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This survives in the Connecticut College Library. 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(Poison Ivy)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/house.jpghouseHouse in the woods.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/forest.jpgforestGood place to bathe.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/driveway.jpgdrivewayMy driveway.2020-04-09T03:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2013/08/30/in-quest-of-my-ancestor/2020-02-21T23:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2019/12/31/happy-new-year/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/trials-by-fire.jpgTrials by Firehttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/trials-by-fire-ebook.jpgTrials by Fire (ebook)2019-12-31T17:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2019/09/05/trump-tower-djibouti/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/west-side.jpgWest sideWest side of the Lighthouse, an abandoned khat stall at the lower left. 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These are all men.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/djibouti-street.jpgDjibouti streetDjibouti Street2019-07-07T23:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2019/05/30/getting-there/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/nordmeyer-house.jpgNordmeyer househttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/uniforms.jpgUniformsEmirates staff. (From Pinterest.)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/djibouti-at-last.jpgDjibouti at lastFirst view of Djibouti. I don't know where the water came from.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dubai.jpgDubaiWorld's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, from the airport.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dubai-from-the-air.jpgDubai from the airDubai as seen thought the plane's camera.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/back-of-plane.jpgBack of planehttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/middle-of-plane.jpgMiddle of planeThe plane was too big for one photo. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/front-of-plane.jpgFront of planeOur plane, with the boarding bridge.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/manhatten.jpgManhattenGrainy picture, but taken through the window.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/approaching-dubai.jpgApproaching DubaiThe map was in English, too, but I like the script.2019-05-30T16:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2019/04/01/djibouti/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0117191536.jpg0117191536Chinese salt workshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0117191527b.jpg0117191527bDesert, sea, volcanoes, and mountains.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/american-embassy.jpgAmerican EmbassyAmerican Embassy in Djibouti. (We didn't take this picture.)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0117191537.jpg0117191537Volcano in the Goubbet Al-Kharab (Gulf of Devils) https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0117191028.jpg0117191028Camel eating leaves on a thorn tree, https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0115190832a.jpg0115190832aModern Djibouti https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0115190833a.jpg0115190833aThe Porthttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0115191010a.jpg0115191010aTajorah's beauty: the sea and the mountains. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0112190925_hdr.jpg0112190925_HDRNot a good first impression, it it? I don't know where the water came from.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/matter-out-increasingly-rather-enjoy-you-sunlight-represents-place-exchange-later-comes-gulf-of-aden-africa-map-of-gulf-of-aden-africa-map.jpgmatter-out-increasingly-rather-enjoy-you-sunlight-represents-place-exchange-later-comes-gulf-of-aden-africa-map-of-gulf-of-aden-africa-mapSee the "horn" just south of Djibouti?2019-05-25T16:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/12/24/bah-humbug/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Christmas-Cactus-1.jpgChristmas Cactushttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Christmas-Cactus.jpgChristmas Cactus2019-01-08T16:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/12/08/in-michaels-wake/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181125a-2.jpg1130181125a (2)Resurrection Fern survives--a sign of hope?https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181130a.jpg1130181130ahttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181128.jpg1130181128Picnic areahttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181127b-1.jpg1130181127b (1)It was like this everywhere.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181127.jpg1130181127https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181126.jpg1130181126https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181125a.jpg1130181125aResurrection Fern survives--a good sign. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181123_hdr.jpg1130181123_HDRBoat ramp November 2018.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1130181122c.jpg1130181122chttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/shed.jpgshedNew home for Hurricane Michael victims. 