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The new Justice Center on the square in Bukesville.
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xBox - 6020
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4th of July Bike Parade.
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xBox - 6030
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Patriotic bike decorations.
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The young are patriotic also, well maybe their parents.
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Two kids in a patriotic decorated wagon.
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xBox - 6060
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Stacey pointing to my Uncle Ralph's name on a memorial stone on the Courthouse Square in Burkesville.
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Other individuals of conflicts and wars are also memorialized on the other side of the stone.
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Swarm of humingbirds drinking at one of our feeders.
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xBox - 6090
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Linda cut Stacey's hair for a 'Locks Of Love' donation to help diseased children.
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xBox - 6100
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A young deer near the fence at the end of our house.
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xBox - 6110
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The young deer are quicker than the full grown deer IMO.
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xBox - 6120
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Derek driving the boat with Lana and Frank riding along.
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Derek enjoying the 'glass' that makes Dale Hollow such a great place to boat.
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xBox - 6140
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Derek 'out around the bouy' on a kneeboard at Fanny's Creek on Dale Hollow.
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xBox - 6150
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Jacob Beck driving their boat with his mom riding in the bow.
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Becks and Dials cruising on the way to the Wolf River Dock.
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Jacob behind the wheel of his family's boat.
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Derek Dial standing in the bow while Frank cleans a spot off the side of the boat.
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Stacey and Linda enjoying the ride back to the dock.
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xBox - 6200
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Derek in a 'do rag' in the front of their boat.
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A crew of houseboats that Garry Brown hangs out with on the lake.
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Derek and his ski that he uses to 'carve up' the water.
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The sun going behind the clouds as another day on the lake nears an end.
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xBox - 6240
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Near dark coming into Star Point Dock.
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xBox - 6250
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The Star Point dock store with the campground in the background.
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xBox - 6260
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Bonnie and Donnie Cox's cabin near Byrdstown TN.
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xBox - 6270
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Green grass from recent rains needs mowing sometimes twice a week.
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xBox - 6280
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It was 94 degrees when I stepped out of the back door on the way to work on the bush hog.
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xBox - 6290
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I parked the tractor on the slope so I could lay under the bush hog without it falling on me.
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I picked up a used rug while bush hogging the creek bank. It had washed down from somewhere up the creek.
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Freshly rolled hay laying in the fields.
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xBox - 6320
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It makes a nice looking 'large' lawn when the hay has just been cut.
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More rain equals more mowing.
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xBox - 6340
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Stacey mixing a cake batter for a 'Birthday Cake'.
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Stacey pouring the batter into floured cake pans.
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Removing the baked cakes from the oven.
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Stacey is spreading the icing over the cakes.
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Stacey has the cake in the covered cake plate ready for the candles.
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Linda is lighting the candles on the cake.
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xBox - 6400
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Brent blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.
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xBox - 6410
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Pauline reading the birthday card to Brent as they set on his gifts.
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xBox - 6420
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Linda lounging in the front of our boat on Dale Hollow.
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xBox - 6430
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Derek's crew arriving at our anchor spot.
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xBox - 6440
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'Hector' skiing while Derek is driving the boat.
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xBox - 6450
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Jen picking up the ski while 'Hector' is ready to climb in the back of the boat.
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xBox - 6460
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Just another beautiful day on Dale Hollow Lake.
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xBox - 6470
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Anchored in 'Five Fingers' cove and enjoying the water.
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xBox - 6480
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Pauline and her brother, Donny, deep into a game of chess.
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xBox - 6490
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Donnie, Pauline and Brent as they were leaving for Smith's Grove.
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xBox - 6500
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I've had the brace welded on the bush hog.
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xBox - 6510
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Sky colors reflected in the creek water a little after sunset.
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xBox - 6520
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Garmons are cutting and sticking their tobacco.
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xBox - 6530
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Six guys work in teams of two and go back and forth along the rows. The temperature was in the 90s.
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xBox - 6540
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Half the patch has been cut and stuck on tobacco sticks.
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xBox - 6550
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Guys pick up the tobacco on the sticks and hand it to Phil on the wagon as his grandson drives the tractor slowly through the field.
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xBox - 6560
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A guy hands the tobacco to another guy that walks over and passed it up to a third guy to hand clear to the top guy who then hangs it in the barn.
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xBox - 6570
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Stacey arranging our pumpkin harvest on the hay wagon.
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xBox - 6580
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The green ones are apple gourds.
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xBox - 6590
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We separated the pumpkins and left them out in the rain on the wagon to wash some of the dirt off.
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xBox - 6600
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We grew all sizes and shapes.
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xBox - 6610
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Stacey leaning on one of the bigger pumpkins.
