July 2006
   
 
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That Strawberry Hill rabbit...
 
nc_july_2007_002.JPG (444299 bytes) Sister Jan and the boys at Strawberry Hill... head 'em up, move 'em out...
   
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Will and the young Slash...
   
July 4th - Independence Day
Mountain Island Lake...
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July 5
Mother and I drove down to the old town of York, South Carolina, for lunch...
 
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nc_july_2007_024.JPG (608793 bytes) Crossing Lake Wylie and entering South Carolina...
 
On in to York...
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nc_july_2007_049.JPG (267487 bytes) Crossing Lake Wylie at the Buster Boyd Bridge and re-entering Mecklenburg County, North Carolina...
 
July 10
 
I was parked beside a store on East Independence Blvd. in Matthews, just relaxing inside Bigfoot, strumming the guitar... when this birdie came along, seemingly convinced that it wanted to come through my bedroom window. Now, I'm not saying the little birdie was attracted to my guitar playing, but it sure seemed that way...
 
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I had a job interview in Winston-Salem in the afternoon, followed by dinner with Christie...
 
At Christie's new house in Winston-Salem, where the driveway accommodated Bigfoot with nary an inch to spare...
 
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July 19
Driving through Winston-Salem...
 
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July 21
South 21 Drive-in Restaurant (East Independence Blvd.) - the best fried trout, onion rings, and slaw on the planet! I'm troubled that onion rings are not in the picture. I cannot imagine going to South 21 and not having onion rings... maybe they were just on the seat out of view...
 
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July 22
The Comet Grill, in Charlotte's Dilworth neighborhood. Bill Noonan's band was holding forth...
 
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July 23
I attended the "We Stand With Israel" rally at Shalom Park in Charlotte...
 
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July 26
At Mountain Island Lake, where young Will was drawing the Pokémon characters and compiling them into a detailed notebook...
 
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nc_july_2007_121.JPG (301507 bytes) Young Ryan, tickling the ivories. That old upright piano once belonged to my Father's mother, and was in my Father's parent's house in Culberson, NC, for many years. It's great to hear that old piano still used!
 
We had a root beer party!
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July 29
 
Mother and I enjoyed a Saturday morning market in downtown Matthews...
 
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After the Saturday morning market, we met Brother Brian and Sister Jan & her crew at the Tryon House Restaurant in Matthews...
 
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nc_july_2007_138.JPG (545088 bytes) The "Brian Pickett" wall inside Tryon House. Click here for notes made on May 19, 2005 concerning Brian Pickett's death.
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July 29 was the two year anniversary of Father's passing...
 
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And in the evening of the day I found myself at Puckett's Farm Equipment Co., in the Derita section of Charlotte, for a salute to Buck Owens...
 
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nc_july_2007_157.JPG (261509 bytes) Carina came down from Durham...
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nc_july_2007_160.JPG (213740 bytes) Bob Patterson was on hand...
 
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