JUSTIN KNOWS THE ANSWER

IT IS SO NICE NOT BEING SICK....

HOME SICK, JAKE CATCHING UP ON HOMEWORK

DROVE SIX HOURS FOR A PICTURE?

HAVE FUN IN MN...I'LL BE THERE IN MAY FOR THE SUMMER THAW.

SPRINGTIME HAS ARRIVED

NOTICE...NO SNOW

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ENJOY SPRING

MOM IS HAVING A HARD TIME LEAVING DURING SPRINGTIME. FLOWERS ARE JUST STARTING TO BLOSSOM.

ROAD TRIP TO MN

WAVING GOODBYE TO WARM WEATHER AND SPRINGTIME. IT WAS 70 DEGREES f TODAY. TOMORROW IN MN, IT WILL BE A WEE BIT COLDER...

GRANDPARENTS VISIT

BRUCE'S PARENTS WITH THE GRAND CHILDREN.
GUESS WHO GOT THE WILD MAN GENE? THE REINFORCEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY TODAY... 

GIVE ME AN R

 

Basketball Madness

Go Bekkah 

MARINES COMING TO HELP

These are your sons, these are MARINES!

A MILLION MILES AWAY

Jake is in some other place

CHEERLEADER ALSO

 

MARCH MADNESS IN FEBRUARY

Bekkah fights for position under the basket in yesterdays game against St. Peters.

EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DAYS

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.
I HAD LOTS OF THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE TODAY BUT BEKKA WAS HAVING ONE OF HER LAST BASKETBALL GAMES SO I WAS GOING TO GO TAKE PICTURES. IT SEEMS THAT THE MYTHICAL FORD TRUCK god HAD OTHER PLANS FOR ME. I AM NOW AT MY OFFICE WITH A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK. IT APPEARS I HAVE BLOWN A WATER LINE OR SEAL OF SOME SORT. THE REPAIR SHOP CAN'T GET TO IT UNTIL MONDAY....WELL IT IS ONLY A TWELVE MILE WALK HOME..... 

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

BONO has been nominated for the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...Hmmm? 

DAMN YANKEE

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English

30% Yankee

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Borrowed from Bozette

IRISH WILD GEESE

IT IS THE SYMBOL OF ALL THE IRISH SOLDIERS THAT HAVE FOUGHT WARS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.. 

I HAD A DREAM

NOW I'VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION...

FLY ME TO THE MOON

IS THIS A GREAT SHOT OR WHAT? 

WIPE OUT

OH TO BE A KID AGAIN...MY BUTT COULDN'T TAKE THIS LANDING 

KNOCK! KNOCK! WHOSE THERE?

I LOVE THE SOUND OF 16" GUNS GOING OFF IN THE MORNING. 

MEMORY OF A GRAND LADY

I only had BB-62 give us fire support one night when I was in Viet Nam. As you can see from the picture, why it was a memorable event. When the New Jersey opened fire, we thought we had taken incoming fire, then we heard the shells go over our heads, the next thing we heard was the mountain explode. I watched the mountain burning all night. The next morning the New Jersey came up close from over the horizon. WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT! Not many will ever get to experience that again.

USS McInerney Underway

Think that Ensign is big enough? 

READ MY LIPS DADDY

YOU BE SAFE NOW...I NEED YOU 

LIFE'S JOURNEY

We never know what path life has in store for us. Some roads are smooth, others are a wee bit bumpy. We sometimes stop and look down that road and just admire the beauty of the journey. The one thing to remember though is this; WE NEVER TRAVEL THAT ROAD ALONE.....

Parachutist Nightmare

Fields filled with Wind Turbines. 

MARINE TRANSPORT AND FRIENDS

 

WHY LITTLE BOYS FROM IOWA JOIN THE NAVY

 

WATERMELON ANYONE?

 

I FIGURED IT OUT

I HAD ONE PICTURE ON HOLD WHEN I PUSHED THE PUBLISH BUTTON ON THE OTHER....TWO PICS POSTED!
 

WEIRD HAPPENINGS

I WAS TRYING TO POST THE ISLAND PICTURE AND THIS HAPPENED...CAN YOU GET A DOUBLE EXPOSURE WITH DIGITAL PIX? NURSE JILL APPEARS TO BE DRINKING SPIKED PUNCH..
 

