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Gail
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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 10:46 Post subject: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head! |
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We had the pleasure of Rock Currier's company this weekend and he did a slide show for the MAD group. In it he had great photos of a desolate salt bed with an "island" in the middle. Apparently there is a woman who found an eagle and nursed it back to health.
Rock said that he and Alfredo took a while to get used to this eagle landing on them. It seems that it loved people and never stuck its talons in their head or shoulders, but it was still a bit unnerving to have this very large bird land on you unexpectedly.
Rock is the one who took the photo of Alfredo used as his avatar! And all this time I thought it was a vulture!
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 11:22 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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Rock Currier's histories are in my opinion one of the funniest pleasures on the mineral world. So well wrote and so easy to read!
When I see his signature on an article, I'm definitely reader of it.
Jordi
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Gail
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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 11:28 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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You are so right Jordi!
He was here for dinner yesterday and he had time to really look over our collection. What a delight to have this wonderful man in our home.
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KDF-TX
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Posted: Jul 15, 2008 06:35 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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Gail,
www.minrec.org/pdfs/TheMineralogicalRecord_ElDesierto.pdf
(link normalized by Jordi)
for a better picture of the eagle (and Alfredo).
I enjoy Alfredo's articles too.
BTW: The (newly formed) Piney Woods Gem & Mineral Society meets the 4th Wednesday of each month (except December- Banquet), 7:00 pm, at the Carriage Inn, 2805 Lake Rd., Huntsville, Texas.
Once we get better organized I hope to have invited guests...
Kevin
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Gail
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Posted: Jul 15, 2008 06:57 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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Kevin, I love the name of Piney Woods Gem and Mineral Society!
I was the Asst. Race director for the Huntsville mountain bike classic at Huntsville state park for many years. I won first place in a race there and they awarded me a huge trophy, then they called out my name as the winner of a new mountain bike in the raffle. It was a GOOD day for me!
I went on to assist in the race after that.
Those piney woods are just beautiful. The way they smell on a warm day is like heaven!
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This is me and an old boyfriend ( he was a twit! ) riding highwheels not far from Huntsville. |
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KDF-TX
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Posted: Jul 16, 2008 10:13 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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I think we did good on the name.
Tomball is a nice little town with lots of antique shops, but is quite a long bike ride from Huntsville. Surely you didn't...
I have a friend who lives in Tomball in a house built about 1924 and has a grave in the backyard.
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Gail
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Posted: Jul 16, 2008 10:22 Post subject: Re: Now I know about the photo of the bird on Alfredo's head |
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I used to bike, on a regular road bike, to Huntsville and back on a Sunday, with friends along too.
It was not unusual for me to bike 200K in a day.
NOT on the highwheel though, the longest I did on that is 100k ( 62 miles ) in 7 hours and ten minutes.
Tomball was my home town for 25 years, I was the chair of the parks board and had my framing shop/art gallery business there for 23 of those years.
Served on all the school committees and was very active in the Main Street merchant assoc.
I collected bicycles then, and still do. I am a collector by nature.
( 45 bikes in our fleet. )
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