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Post by lugg on Jun 11, 2020 9:37:33 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 11, 2020 14:15:17 GMT
He is very cute but I am a bit alarmed at what is happening on his clothing.
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Post by htmb on Jun 11, 2020 15:06:21 GMT
He’s precious, Lugg! It must have been wonderful to finally get to snuggle with sweet little Enzo!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2020 15:25:23 GMT
Ohhhh, Lugg ~ he is even more beautiful than his newborn pictures, which were very beautiful indeed. I'm surprised you made yourself put him down long enough to get photos.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 11, 2020 15:31:53 GMT
Gorgeous lugg...he really is beautiful. I'm so glad you've got to meet him.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 11, 2020 15:40:42 GMT
I have enjoyed catching up on this thread and seeing all your lovely photos...Mossie I love your rogues gallery, Kerouac you havent changed a bit (just taller ) Mick, that is SUCH a brilliant photo...handsome as ever!
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Post by bjd on Jun 11, 2020 18:30:12 GMT
He is lovely, Lugg.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 11, 2020 20:20:15 GMT
My paternal Grandfather...some helpful soul used biro to pick him out. WW1 don't know where. My Parents, brother and sister and yours truly at the front aged 4 Baby Cheerypeabrain...
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 11, 2020 21:19:10 GMT
Those are great pictures!
And you’ve hardly changed....
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2020 22:30:38 GMT
SO lucky to have that WWI picture!
You have remained precious your whole life, dear Cheery!
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Post by casimira on Jun 12, 2020 11:39:39 GMT
I am thrilled you finally got to meet your grandson Lugg! (And, I love the name Enzo). He is beautiful. Those are great vintage pics Cheery. You earned the name Cheery from an early age. The brains came later.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 12, 2020 19:18:37 GMT
How do you know she's not smiling in the picture because she just finished memorizing the periodic table of the elements?
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Post by casimira on Jun 13, 2020 0:58:50 GMT
Right you are there Bixa. Likely because my brain wasn't working when I posted at that early hour.
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Post by lugg on Jul 7, 2020 19:25:32 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 7, 2020 22:23:36 GMT
Oh my goodness! Yes, he is much bigger and maybe even more beautiful.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 8, 2020 1:23:18 GMT
cheery's granddad was very handsome. Hoping I can find a pin-up of me (butt-nekked) as a very small baby. (Looking through stuff). Baby far from blonde; olive skin and jet-black curly hair but blue or blue-green eyes. And above all, the pic of my mum as a young war worker in Ottawa. She had a skunk stripe in her jet-black hair! It is sad to say, given all the war casualties, mass murders and other atrocious things going on, but in some ways it was the time of her life, as women had access to posts they were denied before and after. But she was safely in provincial Ottawa, not London and certainly not the European continent.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 19, 2020 19:21:06 GMT
I was very surprised to find this picture on facebook. It was posted by a school giving a thank-you to my brother with pictures of him then and now. I don't have any memory of this picture & can only guess at how old we were & where it was taken ~
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Post by lugg on Sept 4, 2020 19:14:12 GMT
That must have been quite a surprise Bixa but hopefully a good one. Anyway what a lovely photo.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 4, 2020 21:25:32 GMT
Thanks so much, Lugg!
I sent it to my mother who says it was taken in Bellevue, Nebraska. I must be @eleven in the picture & my brother is 17 months younger than I.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 10, 2020 12:47:49 GMT
Home schooling during Covid - No sitting up to attention, wearing a uniform and especially letting your hair touch the back of your collar and wearing it the way you feel perhaps?!
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Post by htmb on Sept 10, 2020 15:37:23 GMT
Precious!
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Post by lugg on Sept 10, 2020 18:00:15 GMT
That is a fabulous photo Tod
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Post by lugg on Sept 10, 2020 18:03:49 GMT
Enzo spam - ready for his first swimming lesson; and a snuggle with me / his grandma
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Post by breeze on Sept 10, 2020 18:15:16 GMT
Tod, do I detect a Barcelona fan at his computer? Barcelona football players have had some wild hairstyles, so he'd fit right in. He is adorable. Is this the younger or the older grandson?
Enzo looks so happy to be going swimming.
bixa, are you sure that's not the young Annette Funicello with your brother?
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Post by tod2 on Sept 11, 2020 12:09:58 GMT
Good observation Breeze! We bought him that Shirt in Barcelona but only because he loves Renaldo and Messi. I don't think either are at those teams now. These soccer stars seem to come and go like the wind.
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Post by casimira on Sept 11, 2020 13:30:40 GMT
These are all fabulous photos. Enzo is growing sooo fast. I love that he's learning how to swim.
Tod, your grandson is well, definitely going thru a phase with that hair. Quite a nice looking lad.
Bixa, you haven't changed a bit, nor J for that matter. (I do tend to agree with the Annette Funicello reference)
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 11, 2020 14:44:47 GMT
Great pictures lugg!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 11, 2020 16:52:31 GMT
Tod, your grandson never grew out off those gorgeous eyes he had as a tot, and it looks as though he never will! Lugg, that little guy is not only totally precious and beautiful, he also seems to radiate happiness -- a darling little sun! Ha, Breeze -- I used to hear that when I was a kid, but never saw it that much myself. Thanks, Casimira, although we might have changed just the teeniest bit. At a certain age, people used to think we were twins, which I supposed was because we're so close in age. Somehow, until I saw that photo, I never realized how much we looked alike.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2020 18:41:41 GMT
Lovely pics My brother, SiL and my niece They are great hikers!
