This is the skeleton of a Mastodon in Florida
Centuries ago. 

This is the House Chamber. I missed seeing the
legislature in session by one week! 

This is one of the lobbies. The wall is covered
with scenes, and writings.
 

This is a picture of an early scene in Florida.
One of many beautiful murals 

This is Marge and Deb in front of two great
pictures in the Capitol building 

While in Tallahassee, we went to the State house
and took a few pictures. This me in front of
a portrait of our governor, Jeb Bush. 

Last weekend, Mar. 1-2-3-4, we spent a
delightfull time at our daughters, and then
went to Jacksonville, Fl., for Marge's cousin's
80th birthday. Anne McDonald is her cousin,
and Anne's daughter, Jaime Rood, threw
the party. on the way home from there, we
stopped at Titusville, and spent a couple of
hours at the space museum. All and all, a
delightful trip. Here's some picturesl
RHD
 

This is a shot of our Commodore presenting
Llwyd with a PBYC, see below, Burgee
after his well received presentaion.
RHD 

This is a picture of Llwyd's and my wife
at the presention, see below. Llwyd's
wife, Diana, is a great person, and a real
sailing commpanion for Llwyd.
RHD 

On Wed., Feb 21, my friend of 50 years
was the speaker at the PalmBeach Sailing
Club. Llwyd Ecclestone gave a presentation
which included some great sailing pictures
of some of his racing and cruising sailboats.
He followed this with a question and answer
session that was well received. A great evening
at our club.
RHD 

Marge and Herman, see below.
RHD 

Marge and I came to Riviera Beach in 1969
One of the first people we met, at a pta meeting,
was Herman McCrae. Herman was and is
very much involved in Riviera politics. When I
Served on the City council, I got to know Herman
very well, and we became friends. I don't see
him much any more, but I still buy Ribs from his
Barbeque shop, Best Ive ever eaten.
Today Marge and I had lunch with Herman
at the Tiki bar in the Riviera Beach Marina.
It was great to see Herman again, and we're
going to have Ribs tonnight!
RHD 

Sunsets can be spectacular, and hard to
photograph, especailly by me!
This one is from our porch on Valentine's
Day, eve. Same day as the one below
RHD 

Valentine's day at OPYC, 2007.
everyone's in red!
Marge and Bob
 

Marge and I were lucky enough to do
about 20 cruises where I acted as a
duplicate bridge director, and bridge
lecturer. After I quit lecturing, we found we
were hooked, and have done about 15
more on our own nickel! This vase is
a pleasant reminder of one of our cruises.
The vase had fresh flowers every day,
and I try to keep fresh flowers now, it
requires new ones about once a week.
RHD 

Marge and I at the Commodore's Ball,
Old Port Yacht Club, Jan. 27, 2007. I was Commodore, 1973!! 

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Marge and I at the Manager's Bloody Mary
party, Old PortYacht Club, New year's day,
2007 

Here's one of the pictures my daughter took of
Marge and me going in to the club for the ceremony
described below. To clarify, I was the 3rd commodore
the club had, in 1973. I an not today's 3rd commodore!
RHD

This is the picture taken yesterday,11-5-06,
of the change of watch ceremony at Old Port
Yacht Club. This is the club Marge and I spend
a lot of time at. These are the incoming officers.
I was the 3rd Commodore 

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Marge and I at the 2006 Halloween
party at Old Port Yacht Club.
Marge wore the same costume about 15 years ago. Picture by Barbara Oetzman.

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Marge and I have lived on or near the water for all of our 58 years of marriage. But we have been in our condo
for 14 years. This is the view in the early morning hours looking East. The condos you see are on Singer Island, where we lived for 23 years. It's a beautiful, and satisfying view to get up to in the morning!

morning view from our condo

 

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About 3 months ago, Marge and I decided we no longer needed
two cars. We gave our daughter Marge's Chrysler town car.
The major change in our lives, I am now going to church regularly so I can drive instead of Marge going alone as she has for several years. I won't say I am suddenly converted back to religion, but I did decide to be active. I'm now an usher!
Anyway, today, Oct. 8, 2006, was "the blessings of the animals". Dogs and cats all over the place, really quite a bit of fun. The pictures are from this event.
Incidentally, the town car replaced my Daughter's small truck with about 180,000 milea on it!

 

 

 

Bless the animals Sunday at St. Mark's
church, Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.