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Learning to Processing 16684 Miles and 15418 Photos
Apparently I didn’t exactly take 1 photo per mile traveled on this trip to Africa but I came pretty close. I’m still trying to recover from sitting in a metal tube at 35,000 feet for some 20 hours but I’m also trying to figure out how to process what we saw and did on this…
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Long Flight Arriving in Amsterdam
So, yes, that was an incredibly long flight, wow, and only a 10 hour flight to go. We are sitting here at the gate all glad to be on the ground for a while, even if it’s only for an hour. Wouldn’t have been all that bad except for the several thunderstorms we trounced through…
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Hauling Water From our Well Day
Yes, we are so far out of town that we don’t even have access to city water, and we love our well. Every time I go down to my well to get water I think about our friends in Uganda getting water from their well. I see it photos every time one of our teams…
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10 Days and Counting Plus it Rained :: Friday Feet
Another last minute Friday Feet but it’s still Friday for about another hour. Last Friday I was talking about how it hasn’t rained at our place in forever, and this week it rained off and on all week. My day today started out with rain and ended with rain and our pond in the photo…
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The Fillmer Birthday Party from October 1953
In October 1955, Larry Fillmer celebrated his 7th birthday, as shown in a nostalgic black-and-white photograph. Attendees dressed formally, and a card table was used for games. The photo, believed to be taken in Birmingham’s Oak Hills, features Larry as the birthday boy alongside his brother Les Fillmer.
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Happy 45th Birthday to Deborah
Saturday was Deborah’s birthday, and yes, she was born on Saturday the 14th (she has enjoyed pointing out to me this year it is the same exact day as it was 45 years ago). This was a special birthday for her, since she loves markers in years, 45 years was a small milestone for her,…
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Toomer’s Corner National Championship Mural
This is sort of just a random photo of the day for Sunday. The truck broke after church today so instead of my normal routine after the last service was over I headed to our favorite local mechanic’s parking lot to drop the truck off and headed (on foot) for Toomer’s Corner and lunch at…
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Alabama Tornado Storm Damage in Dadeville
Almost impossible to describe what we saw today as we took a small group of people from Cornerstone into Dadeville, AL. We didn’t know what to expect when we got there and most of the area was closed off, but the houses the police directed us to were way beyond needing trees cleaned up or…
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Dad Dressed in a Tie for Christmas 1957
The Throwback Thursday post features a Christmas photo from 1957, highlighting Larry Fillmer, the author’s dad, dressed impeccably at age 12. The author reminisces about family heirlooms captured by their grandfather, Don Fillmer, a talented photographer whose 1950s black and white images surpass today’s digital quality.
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Kaufman’s Valedictorian Graduation Speech of 1963
In remembrance of Georgia Christal’s 65th birthday on March 29th, the Throwback Thursday post features her valedictorian speech from 1963. A nostalgic look at an era devoid of modern technology, the photo highlights the simplicity of the time, with her using a microphone at a podium labeled 1955.
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