John Deere Uncommons

After our day at the zoo when went to Downtown Moline and John Deere Commons. After wandering around and looking at all the Green and yellow we stopped for a afternoon snack at a local candy shop Lagomarcinos Oh it was so good. I had a sundae called All That Jazz. Carmel,Cashews,Marshmellow and I think some icecream. Kathy had a float and Di had a Hot Fudge Sundae. MMMMM....and that ended are day out.

these two pillars are in downtown Moline. They don't have an artist listed or its name. I think its to honor the Indians that used to be in the area.



Well that says it all.

Not sure what they were going for.
Kathy showing why she doesn't live on a farm anymore.


Look something older then Kathy

A Day At The Zoo:part 1

Feeding time at the zoo


Two elephants
three giraffes
Emu cleared the path
An Old Goat...its the one on the right...I think
Two gibbons.
Black swan. that's supposed to mean something...good luck I hope

A Day At The Zoo:part 2

big snake...behind thick glass...its a good thing.
sounds like people I know.
This is the highly excited something fox....really?
I'm almost free Ed...ED?
Um....next is...
a big scary black bear.
no sense to come in out of the rain...unlike the bison and elk

High on the hill was a lonely goat herd...well as high as they will ever get.

A Day At the Zoo :The Train Ride

Come ride a little train as its going down the track to the .....Zoo....

Deep scary canyon...and also all the storm damage.

The Gazebo
the Carousal of endangered species

In the covered bridge...

Yes Kathy you came across the prairie in the 1830 in one of the first steam locomotives and had to worry about the attack of Indians and.......

Happy 95th

My mom's sister Margaret had her 95th birthday on Sunday.


Aunt Margaret some friend of hers and her nutty daughter Nancy


Aunt Margaret and her baby brother Ray. Who will be 88 in December

Well I wasn't going to be the one to cut that piece either.

The Bix 7 July 26,2008

This I believe is the 34th running of the Bix. The day dawned cool and humid. The people at First Pres where already up with coffee and donuts at 6am. And people had already set up their chairs. This year again I didn't care who sat in my front yard my sister had signed me up to help with the med tent. She figures this will counter all the time I help out at disasters. I was a catcher of falling runners. I myself only had one go down on me. But it was busy. The race drew a total of 13,711 entries. Even combined with the 3,084 kids who ran the Alcoa Jr. Bix on Friday, it still was the Bix 7’s smallest turnout since 1990.

Runners who thought ahead. The sign said something about being a patient after running the bix.
The Cresent Apartment building in the distance

The QC Times building...Proud sponsor of the Bix 7
The med tent. Sponsored by some hospital.
Niece Sarah getting ready to start the race.
Here come the runners.
No you can't cross that huge barrier.
played it the whole course

Waiting for the runners.
Sadie from Target
Armed Services who said no to the cooling spray.
Sara from Borders. looking her confused self
What it looked like from the finish line
Well he only does work one night a year...he has to have something to do the rest of the time
Runners replenishing lost liquids. Bud,Miller,
The most popular spot after the race.
Geeky Runner
Vitamin water in one hand beer in the other
Healthy stuff...naaa

the mess left over.

The Elvises checking it out