I am sure you heard this news, but I will Post anyway...

Ray Duffy died as a result of a Heart Attack...

Talked to Michael today. Michael said he first met Ray in 1965 when the Hikers were conducting
an Audition, in the D Street Basement! They wanted to see if Michael had "the chops" to perform.

What I remember about Ray are two things:

• He drove a Green Rag Top Triumph

And #2,  I loved the sound of the Banjo he played so well

Which inspired me to go to Zaph's and buy a 5 string Banjo

that I never learned to play.

Thanks for the memories Ray...

Oh yea, one more thing.

Ray told me he served in Viet Nam

Brynn...and I quote...

"My Dad has finally opened up the Throttle...just a little bit!"

Wheeeeee!

Stoneman's Wood Shop

A Bird House from the 

John Mack Woodwork Collection...

When I was at the shore recently, Kelly asked what the sunscreen was that my Derm recommended

The Doc said that sunscreen should include Zinc Oxide or Titanium Dioxide.

I asked her why the popular brands do not include these ingredients. She said it was because they are too expensive. She provided me with two different brands:

Vanicream contains both ingredients

Solbar Zinc has 7.5% zinc

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/heartbroken-mom-warns-others-after-18-year-old-232645991.html

no bathing suit?

.....no problem....

Brynn just wants to pet an Ocean Eagle...

Uncle John had Kelly enthralled in a one on one conversation at Twilight

...by the POOL...

John had Kelly in The Zone

The Stoneman also had the family

nodding their heads on the idea of selling 

Photo Calenders World Wide...

from their future base in Spain.

I looked up a couple of things about people shooting people:

Deaths in America caused by a Gun:

The year 2014, the most recent statistics available...

• There were just over 33,000 Gun deaths in America in 2014
• 60% of them were suicides.........ie 19,982
• 3% were accidental.....................         990
• 4% were justified........................      1,320
• 33% were Homicides..................    10,840*

             *80% of Homicides were Gang Related...ie    8712

             * That leaves 2178 non Gang Related Homicides commited

                with a Gun in a country of 300million plus people.

source: Center for Disease Control 

                      

                                             -------------------------------------

# of Mass Shooting incidents in America (3 or more killed in one incident)

Years 1982 thru 2016

Per Presidential Term:

•  Reagan  11
• Bush       12
• Clinton   23
• Bush Jr   16
• Obama    34

TOTAL            96

source: Mother Jones Investigations http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data

I'm starting to see some family photos where Justin is closing in on Kelly's height

and Luke is approaching Amanda's height.

but I don't see any photos where they are approaching their

Uncle John Starr's height.

Uncle John is Kellys moms brother!

The photo is an older one of the McDowells in California.

Justin, Amanda & Luke have since grown.

Uncle John is still the same size.

Spelling Bee

http://dcist.com/2016/05/dc_cant_spell_croissant.php

Brynn is headed on vacation so she has been working out to get that 'Dock on the Bay Bod!' Looking good Girl!

This is her water skiing look

Just last week I shot an AR15

Very scary stuff.  I couldn't believe how loud and how fast the bullets were.  I commented, "I would not want to be on the end of that..."

My friend shooting snakes in the pond.  The snakes eat the fish, the fish eat the algae, less algae means a healthier pond.  Thus, the reason to shoot the snakes.