........................Updated: 10-17-06............................................................152g.
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October 4, 2006
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Aloha all...
A significant change occurred within my family. My sister sold the house in Ojai, California that she has lived in since 1982. But it was also the house I lived in from 1962 until I moved to Hawaii in 1982. I was a biology teacher raising a family back then. There are a lot of memories centered around that house...good and sad. My sister made a good decision and choice of a nice condo in Ventura, our birthplace.
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So, I was there, between Ojai and Ventura for 11 days helping her with the move (and picking up a box full of my things to bring back to Kaua'i. I did not want to contact anyone there until after the move was complete. The move took a little longer than planned. Among the things I brought back were three framed school photos of my two daughters and son when they were little. I think that year's photos were the favorite.
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Lorilyn's Germ, Lorilyn, Michael and Kim.
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Anyway, those kids are right there looking at me with memories as I work at my notebook...
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Lorilyn, Michael and Lauren...(Kim is in Oregon).
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While I am here, I'm going to tell you a little about my granddaughter, Lauren. This little girl is having a wonderful life. She's only 5-1/2 years old and is already well-traveled and is a water person. This summer while her family was vacationing in Hawaii, she did some "surfing"...
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Lauren is good with a mask and snorkle and has no problem diving. On the northshore of O'ahu, she was able to dive down and touch a wild sea turtle. That had to be a thrill she will remember.
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Michael happens to be an artist...a very good cartoon artist. Throughout Lauren's young life, Mike has been drawing little cartoon storybooks of Lauren's travels and adventures. When we got together for the last time at the Ojai House, Mike showed me his latest book about their Hawaii vacation. These little books will do wonders reinforcing Lauren's memories of special times when she was very young. UPDATE: I received a copy of the finished book. I scanned the pages. Check them out:
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"We are holding a pareu over our heads because of rain."...............................................................................
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"There was a fish swimming around with a big bite taken out of him."..."Lifeguard had so much sunscreen his face was pale white."
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"The turtle had only 3 legs - plus a stub. Hence the name Tripod."......By Emily & Ethan's parents' beach rental in Waimanalo.
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"Toby is at the Waikiki Zoo."
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The infamous Day Fire was burning about ten miles to the east of us producing a lot of smoke and ash. I took a few photos with my new digital camera...they tend to turn out darker for some reason. Anyway, here is the Ojai House...
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Our favorite eucalyptus tree in the front corner of the yard.
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Ash from the Day Fire collecting on spider webs along the eaves of the garage.
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Yeah...the garage.
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Back to my old camera...
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Day Fire ash.
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These are photos of the sun taken through the smoke at about noon.......
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Bear..................................................................Lor and Kevin.
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The movers day...next......
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The professional movers did an excellent job from start to finish.
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I live on an island where the speed limit is officially 50 mph. When on the mainland, I prefer to drive the back roads and avoid the freeways where the speed limit is 65 mph. (If you are not going 75 mph in the slow lane, you may be impeding traffic...it feels like a race track. On this trip from Ojai to Ventura, I took Ventura Avenue from Foster Park. When I was behind this bus, I decided do get my camera out and take a photos of "The Boomer."
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The next left turn is Main Street. As long as I had my camera out, I decided to take photos of Downtown Ventura...old Main Street, were I had an office from 1979 until the mid-80's. Sometimes I had to keep moving the camera out of my sight to wait for the delay of shutter click from when I "squeezed" the trigger to (maybe) get what I was shooting at.
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This has been upgraded through time.
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Fr. Junipero Serra's last mission...San Buenaventura...1782.
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I'll continue through Downtown Ventura in Artmail 152h.
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