DOOO YOUUU KNOW WHOOO THESE GHOUlS ARRREEE???  I DO!

A MEMORIAL FOR FRANCIS SCOTT KEY IN CALIFORNIA GARDENS

FANCY DOG HOUSES FOR YOUR PAMPERED PET AT THE SIDEWALK FAIR

JOYCE AND DARS NEAR THE SEALS, SANTA CRUZE, CAL.

LANA AND I WENT TO PICTURED ROCKS CRUISE IN MUNISING FOR THE DAY IN SEPT.

ONE OF THE WATERFALLS ON THE CRUISE

PICTURED ROCKS

A FEW MORE CALIFORNIA PICS IN SEPT. 2013

A FESTIVAL IN A PARK, PEOPLE DRAWING W. CHALK ON THE SIDEWALK

AN ARTIST DRAWING ME (DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ME!)  I THINK I HAD THIS ALREADY ON, EXCUSE IF DOUBLES

MORE SIDEWALK PAINTERS.  THEY WERE ALMOST DONE WHEN IT BEGAN TO RAIN BUCKETS, AND THOSE WITHOUT TENTS LOST THEIR CHALK DRAWINGS

IN SANTA CRUZ FOR THE DAY...ANDREA, JULIA, DARLENE, JOYCE

SANTA CRUZE, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

KIDS FROM COLLEGE WERE DRESSED UP AS SOME HAND HELD GAMES

CHINESE MAN TEACHING DARLENE AND MARGIE HOW TO USE CHOPSTICKS

JULIA COULD HARDLY WALK ON HER CRUTCHES, SO DARS SAID HOP ON, I'LL CARRY YOU.  LASTED ABOUT TEN FEET

HOT TUB TIME

ANTIQUE LAUGHING (CONTINUOUSLY) LADY, YOU COULDN'T BE NEAR HER FOR TWO LONG

SPIDER BIKE FOR SEVEN PEOPLE...THEY ALL PEDALED, AND ONE STEERED....WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN IT WORKING

ANOTHER COMMERCIAL.  I PAINTED THIS A LONG TIME AGO WHEN PETE AND I WENT TO DECKER'S OPERATION IN THE WOODS.  IT'S A SLASHER DOING IT'S WORK.  IT'S A WATERCOLOR, WAS 400 BUCKS, BUT IT HASN'T SOLD, SO 50 BUCKS WOULD DO.  UNFRAMED,  13 X 20 INCHES.  CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR SOMEONE IN THE LOGGING BS???

recent trip to san jose, san francisco, santa cruz, CA

ME, EVELYN, JOYCE DARLENE, JULIA, ANDREA AND MARGIE BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE

DID THE WHOLE WORKS, CHINA TOWN,, ETC.

CROOKEDIST ST. IN THE WORLD...COULDN'T GET A GOOD SHOT OF THIS

I WAS TAKING A PIC. OF THIS TRUCK WHEN THE OWNER SHOWED UP.  HE  HOT GLUED A WHOLE PILE OF PENNIES TO HIS TRUCK....HE DIDN'T MIND ME TAKING A PIC.

OUR GPS TOOK US TO A GOOD PIZZA PLACE CALLED "ZA"...OK, MARGIE,  SHEEESH!

THE TROLLEYS WERE VERY BUSY!

NICK RAISANEN (HEIDI AND KEITH'S SON) MARRIED NORA KIILUNEN (DAVE AND NANCY'S) RECENTLY IN HOWELL, MI

MARGIE AND BRIAN HELMINEN, PARENTS OF LEO AT HIS WEDDING 

SUE AND REED DAAVETTILA, PARENTS OF SARAH

SARAH DAAVETTILA  AT HER WEDDING TO MY GR/SON WITH HER TWIN SISTER KATE

SARAH AND LEO HELMINEN, MARRIED IN HOWELL, MI, SEPT.28, 2013

LYNETTE/JUSTIN HYRKAS WEDDING, SEPT, 2013, CALUMET

LYNETTE (ANDERSON) AND JUSTIN HYRKAS

                                    PARENTS OF LYNETTE:  KURT AND TRUDY ANDERSON

PARENTS OF JUSTIN:  AMY AND RON HYRKAS

ABBY HALONEN, EMILY JOHNSON, JULIA ANDERSON

JUSTIN HYRKAS, KEVIN LASANEN, TYLER HYRKAS, HANS TOLKKINEN

WEDDING REHEARSAL FUN

FATHER "WIGGY", HE ALSO HAD A CANE..

ALL BRIDESMAIDS, ATTENDANT, PHOTOGRAPHER AND MORE, WORE A WEDDING DRESS EXCEPT THE BRIDE.  VERY CUTE IDEA!!!