MY HOMETOWN IN SNOW

 

ANOTHER SNOW DAY IN THE EAST

THE KIDS ARE REALLY GETTING BUSTED ON...ALL THE SNOW DAYS HAVE FALLEN ON THE WEEKENDS SO FAR....EVEN IN THE FIRST STATE... 

I'M THE ELDEST, GUESS WHO?

But spell my name. 

I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT

I'M TEN SECONDS YOUNGER THAN MY BROTHER. WHO AM I? 

POP QUIZ ! WHICH ONE IS THIS?

I have good looking Grand Children.... 

THE BOYS JUST HANGING OUT

Monkey Bars were meant to be climbed... 

BREAKFAST CLUB

BACON AND EGGS ANYONE? 

It's Sheila's Birthday today...Happy Birthday Sis! I would have to hold her hand as a child to keep her calm. She wore weird hats! 

LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES

I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN MN ANYMORE TOTO

IT IS ABOUT 70 HERE MEG! 

MEG'S FAVORITE FISHING SPOT

 

DREAM OF FISHING IN MN

 

LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER

Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday dear, Caleb..Sheila and Jackie!
Happy Birthday to you!

Somebody was singing Flat! 

BIRTHDAY BOY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB! WISHING YOU THAT HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY EVER.....
GM &GP 

ALL THINGS ARE RELATIVE

MEG COMPLAINS WHEN IT IS 29 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILL....
HOW DO YOU THINK THESE GUYS IN CANADA FEEL THIS MORNING? 

SHIELDS FAMILY AT GRANDMOM AND GRANDPA 50TH ANNIV

AND THE REST OF THEM

 

THE REST OF THE CREW

 

Grandpop and Grandmom with Crew (some)

 

Ethel and Crew

Picture from the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Grandmom and Grandpop Shields. Holy Spirit Church, Garfield Park, Wilm. DL. 

HEY LITTLE GIRL

GOT TO VISIT DELANEY LAST SUNDAY NIGHT...SHE WAS A STITCH....

LIVING IN A NATIONAL FOREST

UP NORTH THEY HAVE SNOW STORMS. DOWN SOUTH WE HAVE CONTROLLED BURNS. I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNING PINE FOREST IN THE MORNING. IT SHOULD REACH 70 f TODAY.

SISTER SHEILA'S BIRTHDAY

SATURDAY IS MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY...AND THEY SAY MEN ARE SO INSENSITIVE! I WONDER WHAT SHE IS GOING TO GET ME? 

HANK'S ALIBI

PRAY TELL HOW DID HANK BREAK HIS WRIST? 

U.S. NAVY TRAINED

Ok sailor, explain to me how you wound up under your car? Don't tell me it was the snow either. 

Earthquakes in New Orleans..? I have listened to a lot of people talk about weird weather, but here is a new wrinkle. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Severe Thunderstorms and now Earthquakes. I think the Mayor is correct, God is angry at them...If you see a volcano smoking, I would suggest moving to Texas. 

WHAT A VIEW

My sister just had this window put in....Just in time for the snow storm. 

Snowball Fight

 

50th HOWARD AND PATSY

 

St. Pauls in Wilmington DL

This was the Church I attended as a child... 

DUCKS VIOLATE THE LAW

Would the owner of these ducks and geese please have them read the sign... 

CALM BEFORE THE STORM

I went up to the ponds where we used to ice skate. It is still as pretty as ever but you can no longer skate there. The whole place has been turned over to the State and is open to the public now. It was much more peaceful when we used to climb the fence and trespass. 

LOCAL WATERING HOLE IN DELAWARE

THEY HAVE A BARTENDER NAMED CHUCK WHO WON'T ACCEPT A MILITARY ID TO PROVE YOUR AGE. MILITARY ID NOT WELCOME HERE. IF YOU ARE FROM DELAWARE YOU NEED TO SEE ABOUT GETTING CHUCK CANNED AND APOLOGIZE TO THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO KEPT HIS SORRY ASS FREE.

EILEEN'S NEW HOME

 

DON'T EAT YELLOW SNOW

MY LEG IS LIFTED...IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIRE HYDRANT. 

