May 2006
   
 
Back To Carolina, April 26 - May 5, 2006
 
 
Settling back in to Charlotte...
 
 
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At Mother's Strawberry Hill apartment... editing photos of the trip back to Carolina from Seattle... on Kentucky Derby day...
 
 
May 8
 
nc_may_2006_02.JPG (222397 bytes) nc_may_2006_03.JPG (256797 bytes) Brother Brian, at Strawberry Hill...a longtime worker at the Continental Tire plant (formerly General Tire) in Charlotte. The plant was in the process of down-sizing and shipping the jobs out of the US...
 
nc_may_2006_04.JPG (539094 bytes) Nephew Ryan, at Strawberry Hill...
 
nc_may_2006_05.JPG (269378 bytes) While I was staying at Strawberry Hill with Mother, Bigfoot remained parked at the boat storage lot in Sister Jan's neighborhood at Mountain Island Lake...
 
 
At Jan's... Matt, Will, and Ryan...
 
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nc_may_2006_13.JPG (405565 bytes) Sister Jan makes a fine tater-tot casserole!
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Taking Mother to the Farmer's Market on King's Drive became a weekly routine...
 
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Meeting with Hospice...
 
 
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Downtown Charlotte...
 
 
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Tomato sandwiches and three-bean salad for lunch, then Pastor Michael Cummings dropped by for a visit...
 
May 20
Cigar Dave held a remote broadcasting of his radio show "Smoke This" at the SouthEnd Brewery...
 
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nc_may_2006_37.JPG (510437 bytes) nc_may_2006_38.JPG (620223 bytes) The tree canopy of Charlotte...
 
   
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Ryan at Strawberry Hill...
 
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Mother and I went to see United 93 at the Arboretum Cinemas. Very disturbing...
 
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Will seems to be missing something...
 
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Christie stopped by Strawberry Hill for a visit...
 
 
May 28
Young Ryan's graduation party, at Mountain Island Lake Manor. Matt's parents were town...
 
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nc_may_2006_51.JPG (538156 bytes) Smithers, always alert... even when carrying a chunk of wood around...
 
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Memorial Day at Strawberry Hill...
 
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I was retelling the story about being chased by an old dinosaur near Crater Lake, Arizona...