August 12-18, 2011: Raleigh, NC
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Visit w/ Daughter and Granddaughters
On Aug. 12 we picked up a rental car and drove from Savannah to Cary, NC, a
quiet but prosperous town nestled up to Raleigh, and the home of daughter
Nellie. Granddaughter Jessie is 16, a soon-to-be junior in high school,
and a newly licensed driver. Granddaughter Katy is 21, a junior at
Meredith College, and just moved in to an apartment on campus. During our
visit, or shortly before, Barb somehow strained the tendon behind her new knee,
so our activities were somewhat curtailed. Never-the-less we managed to
see two movies and patronize a number of restaurants. The most impressive
visit was to the North Carolina Museum of Art, an incredible facility that
houses an awesome and varied collection, including an enormous number of
sculptures by Rodin. But activities aside, it was a warm and satisfying
visit with loved ones.
Recently, the family's pet collection was doubled from the former number of
two Whippets by the addition of two Sugar Bears, small marsupials from
Australia. They possess the kind of loose skin that we associate with
flying squirrels, and indeed, as the last photo documents, Sugar Bears do indeed
"fly".
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Barb exercises her knee in Nellie's newly-landscaped back yard
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One of the buildings on the impressive campus of Katy's Meredith College
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Another building on the campus
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In the kitchen of Katy's campus apartment ...
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... and on the couch ...
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... where Jessie and Katy ham it up
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Nellie and one of her Sugar Bears
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They have a cute face ...
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... opposable thumbs, a long tail ...
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... and enough loose skin to make them accomplished gliders
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At the ...
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... NC Museum ...
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... of ...
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... art
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Birdfeeder Birds
Just outside Nellie's kitchen window is a large birdfeeder. Here are
some of the pictures I got through the window:
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Female cardinal that is losing her crest
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This one is in better shape
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Male cardinal
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Carolina chickadee
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Flicker
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American goldfinch
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Tufted titmouse
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and another
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Female Purple Finch (?)
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