FIRST WRECK ON THE TRIP HOME

BIG RIG JACK-KNIFED AND BURNED. ROADS ARE STILL SLIPPERY. 

TARA'S HOUSE AT MOON RISE

We have arrived back in North Carolina. 2 more hours and we will be home. Need a small rest after the trip back. 

FOLLOW THE ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN

I'M COMING DOWN THE HILL NOW BUT I HAVE TO GET UP THE OTHER SIDE. 

CHECK OUT MY CAR

THAT WHITE BLIP NEXT TO THE LITTLE TREE. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE THE DOOR HANDLE. WE WERE SUPPOSE TO DRIVE UP TO NEW YORK THIS MORNING... 

WEEKEND WHITE OUT

This is what I woke up to this morning! East Coast is being hit by a winter NOREASTER! MY CAR IS BURIED IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. IT TOOK US A COUPLE HOURS TO DIG IT OUT. 

KATIE WITH THE HAPPY COUPLE

NO YOUR DAD DIDN'T TAKE THIS PIC

NAVY

I WILL NOT MAKE ANY JOKES. THERE ARE VETS IN THIS GROUP...BUT ONE ON ONE YOU ARE ALL FAIR GAME.

MARINES

A SMALL REBELIOUS CROWD. BREN IS SENIOR? OFFICERS KEEP GETTING YOUNGER.

DIGGER AND THE CLAN

WHO STOLE JERRY?

I DON'T WANT ANY STRING BEANS

WATCH OUT KATE, AUNT CECIL IS ABOUT TO BLOW.

50 YEARS

FATHER SAID THERE WERE A LOT OF TRADITIONS BUT HE COULDN'T THINK OF WHAT TO MAKE OF A SNOW STORM, JUST TAKE UP ANOTHER COLLECTION BEFORE EVERYONE LEAVES.

HITCH HIKING BACK TO CAROLINA

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT DELAWARE DECIDED TO HAVE A SNOW STORM IN MY HONOR. SNOW BLIZARD CONDITIONS, ROADS ARE COVERED AND WINDS AT 30 MPH ARE YET TO COME.

THE BROTHERS MCINERNEY

 

CHEAP TRICK

WHEN YOU WANT YOUR HORSE TO JUMP, JUST CUT DOWN A TREE AND LEAVE IT ACROSS THE TRAIL. 

POND STARTING TO FREEZE

THIS PIC WAS TAKEN THIS AM BEFORE THE SNOW STORM ROLLED IT. WE HAVE OVER 6" OF SNOW AND IT IS STILL COMING. 

St Pauls

Who are these people?

GOING TO THE DOGS

I visited one of my favorite spots and it has been turned into a nature area....for dogs and horses. Is nothing sacred anymore? Didn't they know that I would be back?

PATSY AND HOWARD REMARRIED AFTER 50

WE'LL ALL SEE HOW LONG THIS ONE LAST!

SUNRISE AND SUNSET TOGETHER

 

ROAD TRIP

The sun is up and I am on a Road Trip to DL and NY. I may even go to Atlantic City. Only time will tell. If I get a chance I will post pics when I am able. This trip is for Howard and Pat's 50th Wedding Anniversary and the Baptism of Erin's son.....I might even get to visit some of my childhood favorite places.............See you later... 

I KNEW THAT

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 80% Hulk 70% The Flash 70% Green Lantern 70% Supergirl 60% Robin 55% Wonder Woman 50% Spider-Man 45% Catwoman 40% Iron Man 40% Batman 30%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

I GET COMPLAINTS

I have heard some complaints from family and friends that I'm getting too mellow, of course I also get complaints that I'm too mean spirited, then I also get complaints just because people like to complain. I will work on trying to appease all those who lack my gentile sense of humor. Someone once told me that I could always make them laugh. 