2018-12-08T18:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/11/06/stopping-to-smell-the-roses/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180944b.jpg0805180944bhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180943a.jpg0805180943ahttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180928.jpg0805180928Rebuilt Original Park Officehttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805181008b.jpg0805181008bhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805181008a-e1541469438262.jpg0805181008aVeteran's Fountainhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180949.jpg0805180949Date Palmhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180947b.jpg0805180947bhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180940_hdr.jpg0805180940_HDRhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180936.jpg0805180936Edisto Riverhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0805180921_hdr.jpg0805180921_HDRAngel Garden2019-06-14T22:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/07/30/a-good-time-to-be-alive/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sputnik.jpgSputnikSputnikhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/massy-harris.jpgMassy HarrisMassey Harrishttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/music.jpgmusichttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apollo-11.jpgApollo 11Can you imagine flying to the moon in this?https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spirit-of-st-louis.jpgSpirit of St. LouisLindbergh's plane2018-07-30T18:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/05/31/purdue-hill-alabama/2018-06-04T13:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/04/30/housekeeper-wanted-must-play-piano/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lenas-letter.jpgLena's letterLetter from Lena Fleminghttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/grandad.jpgGrandadThis portrait was sketched by an itinerant artist during the Depression. 2018-05-30T00:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/03/26/healing-weeds/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/butterflies-wildflowers-001.jpgButterflies & Wildflowers 001Spanish Needles (Bidens alba)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/viola.jpgviolaWild Violet (Viola sororia). The leaves are similar to Ponysfoot.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ponysfoot.jpgponysfootPonysfoot (Dichondra carolinensis)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lyre-leaf-sage-e1522072365334.jpglyre leaf sageLyre Leaf Sage (Salvia Lyrata)https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/chickweed.jpgchickweedChickweed (Stellaria media)2018-03-26T15:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2018/02/01/digging-up-dead-relatives-and-finding-a-live-one/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/evan-hiett-house.jpgEvan Hiett House"Evan Hiett House" in North River Millshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/almost-heaven.jpgAlmost HeavenAlmost Heavenhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hiett-family-crest.jpgHiett Family CrestHiett Family Cresthttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/kidwell-family-crest.jpgKidwell Family CrestKidwell Family Crest2018-02-18T09:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/12/19/sarahs-fruitcake/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-thomas-rogers-home.jpgJohn Thomas Rogers' homeGrandad's househttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-thomas-rogers-circa-1890s-e1513701335814.jpgJohn Thomas Rogers, circa 1890sGrandad was a handsome young man.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/fruitcake1.jpgFruitcake2017-12-20T19:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/11/11/making-general-eisenhowers-bed/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dad-and-marty-zemek.jpgDad and Marty Zemekhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dad-and-frank-ross.jpgDad and Frank Ross2017-12-23T16:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/09/29/i-was-there/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/0928171851_burst012-e1506641499999.jpg0928171851_Burst01https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_17381.jpgIMG_1738Not my van, but definitely my sentiment. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1736.jpgIMG_1736A Thousand Crescent Sunshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1734.jpgIMG_1734https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1728.jpgIMG_1728https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1709.jpgIMG_1709https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/diamond-ring-by-jake-mcelveen_1503347951999_10322340_ver1-0.pngDiamond Ring by Jake McElveenPictures don't do it justice.2017-12-06T04:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/05/31/blueberries/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_1114-e1496283925512.jpgIMG_1114The last picture I took of Dad, with 2 of his farmhands.2017-09-22T13:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/09/13/grappling-with-irma/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/zebra-longwing.jpgZebra LongwingZebra Longwing Florida's state butterflyhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf9041.jpgDSCF9041This is after the water went down. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf9038.jpgDSCF9038I have a deck under here somewhere.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/irma.jpgIrmaSomewhere under here lies the late great state of Florida. 2017-09-18T20:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/07/31/mile-high/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/view.jpgviewhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/yellow-flowers2.jpgyellow flowershttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/path.jpgpathhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/clouds.jpgcloudshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/overlook.jpgoverlookhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/higher.jpghigherhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/smokey-mts.jpgSmokey Mts2017-08-10T01:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/06/30/the-plight-of-the-dragonfly/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nymph-of-emperor-dragonfly.jpgNymph of Emperor DragonflyThe Uglyhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dragonfly_big.jpgdragonfly_bigThe Goodhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mosquito.jpgThe Bad2017-07-02T00:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/01/31/what-does-democracy-look-like/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0783.jpgimg_0783The Smithsonian Castle.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0815.jpgimg_0815https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0742.jpgimg_0742Here we are in DC.