Davis’s 2H Waddling Duck won first place in the youth open class handmade item division at the Tulsa County Fair. And since we were there, I snapped off a few pics of Bell’s Amusement Park.
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August 8, 2005
August 7, 2005
Reunion, Duct Tape, and Okmulgee Lake
Yesterday was another family reunion. Seems to be a summer thing. The experience proved educational, though. For example, did you know that you can make purses out of duct tape? I have proof. After the initial get together, the event reconvened at Okmulgee Lake.
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August 6, 2005
Davis’s Butterfly
Davis took some pictures of a butterfly yesterday as it sampled the wildflowers growing in the backyard.
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August 5, 2005
River City Park in Sand Springs
We met my sister, Anita, for lunch in Sand Springs, and then went to the River City Park.
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August 3, 2005
No Swans, Some Ducks, One Heron
“Let’s go some place photogenic,” I said. So we went to Tulsa’s Swan Lake Park. No swans, but lots of ducks and one heron. Before we left, Davis took some more pics out back, including one of Serene with her mouth full.
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July 18, 2005
Sparks’s Family Reunion
Yesterday, we carpooled with Susan’s brother, Jake, down to the Sparks’s family reunion in Chickasha, OK. While there, we stopped at the Chickasha cemetary where Susan and Jake’s father is buried.
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July 16, 2005
Zoo Friends
Saturday afternoon we carpooled with the grandparents to the Tulsa Zoo. Susan has a “Zoo Friends” membership, and she and the kids have been to the zoo several times already this summer. This was my first visit since probably 2003. Grandma said that in 20 years in Tulsa, she didn’t think she’d ever been to the zoo.
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July 11, 2005
Penguin, Quilts, and Bubbles
Susan needed some photographs of her quilts for the quilting class she will be teaching soon, so we set out to find a suitable location. We started at the Harwelden Mansion. We weren’t thrilled with the quilt pictures there, but I did get a chance to take my first Tulsa Penguin picture. We had better luck at the River’s Edge park. The kids played on the playground, and Susan waved bubbles around.
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July 10, 2005
2H Club
Anita & Eric had a “2H Club” Woodworking Craft Class yesterday. Eric saw to it that everyone received a lesson in safely operating many of his power tools, including the band saw, scroll saw, and nail gun. Nieces and nephews, with the help of their adult assistants, built a bird house, book ends, pulltoy puppies, and a waddling duck.
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July 9, 2005
Downtown Tulsa
Susan, Serene & I took a walk through downtown Tulsa while Davis went to his ceramics class.
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