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365 Days of Photos – Day 344

My Friend Tom

Several years ago my friend Tom died…I still miss him.

Today his wife (Thanet) attended our Christmas party at work and participated in the white elephant gift exchange. I was first to select a gift and I happened to pick the gift Thanet brought.

Inside the gift bag was a monkey puppet.

First I was excited because I got a monkey puppet (Yes…I am a bit unusual!). Then, Thanet told me the monkey had belonged to Tom.

Tom volunteered as a clown at the local children’s hospital. When one of the other clowns retired she gave her “clown tools” to the other clowns. Tom got the monkey puppet.

I decided to name my new monkey puppet after my friend Tom (still deciding on a middle name)

Before Thanet left the office I asked if she was sure she wanted to give “Tom” away. She said that Tom (the monkey and her husband) had brought smiles to many faces and she thought Tom (the monkey) and I could bring smiles to many more. I think Tom (the monkey) and I have big shoes to fill.

I love my friend Thanet and miss my friend Tom.

365 Days of Photos – Day 343

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Have you ever driven down a familiar street and suddenly notice something that you have never noticed before?

This is certainly a strange experience…especially when the thing you notice has obviously been around a long time.

Today I was driving through a part of town that I am not terribly familiar with but I do drive through the area once or twice a week. I noticed two old brick smoke stacks that appeared to be sitting in the middle of a wooded area.

I turned off the first street that appeared to go in the right direction then turned several more times before pulling down a dead end street and finding myself within 100 yards of an old abandoned factory.

I always feel an urge to explore places like this and at some point I may go back and snoop around a bit. But as for today I had to get back to work. So I took a few photos and found my way back to the main street.

365 Days of Photos – Day 342

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Wind Turbines, West Texas

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There is a small lake near Tina’s Dad’s house in west Texas. Apparently it is quite popular to Canadians…well Canadian geese.

We stopped by the lake before leaving Brownfield Friday. It is hard to describe the massive number of Canadian geese hanging out at this lake. It is not a big lake. Its a small lake in the middle of a small town.

I do not know much about Canadian geese but it appeared they were hanging out in cliques. Large groups would fly off while other groups watched from the shore.

A short time later, another group would fly off.

The few ducks hanging out at the lake appeared a bit out of place.

365 Days of Photos – Day 340

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I met this cute young lady at the parade last night…

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The community I live in had their annual Christmas parade this evening. I joined the local bike shop, decorated my bike and rode in the parade.

365 Days of Photos – Day 338

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Did anyone else notice the skip from day 332 to 338?

If not…please just skip ahead to today’s photo…nothing to see here.

If you did…I don’t know what happened! Some how over the last 338 days I lost track of the days. I suspect it was during my vacation last August when I was off the grid for a week and had to do some major catching up. However, I have no desire to go back and look into it. I really don’t! 😉 So lets move onto today’s photo….

We made a quick trip to west Texas (30 hour round trip) to visit Tina’s aunt, uncle and dad. We never seem to have as much time as we would like to spend with the family…but we always enjoy getting to see them even if only for a short time.

It is cotton picking season out west. Miles and miles of cotton fields. I couldn’t resist stopping for a few pictures.