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xBox - 6620
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I borrowed the triangle shaped bars to secure the drawbar on the old Ford tractor.
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xBox - 6630
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Major breakage on the oldest bush hog, looks like it will need quite a bit of welding to get it working again.
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xBox - 6640
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Our grass on the slope in front of the house has filled in quite well this summer.
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xBox - 6650
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Corn crib and barn with pumpkins set inside on shelves.
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xBox - 6660
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We hope to sell the pumpkins along with hay bales and mums.
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xBox - 6670
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Abner, Reba, Linda and Imon at a family reunion.
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xBox - 6680
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Imon and Linda at the family reunion.
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xBox - 6690
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Bob Bankson at the reunion.
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xBox - 6700
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Mike Bankson at the reunion.
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xBox - 6710
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Pa B's old covered wagon is almost gone.
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xBox - 6720
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Abner pulling a wagon load of kids with his old Ford tractor.
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xBox - 6730
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Wagon load of the next generation.
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xBox - 6740
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Imon and Linda in the kitchen in their new house.
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xBox - 6750
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I have graded the backyard for better water run off.
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xBox - 6770
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I have dug out the old ribbed plastic pipe to replace it.
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xBox - 6780
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I widened the trench and laid down new PVC pipe.
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xBox - 6790
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I covered the pipe, smoothed the driveway and added the ends nearest the camera.
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xBox - 6800
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Stacey turning the ducks loose and they hide under the nearest bush.
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xBox - 6810
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I removed the front tires and wheels on the 8N to replace the tires and tubes.
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xBox - 6820
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New tires and tubes have the 8N ready to roll.
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xBox - 6830
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I'm using the tractor to bush hog a field behind Regina's old house.
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xBox - 6840
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It's peaceful riding on the tractor even though it gets a little rough sometimes.
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xBox - 6850
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Our mums ready to sell in front of the Center for the Aging during the Blue Grass Festival.
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xBox - 6860
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Part of the crowd watching the onstage performances at the Blue Grass Festival
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xBox - 6870
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Picking, grinning and clogging onstage all at the same time.
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xBox - 6880
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More of the crowd from a different viewpoint.
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xBox - 6890
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Picking and singing under the covered picnic area during the Blue Grass Festival.
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xBox - 6900
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Some of the quilts entered in the competition.
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xBox - 6910
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Pauline and her 3rd Place ribbon for her Cathedral Window quilt.
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xBox - 6920
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Part of the Corn Toss competition at the festival.
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xBox - 6930
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Some of the age bracket competition at the festival
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xBox - 6940
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Mums on the hay wagon for sale along the roadside.
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xBox - 6950
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The old tractor I use to pull the hay wagon full of mums.
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xBox - 6960
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Our neighbors, Nancy and Steve Riddle coming down the road in their Mule.
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xBox - 6970
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The last cutting of hay.
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xBox - 6980
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Just a beautiful day in KY.
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xBox - 6990
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The creek has flooded and overflowed it's banks.
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xBox - 7000
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This is higher than the April 2004 flooding.
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xBox - 7010
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The flood water is runnig through Regina's barn at the entrance to the mum patch.
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xBox - 7020
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The flood water is runnig through Regina's barn and half way up on the large hay roll.
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xBox - 7030
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Looking down at the flooded creek from our driveway.
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xBox - 7040
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Over 4 inches of rain fell overnight.
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xBox - 7050
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No doubt the flooding will leave debris in the hay fields.
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xBox - 7060
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We saw this group of young turkeys on the way up the road to Jone's Chapel.
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xBox - 7070
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We set 6 pots of mums on the chapel front porch.
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xBox - 7080
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A large garden spider on our mum sign.
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xBox - 7090
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Cooter laying in the shade with the tractor and wagon load of mums by the barn.
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xBox - 7100
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The day turned into a beautiful one after a morning drizzle moved out.
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xBox - 7110
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Water from the flooding rain is still flowing out of the 'hollers'.
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xBox - 7120
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Flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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xBox - 7130
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More flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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xBox - 7140
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Even more flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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xBox - 7150
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The clearing sky makes a dramatic picture near sunset.
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xBox - 7160
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We roll the wagon out at night and move it in the barn during the heat of the day.
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xBox - 7170
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Our house on the hill.
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xBox - 7180
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The mum patch is nearly empty.
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xBox - 7190
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We still have to dig 30 mums for the Home Makers Club.
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xBox - 7200
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Some of the hay rolls were half way under water.
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xBox - 7210
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More rain has made it hard to get the hay done.
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xBox - 7220
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The small streams are flowing water to the creeks.
