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Getting on our life jackets and
listening to safety instructions before beginning our sunset sail.
(5/1/26)
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Helping to steer us out onto the
lake. (5/1/26)
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Time to put up the sail.
(5/1/26)
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Up, up, up. (5/1/26)
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Now we're really moving.
(5/1/26)
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Back to steering. (5/1/26)
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And now for tacking.
(5/1/26)
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Everyone took a turn steering.
(5/1/26)
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We ate bagel sandwiches as the sun
set. (5/1/26)
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We were the only boat out on the
Fern Ridge Reservoir. (5/1/26)
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Time for a magic show! Lee
entered to the sounds of "The Final Countdown." (5/2/26)
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The jack of hearts was not our card.
(5/2/26)
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There ya go. (5/2/26)
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For this next trick, Lee sorts the
cards by suit without looking at them. (5/2/26)
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Our magician is joined by a
beautiful assistant. (5/2/26)
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A delightful magic show. (5/2/26)
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Meeting in the park for a duel. (5/5/26)
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Putting that fencing practice to good use. (5/5/26)
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Learning how to make sushi in online Japanese club. (5/6/26)
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Adding final touches and rolling it up. (5/6/26)
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Julian did not get any sushi. (5/6/26)
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Hack'n'slashing through the storms of tiny insects. (5/6/26)
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Lee led us to the Mt. Pisgah quarry. (5/6/26)
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In spite of all our years here, we'd never seen it before. (5/6/26)
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Pondering the lilypads. (5/6/26)
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Handsome cat owner and handsome elf prince. (5/7/26)
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Traveling with lions and rolling up fish. (5/8/26)
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Lemon bar ice cream cone. (5/8/26)
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Skeptically trying a red themed drink in celebration of my book Red Setter Medic being released. (5/8/26)
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Watching the sea lions zoom by. (5/11/26)
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Penning prose in the impermanent sand. (5/11/26)
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We
drove home from the aquarium along the coast, stopping in Florence for
a windy walk along the beach and then dinner with a seaside view.
(5/11/26)
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Saying goodnight after a very long day, and rewarding Annie for having her claws clipped. (5/11&14/26)
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It's always very exciting for the animals when Lane comes over. Even Hazel came out this time! (5/17/26)
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A big high five for finishing the whole term of math. (5/23/26)
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Sleeping angel. (5/23/26)
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The leopard was feeling very interactive when we arrived at Wildlife Safari today. (5/26/26)
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Just hanging out with the leopard. (5/26/26)
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Lee had been wanting to try one of this hurricaine simulators for yeeeeeaaaaars. (5/26/26)
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Watching the flamingos squabble. (5/26/26)
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Watching a little wild one. (5/26/26)
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Offering food to animals who've never, ever been fed before. (5/26/26)
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With existential angst, the hungry animal wonders: where has the food gone? (5/26/26)
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Watching the terrifying emu from the safety of the back seat. (5/26/26)
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This fellow looks like a dandelion. (5/26/26)
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A less terrifying bird than an emu skeptically eyes the empty food cup. (5/26/26)
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Hanging out with the cougars at the end of a long, satisfying day. (5/26/26)
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Working on a final paper at blazor-point. (5/28/26)
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Julian in a box. (5/28/26)
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Lane worked diligently for hours as Fact kept him on track. (5/28/26)
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Cooking some ramen for the two of us while Daniel's out of town. (5/31/26)
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