where people think that they can
dump their unwanted pets. She has rescued many and seen many die on the
roads around her farm. Bambi came to her from under her wood stove out
in the back of the house, where she apparently had been living and
trying to keep warm. She was emaciated and came running to my daughter
when offered food. My daughter gave her some shelter in the garage where
she made her comfortable and provided food and water and a warm bed.
Eventually my daughter, Tawny, who we call, "Saint. Tawny of Boyceville",
took her to the vet and found that she was about two to three years old,
had been spade and declawed on the front feet and was basically healthy
although undernourished...and someone still threw her away. My other
daughter decided to take her as her own, and I named her Bambi because
she has spots and came out of the woods.
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The vet seems to think that she survived for up to a year on her own in
spite of having no claws etc. The people around Boyceville had been
talking about a "woman" screaming in the woods, and many had heard it...
when she came in contact with my two "Toms", she ran and screamed very
loudly, for this was her only defense being that she has no claws....the
Boyceville mystery is now solved, for it was our Bambi trying to fend
off predators as she tried to survive in those woods. She is just the
sweetest little fur person you could ever ask for and is happily living
"indoors" with my daughter Kelly. Cats are "indoor" animals!!!!! Please
do not let them outside, more importantly, find a no kill shelter if you
must give up your pet.....farms are not places to dump these feeling
creatures.
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Violinist, and teacher, Tyane in her studio in the
San Francisco area of California.
She is playing the Giovani Stefano violin.
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Tyane with Basil, one of her studio "music
appreciators"
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This is Basil with his "fiddle"....Tyane says
that he carries it all over
Bria
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Basil, Barclay, and Bria
Barclay |
My sister Barbara, her husband Dave, and my "niece" Sasha.
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Sasha's comment on the game......
Brother, Chief Master Sergeant, John Dee
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Niece and nephew, Maggie, and Cooper
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Sister, Kathy, with the "babies"
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Sasha on Halloween.....Is she cute or what?
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Cooper, teething on Kaley's mouth... Kaley (a Shar-Pei) thinks that
the wieners are her babies...so cute!
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Whitefoot... the sweetest kitty that ever lived.... Any wonder his
name is Whitefoot?
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Our newest addition, Lulu...another throw away kitty from
Wisconsin...she is a little feral but loves to eat, so she gets very
lovey at dinner time. She is very sweet.
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Steven with his new Austin Guitar...is he really
playing a 7th position D bar chord?
Steven is the nephew of my daughter and son in law, and lives on a farm
in Boyceville Wisconsin. He loves trucks and tractors.
When playing for the family, he says: "Ladies and gentlemen..what would
you like to hear?" Such a cutie!
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Whitefoot and Smokey Christmas of 2002
Is E.T. in there too?
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Guess who........Earth Day 1991
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