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0775.jpgimg_0775I like his sign.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0763.jpgimg_0763This is a worthy cause.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0762.jpgimg_0762https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0750.jpgimg_0750https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0746.jpgimg_0746In front of the Library of Congress.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0740.jpgimg_07402017-05-11T15:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/04/30/the-birds-and-the-bees/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_10011.jpgIMG_1001This Carpenter Bee is all buzz.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/house_wren_51.jpghouse_wren_5House Wren singing.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bthrash_andyjordan.jpgBrown Thrasher by Andy JordanThe Brown Thrasher's repertoire is almost as varied as it's cousin the Mockingbird's.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pileated_woodpecker_marcussharpe.jpgPileated Woodpecker by Marcus SharpeThese are big woodpeckers.2017-05-01T01:35:21+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/03/31/finally-the-whippoorwill/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0883.jpgIMG_0883Our tomato plantshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chuck-wills-widow_rwd3.jpgChuck-will's-widowcourtesy of Dick Daniels2017-04-01T00:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2017/02/28/the-jewel-of-fancy-gap/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0398.jpgimg_0398https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0397.jpgimg_0397Sidna and Betty in front of their parlor fireplace. Unfortunately, the historical couple weren't able to grow old in their home.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sidna-allen-house.jpgsidna-allen-house2017-07-31T14:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2016/12/31/our-trip-to-florida/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dads-old-truck.jpgdads-old-truckDad's old truck years later. It used to be green. https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sabal_palm.jpgsabal_palmSabal Palmhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1952-new-yorker-2.jpg1952-new-yorker-2This car is similar to the one we took to Florida, 2017-03-07T03:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2016/11/28/260-white-crosses/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/on-the-way-south-026.jpgon-the-way-south-026https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/prayer-vigil-016.jpgprayer-vigil-016https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/prayer-vigil-013.jpgprayer-vigil-013https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/prayer-vigil-011.jpgprayer-vigil-011https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/prayer-vigil-003.jpgprayer-vigil-003Pastor Mark Adams giving instructions for the 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1800.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/august-2016-210.jpgaugust-2016-210The Gilbert House, built in the early 1800s.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/august-2016-199.jpgaugust-2016-199Main St. Middlewayhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/august-2016-189.jpgaugust-2016-189https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/august-2016-143.jpgaugust-2016-143Several miles downstream of the Hiett holdings.https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/august-2016-137.jpgaugust-2016-137Historic Bridge on Opequon Creek2018-12-15T20:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2016/08/31/adventures-with-gps/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/edisto-memorial-gardens.jpgEdisto Memorial Gardenshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/near-ludowici-ga.jpgNear Ludowici, GAOr thishttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/slanesville-wv.jpgSlanesville, WVSlanesville, WVhttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tow-mater.jpgTow MaterIs this Tow Mater?https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/440.jpg440Certainly not this!https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/625.jpgMabrey MillYou won't find this on the Interstate.2016-10-10T01:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2016/07/30/no-longer-a-luddite/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presence-luddites-textile-mill-2__600x0_q85_upscale.jpgpresence-Luddites-textile-mill-2.jpg__600x0_q85_upscaleLudditeshttps://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/luddite.jpgLudditeNed Ludd 2016-08-08T20:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2012/05/31/passing-down-the-lore/2016-06-30T22:47:15+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2016/06/30/aunt-hazel/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/aunt-hazel-002.jpgAunt HazelWith Mutt, October 1964https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/yarn-swift.jpgYarn SwiftThis is close to what I remember 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room?2016-03-17T12:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2015/12/30/my-christmas-box-of-memories-2/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12-30-15-008.jpg12-30-15 008I may have to find a bigger box. 2016-01-22T18:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2015/12/17/antique-dog/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/copy-of-dscf4405.jpgCopy of DSCF4405Wild sunflowers where Teddy rests2016-04-09T22:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2015/11/30/million-dollar-dog/2015-12-01T03:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://marieqrogers.com/2015/11/01/travels-with-teddy/https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2011-pics-391.jpg2011 pics 391https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/copy-of-10-15-1311.jpgCopy of 10-15 131https://marieqrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/copy-of-10-15-131.jpgCopy of 10-15 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