Day 5 of Rummaging Photos

No beating around the bush today, mainly because absolutely nothing happened yesterday worthy of note other than a Red Sox comeback victory which has been exceedingly rare for over a year. Let’s plunge into today’s continuation the memory rummaging with photos mined from the basement storage bins:

FAVORITE PANAMANIAN AND PARTIES

Wife Garbed up for Panamanian Folklorico Dance, 2001

New Years 2004, Neighbors' House, Fairfax VA 

NYC with War College Buddies, 2001
Towers Came Down 6 Months Later

Beloved Aunts and Uncles Thanksgiving 2002

Next Year Kids Took Over Table

FAVORITE SON

Early 2000s Great Aunt's House

Sneaking Chocolate

Signature Salute Late 80s, Grandma's House

High School, Early 2000s, Fairfax, VA

Cub Scout, Ft Leavenworth, KS, 1996

FAVORITE DAUGHTER

1st Day of Kindergarten, Washington, DC, 1988

High School, Ft Campbell, KY, 1998

Freshman Dorm Room, Boston University, 2002

Senior Year

With Soxfather and Namesake Nephew

SON AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER

Sliding in NH

Christmas Pose Kansas 1995

Slave Labor, Washing Car, Annandale, VA 1987

Wearing Dad's Shirts Atop Mt Monadnock, Early 90s 

Trip to Mt Rushmore, S.D. 1996

FAMILY

Mom Comes to Hawaii, 1994

Great Aunt and I, Keene Pumpkinfest Mid-2000s

Great Aunt and Soxfather Visiting Fairfax, VA 2002

Wife Delivering her Patented Hugs to Namesake Nephew

Because They Are Family, Keene Friend, Soxfather, & P.C.R

ANCIENT HISTORY

BAsic Training, Ft Knox, KY 1978

Leaving Germany March 1980

With One of My First Mentors 1980
He's the Father of a Very Famous Actress

Me (Standing) with Great Aunt and Lisa Late 50s

Dad 1971

ARMY LIFE

Lunch on an Italian Patrol boat, Peacekeeping Mission
Sinai, Egypt, 1994

Welcomed Home from the Field, Ft Campbell, KY 1998

Crystal City, VA Office 2002

Retirement Day 2005

Same Day with Virginia Musquetera

MISCELLANEOUS

Cutting Down Tree as a Completely Unqualified Lumberjack
Mom's Back Yard, Early 90s

Eating First (and last) Shawarma, Tiberias, Israel 1995

Visit to Jerusalem 1995

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem 1995

Keene Comes to VA, Keene Friends 1 & 2
Pittsburgh College Roommate 2002

Two movies fell in my A-Z effort, both keepers, Big Trouble in Little China (Kurt Russell and John Carpenter – always for the win) and Birdman (fascinating movie, in the how the hell did they do that category)

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RECURRING CHARACTERS:                                        

ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete - my daughter in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter #3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Connecticut Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor of the big river; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR - First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3^rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Pittsburgh College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather - my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course