COMPANY LOGO

 

VIRGINIA AND CHESTY PULLER

It's getting close to Valentines Day, so I thought I'd give you a little love story... THIS STORY FROM SAMANTHA SPEAKS.
Lewis and Virginia on their wedding day.
Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, considered by many to be the greatest fighting man ever to pull on Marine boots1, didn’t marry until he was 39. He had known the woman he would marry all his life but didn’t realize the freckled faced daughter of a family friend had grown into a beautiful woman until 1926 when he ran into her at a dance in Urbanna, VA. It was that night that he decided to marry Virginia Evans.Lewis was the quintessential Marine, but was seriously lacking in the skills of courtship. Virginia was the belle of the ball and had caught the eye of most of the men in attendance. Lewis had managed to dance with her three times but his attempts at conversation were awkward. Before his fourth dance with her he decided to use the direct approach and so with great confidence he asked her staight out to marry him. Of course she said no. Her excuse was that she hadn’t finished school yet, but she was impressed that he had not danced with any other women all night. Before he left for his next post in Hawaii he sent her three very rare orchids at a cost of $10, a large sum of money in 1926. Her joyful letter to him evoked the following reply; “Marry me, and I’ll buy you three dozen orchids every month of your life.”2For eleven years Lewis corresponded with Virginia from his various duty stations all over the world, sending her gifts and reminding her of his desire that they wed. Virgina had long been known by her friends as the independant, career minded girl and so it was no surprise that at age thiry she was yet unmarried. When Lewis was posted to Philadelphia in 1936 he intensified his campaign to marry her.Virginia was impressed by Lewis’ devotion. He wrote to her every day and his letters were full of passion:
I love you so very much Virginia, that I will never be happy unless you are. I would not want you to marry me, if I had the least idea that I could not make you completely happy. I would rather that you were married to some other man and for me to know that you were happy. You are so fine and you have had too much sorrow in this life. From now on life must be different. Your happiness is all that matters to me.3Lewis and Virginia were married on November 13, 1937, and in every way she was the perfect match for him. Her independant nature allowed her to survive their constant separations and the strain of him being at war. Together they had three children, Virginia McCandlish born in May of 1940 and Martha Lee and Lewis Burwell Jr. born in August of 1945.Virginia Evans Puller died Saturday, February 4, 2006, she is survived by her two daughters and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren . There is very little written about her, however, in her long life she loved and was loved by one of the finest men to ever wear the uniform of the United States Marine Corps. She also endured some unimaginable sorrows. Her son, Lewis Jr., lost both legs and most of his hands in Vietnam and even though he graduated from law school and raised a family, he suffered from severe depression and in 1994 took his own life. Her husband died in October 1971; she outlived him by 35 years, as many years as God gave them together. She must have been one incredible woman!
Together again! Sweet Dreams Virginia and Good Night CHESTY, wherever you are!

WILL CHARLES EVER BE KING?

NOT IF MOMMA HAS HER WAY. WHO EVER HEARD OF A QUEEN CAMELLA? 

THE BUS

I think this about sums up his career. ROAR BABY, ROAR! 

Ouch!  

LONG WALKS ALONG THE BEACH

On cold nights you can't help but want to be where it is warm. 

THE BIRD MAN

I wonder whose favorite Larry Bird was many years ago. Is he still coaching? 

WHO ELECTED THESE IDIOTS

REMEMBER TO THANK YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE POLL NEXT ELECTION....CAN YOU SPELL UNEMPLOYED? 

HAZARDOUS

WHAT FUEL DRUM? 

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I DON'T LIKE VISITORS? WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE LOCAL POSTMAN'S MAILBOX? BRINGS NEW MEANING TO GOING POSTAL. 

PALM PILOT

THIS ONE HAS BEEN USED ON MANY COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS. 

RING THE DOORBELL

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW WISE GUY? 

SMART ASS

NOBODY LIKES A SMART ASS. 

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY 06

THE STEELERS WON! BUT... IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE EAGLES....THANKS T.O. FOR ALL YOUR HELP. HOW COULD ONE TEAM FALL APART SO FAST....? SEAHAWKS HAD A GREAT SEASON...BEST OF LUCK NEXT YEAR.

IT'S YOUR MOVE

THIS IS THE GRANDCHILDREN'S FAVORITE GAME. 

ANIMAL KINGDOM

What is the difference between a Northern zoo and Southern zoo?

They both have Identification plates on the cages, but in a Southern zoo they include recipes. 

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL GOES POSTAL

Well, no matter how you look at this Ground Hog Day, it would appear that Phil doesn't want to play games anymore. Or is this an IRAQI Ground rodent?

GROUND HOG DAY 2006

I CAN'T THINK OF ONE REASON WHY THIS CREATURE EXIST, EXCEPT TO FORCAST THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.