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A Golden Arborvitae, mailbox and lamp on a hollow wood post, and a tiered timber wall
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July, 1973 |
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(i) Hollyhocks
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Blue the white cat
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I am rebuilding my box trailer
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I found it in a vacant lot near my home on Balboa Island around 1967
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I bought this trailer for $35 worth of labor from a respected and liked friend Harvey D Pease
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Harvey was also the realtor that collected my rent
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Squeteague Harbor Cataumet, MA
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Lawrence Island
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Dad and Mom
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Hobbit the dog
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I am driving the motorboat
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Debra J Blakeman has caught a Bluefish |
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John Letchworth Church, Van and Tom and mom with Sy Kano |
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Serving at tennis on the clay court Cataumet, MA
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Deb sailing Win Kellogg's boat through Long Island Sound
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August, 1973
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Winston Kellogg
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Win Kellogg sailing the Kittiwake
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(i) Amrita Island
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Coast Guard Lighthouse Buzzards Bay
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Doing the books Monmouth Junction, NJ
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August, 1973
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Blue the white cat
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(i) "Think Shaklee" on our corner lot. We were really into selling it at the time. Truly excellent natural products. |
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December, 1973
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Our bedroom cottage
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A Cardinal in the new snow
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Left here on a bus heading west. It was to be a short trip to see the new investment and collect the back rent. |
Under the rear deck of our home on Santa Rosa Drive South Laguna, CA |
A bunch of these pictures were taken by Iva (Cici) Young and mailed to us before we bought the place
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1974
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Ocean view from the rear deck
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Had bought it 8/16/1973 sight unseen on David and Cici Young's recommendation |
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We decided to stay
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Some of these pics were actually taken after my return (see below). Oh well. |
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Adjacent to Bill and Bernice Bailey's home
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My Willy's Jeep had been in storage at Mesa Automotive, near where we got off the bus |
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The hills above our new home in South Laguna |
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The back neighbor's roof was close enough to walk across and take pictures |
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I flew east to gather our posessions. This began the overuse of our credit card which would eventually lead to our having to sell the place
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Our Monmouth Junction basement holds the stuff I couldn't fit into the stationwagon and trailer |
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Monmouth Junction, NJ February, 1974 |
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Everything is packed. Heading west!
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Snow and a small stream in the back yard
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On the road to California
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A Shaklee Basic-H sign is discovered along the way. |
Deb and Hobbit sitting on a bluff
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above Thousand Steps Beach South Laguna, CA
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May, 1974
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(i) A pier and the Laguna Lido on Thousand Steps Beach below Mission Hospital |
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(i) Where was this concrete pier-wall with deck?
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Red flowered Aloe cryptopoda and California Iceplant succulents protect the bluff |
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What is this in the hills above South Laguna? A pink fiberglass helicopter cabin? |
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A trash dump in the hills above South Laguna or maybe El Toro
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(i) Aliso Canyon May, 1974
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Yellow flowers on a Prickly Pear cactus
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(i) A white Hedge Morning Glory
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What is this orange-pink flower on a vine or long stem?
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Above Aliso Canyon May, 1974
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A deck of box gardens
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A Bird Of Paradise
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Next door neighbor, Bernice Bailey
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Bill Bailey and Hobbit at driveway gate under construction |
A neighbor's kitten
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An old canvased mission door I found in a wreaking yard |
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A roof alcove bench I rebuilt for Don and Jane Estep across the street |
A shelving unit I built for Carole (Need Name) in her new Laguna Niguel? condo |
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Barbara and Red Hildebrand, Deb's folks, on the beach at South Laguna
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August, 1974
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The former Aliso Beach Pier is in the background
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Disneyland
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Maybe Wild Animal Kingdom?
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(Need Name of woman and location) with Barbara Hildebrand |
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Need Name of boy and location
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(i) Robinson's at Fashion Island Newport Beach, CA
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(i) Could be the Statue Of David that later fell in the 1987 Whittier earthquake |
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Assisting my friend Les Lindsey (orange) and crew in preparing a luau |
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Hawaiian Poi made from boiled taro roots
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Blue the white cat
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Bougainvillea overgrowing our deck September, 1974 |
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(i) Cat in the Bougainvillea
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Our garden paradise on Santa Rosa Dr
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A South Laguna Christmas
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