Today, we drove to Mom and Dad’s to deliver the pumpkin pie I baked yesterday. Dad really appreciated the pie.

As always, I brought my camera and took a lot of pictures in and around Mom’s garden and flowerbeds. In the front of the house, she has a rosebush that produces these pretty red roses. This one is new since last weekend.

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I popped this in the oven late this afternoon - to be delivered tomorrow to Dad’s house as a special treat.

Well, it wasn’t exactly a complete spa experience. I cut his hair and trimmed his eyebrows and my sister, Carol, attended to a couple of grooming chores. The real treat was the Pizza that I brought. Dad sure enjoyed that.

Here is one of the photos Verna took the morning we were at the Grand Canyon Village. This is looking northeast near Bright Angel Trail Head. The icicles are hanging from the famous Lookout Studio near Bright Angel Lodge.

I was at the dentist this morning and I told my hygienist to check out our blog for some pictures we took at Grand Canyon on our Winter Cruise. Then, I realized that this photo (one of the prettiest) wasn’t posted on this weblog. Better late than never.

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When Bear goes out into the back yard, she sometimes sees or hears something that gets her attention. This is her ‘alerting’ on something . . .

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We went to visit Mom and Dad over the weekend. While we were there, Verna spotted a little butterfly perched on a flower growing out front of the house. She pointed her Canon XTi camera at the butterfly and I pointed my little Canon A710 at her. I superimposed the shot she took of the butterfly (circled) on the photo that I took of her. Click on the image to view a larger size.

This is the USS Brooklyn, CL-40 with Palisades Park in the background, as she cruises along the Hudson River near New York City. My Dad was an Electricians Mate, First Class, on this vessel.

The Brooklyn departed from Norfolk for the Mediterranean on 24 October 1942. My 18 month old brother, Billy, and Mom were in Norfolk to give Dad a send-off. Mom and Billy then took the train back to California, where I was born about 9 months, or so, afterward.

Dad did not meet me until I was 18 months old, since he and the Brooklyn were engaging the Axis in the Mediterranean. Rommel was there, Montgomery was there, Patton was there and the USS Brooklyn’s 5 and 6 inch guns were there helping the Allies to victory.