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2020 15:58:25 GMT
Patricia Kathleen Bond Marino passed away in the early morning as the sun was rising on Monday, July 13, 2020. Patty was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on June 28, 1952 while her father was stationed in that city serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. But the family moved shortly thereafter to New Orleans which became her true hometown until later in life when she spent ten (10) fabulous years from 2008 until 2018, in her Parisian apartment located in the Marais District (3d Arr.) just steps from the famed Place des Vosges. Patty returned to New Orleans on August 31, 2018. Patty married Anthony C. "Tony" Marino on October 12, 1985. They were married in the fabulous patio of their then residence (rented from the long-time preservationists and owners, the late Milton Melton and late Stephen Scalia – affectionately referred to as the "Uncles"). Patty and Tony catered their own wedding on a wonderful Autumn day. Patty and Tony lovingly called each other "Bunny". While actual bunnies are known for being very prolific, "The Bunnies" had no children but were very fortunate to raise and care for rescue animals, Lydia Marie (Catahoula/Beagle mix), Manouche (Terrier/Pomeranian mix and King Barkus XI), Voodoo (Tabby feline), and Bunny Berrigan (A Sparrow-like Canary) until their demise. Although Patty and Tony were physically separated from each other beginning in 1998 until Patty's passing, The Bunnies continued in marriage apart, but remained very close and the best of friends. Throughout her life, she had many interests and careers. She was a voracious reader of quirky authors such as M.F K. Fisher. In her early adult life, she ruled as a famed bartender at such places in the 1970's as Molly's at the Market (then owned by Jim Monaghan) and The Abbey (then owned by Max Clevenger) when denizens of the Vieux Carré frequented the Decatur Street establishments long before the current days of the hipsters. She was famous for her own inspired cocktail called "The Peppermint Patty". Later she worked as a Manager at Jonah's Deli at The Market (then owned and operated by Jon Stern) before moving to work for the same owner to become the General Manager of Royal Café. The Royal Café was located in the most photographed building in the Vieux Carré – The LaBranche House (700 Royal Street). In addition, the business serviced overnight guests in the third-floor suites operated by Patty. Shortly, thereafter Patty had another change later in life when she attended the University of New Orleans to obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French in the mid-1990's which lead her to soon accept a position as a French Teacher at Louise McGhee School where she taught until her departure in 2000. In 2001, Patty opened her owned licensed Bed & Breakfast in the Faubourg Marigny on Chartres Street near Frenchman (2114-2116 Chartres Street). She owned and operated The Bijou Bed & Breakfast (The English translation of "Bijou" is "Jewel Box"). Patty designed and decorated the three-bedroom suites herself – cooking delectable breakfast meals based on her own recipes. The bed and breakfast operations were interrupted in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. It was right after Hurricane Katrina that Patty was diagnosed with breast cancer but she was successfully treated and recovered to lease space to boarders for a short time after Hurricane Katrina as part of the Road Home Program. As tourism returned to the city, Post-Katrina, Patty continued to operate The Bijou until 2008 when she was able to live her long-desired dream of becoming a resident of Paris. In the fall of 2008, she moved to the historic Marais District where she resided on Rue Roger Verlomme vowing never to return to her home city of New Orleans. Unfortunately, due to growing health reasons, with the assistance of her husband, Tony, on August 31, 2018, she returned with her little dig, a Parisian born Bichon Frise named Mijo. Prior to Patty's moving to Paris in 2008, in addition to travel in the United States, Patty and Tony traveled frequently to foreign lands, England, Scotland, France, Belgium and Italy. But Patty was a true Francophile and decided that Paris would be her home. On one trip to the South of France, because of her most idolized author, M.F. K. Fisher, Patty insisted that they stay at The Grand Hotel Beauvau in Marseille, France overlooking the Vieux Port where legendary author, M.F. K. Fisher was once a longtime resident along with other writers and musicians of the day. Patty had a very unique perspective on these things and every moment spent with her was truly special because of that. Patty was preceded in death by her parents, Earlleen D'Avy (a native of Opelousas, Louisiana) and James Bond (native of Pontotoc, Mississippi), her elder sister, Sharon Bond Brachet, and her elder brother, James Bond, Jr. Patty is survived by Tony, along with her aunt, Jackie D'Avy (residing in Cave City, Kentucky), her brother, Richard P. Bond (residing in New Orleans), her sister, Jaquelyn Bond Parchman (residing in Austin, Texas), her niece, Oreana Brachet (residing in Guadalajara, Mexico), and grandnieces, Ana Brachet and Paula Brachet (both residing in Guadalajara, Mexico). Patty has been cremated, as was her wish, and where she now resides at The Bunnies' Bourbon Street home on the in-home St. Joseph Altar. At some time later to come, we will celebrate Patty's life at the Bourbon Street home. In lieu of the usual remembrances, you may donate to The Mystic Krewe of Barkus www.barkus.org or The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) www.theaftd.org. To share memories and condolences, please visit www.tharpsontheimerfh.com.
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