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xBox - 7230
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Just think, people pay to have these 'water features' added to their property.
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xBox - 7240
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Rain drops show up in this picture.
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xBox - 7250
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The tree colors are starting to change is this picture.
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xBox - 7260
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30 mums stored for the Home Makers in the hay shed.
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xBox - 7270
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18 Yellow mum and 12 Orange in rows.
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xBox - 7280
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Digging early slows down the blooming and hopefully will keep them nice longer.
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xBox - 7290
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The mum patch is 'SOLD OUT'!
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The two last mums with a shovel ready to use.
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xBox - 7310
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The mums were beautiful this year, IMO.
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xBox - 7320
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Some of the booths at the Edmonton Pumpkin Festival.
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xBox - 7330
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Joe Strange's booth sells painted pumpkins, Indian corn and gourds.
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xBox - 7340
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Stacey standing by the '58 Triumph TR3 that Brent entered in the Brownsville car show.
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xBox - 7350
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A nice hot rod at the car show.
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xBox - 7360
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Another nice car.
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xBox - 7370
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I liked this car's body work, but the color wasn't my favorite.
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xBox - 7380
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I'd love to have this truck to use to deliver mums.
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xBox - 7390
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John built this truck while we worked at Corvette.
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xBox - 7400
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A view of some of the cars and trucks entered in the car show.
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xBox - 7410
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This was a 'clean' looking pickup truck.
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xBox - 7420
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Brent accepting the trophy the TR3 won.
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xBox - 7430
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I cleaned out a section of ditch I dug a few years earlier.
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xBox - 7440
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I also cleaned out both sides of a pipe used to cross the ditch.
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xBox - 7450
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Falling Timber would be a good name for our farm.
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xBox - 7470
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Mums for the Home Maker party have been stored in the garage on the hay wagon.
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xBox - 7480
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Water features abound around our farm.
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xBox - 7490
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After two days of rain, the fall colors still shine through.
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xBox - 7500
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A small water falls as it has ate away the rock nearby.
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xBox - 7510
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Larry has been using the front loaded to clear away a gravel bar in the creek.
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xBox - 7520
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The tree colors are showing brightly on a nice day.
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xBox - 7530
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The cedars stand out against the changing leaf colors of early fall.
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xBox - 7540
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Garmon's barn along the road with the hills in autumn foliage.
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xBox - 7550
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Stripping tobacco, each person does a different section of the stalk.
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xBox - 7560
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Then the tobacco from each part of the stalk is placed in separate boxes to be packed into bales.
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xBox - 7570
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A wide angle picture of the hillside and hay field.
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xBox - 7580
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I have set posts for the new wood shed on the end of the existing hay shed.
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Stacey and the Beaver, a radio station mascot, outside Diddle Areana.
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xBox - 7600
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Linda & Stacey standing in line for a Dierks Bentley concert.
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xBox - 7610
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Randy Rogers Band played the first set.
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xBox - 7620
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Short intermission between RRB and Miranda Lambert.
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xBox - 7630
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Linda & Stacey didn't have a cell phone to call each other.
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xBox - 7640
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Miranda Lambert had the crowd dancing and shouting.
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xBox - 7650
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Dierks Bentley put on a great show.
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xBox - 7660
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Randy & Miranda joined Dierks for a finale.
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xBox - 7670
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Some of the joists have been added to the framework.
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xBox - 7680
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I'm climbing the ladder while Brent holds the other end of a joist ready to go up.
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xBox - 7690
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The truck tailgate was our workbench.
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xBox - 7700
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Brent in the tractor scoop took this picture of the hayriders in our wagon.
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xBox - 7710
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Enjoying the hayride through the logging trails on Jone's Ridge.
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xBox - 7720
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These guys started a big bonfire for roasting hotdogs and marshmallows.
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xBox - 7730
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Slats are installed for the roofing and 2 by 4s for the sidewall metal.
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xBox - 7740
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The framework is done, including bracing for the stacks of wood.
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xBox - 7750
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Looking across the hayfield and the holler.
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xBox - 7760
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Our burning bushes are on fire.
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xBox - 7770
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Linda helped me install the metal for the walls.
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xBox - 7780
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The shed is finished.
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xBox - 7790
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I've already started filling it up.
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xBox - 7800
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The shed matches pretty well, even if I built it.
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xBox - 7810
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Crossing the hay field as the fog lifts on our way to cut wood.
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xBox - 7820
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Cooter is sniffing around while Stacey checks out the length of the tree.
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xBox - 7830
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I'm cutting the log into pieces the right length for our wood stove.
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xBox - 7840
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I've loaded the larger pieces and Stacey is loading the smaller ones.
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