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Virginia Is A Lovely Place at Christmas

George had the luck to grow up in a beautiful place in Virginia.  The state of, for all you Minnesotans who continually ask us "town or state?"  (We have a town called Virginia in northern Minnesota.)  But George grew up in what is formally known as the Commonwealth of Virginia.  It's a beautiful place.  Here are some pictures from our Christmas at his boyhood home...

 The "big boys" flying balsa wood airplanes, overlooking the Ware River.

 The kids having a marshmallow shooting war in the yard.
 The "front" or river-side of the house with its wraparound porch facing the water.
 "Tree Lodge", and the pansies are blooming next to the snowman at Christmas!
 George and Eli walking along the shoreline.
 Rose sitting on one of the many pier posts that have washed up via hurricanes.
 Eli found some treasure along the shore--bamboo poles.
 And George found a lot of trash.
 Father and son chopping wood for Grandma and Grandpa.
 George, his sister and sister-in-law bird watching.
And some of us posing for a goofy self-timer photo.
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Location: Gloucester, Gloucester Courthouse, VA, USA

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