97 and going strong

My Second cousin Lori Temple. and my sister Mary at Aunt Margaret's 97th birthday party in Clinton

If they would stop talking long enough to have their picture taken...

Mary and her namesake.

Dianne chilling at the party.

Bix 2010

Worked the Med Tent again this year. Didn't take my cel phone to take pictures because it was raining. I took my nice camera that is water proof...I got it out and went to take one picture and it said "Battery empty"....after the race and all the other excitement I took it out for one last look and got this in the parking lot of the Quad City Times. I don't know anyone in it..

I Asked Them To Do One Simple Thing

I asked them to just stand still while my camera did it's panoramic shot...Could they NOOOO!!!

The Evening Of The Bix.

Schwiebert Riverfront Park.

Looking at the rising Mississippi River.

Downtown Rock Island






Just up from the park looking back at the Centennial Bridge.

One of the mileage signs on the bike path. We headed to Davenport across the Arsenal Island.

the sun oh god its the sun

the end of Arsenal Island...most of the time its not under water. And if you look real close that is a pelican out there. 

the canons at Fort Armstrong pointed at those savages in Iowa.

The roller dams and down town Davenport taken from the Arsenal Bridge

the sun slowly sets.

Sylvan Island

Forced Mary out for a walk. We started in downtown Rock Island at the new Park. I talked her into going on to Sylvan Island. A former steel mill site that is now just an over grown park. This is some object d' art The other picture is a tower for power lines going across the island onto the Arsenal Island. The plants and vines have grown up and onto them. Spooky looking in a way.

Lindsey Park/Camp McClellan

I had the girls for the day. We went up to the East Village to play in the park. We found the place that Camp McClellan of Civil War days stood. I thought it was the buildings up on Eastern. They got bored and wanted to wander off so I had words with them so they went off to the crest of the hill to pout. They got excited when they saw the Channel Cat come in to dock. They had rode it with Grandma not that long ago.

Walk Around

The New Place

Out my front door July addition