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      7/9/05 The almost perpetual forest fires (or so it seems, anymore :P ) in Alaska, can make for some VERY impressive sunsets:

      7/10/05 And here is the view that awaited us entering the Parsons's driveway, the following day:

      7/10/05 Alaska:

      Rosie found a little bit of heaven, under the Parsons's porch:

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      7/11/05 Robert took me out back, to where he had all sorts of plywood stored.  (Apparently, no small amount of it came from the aforementioned transfer sites.  He told me outright that I had to own property, before I could consider collecting such things.  :) ) When we started to take it apart, we found the teeming ant colony shown below:

      He told me how, just a few feet away and a few years ago, in the other part of his yard, he witnessed an ant war.  It went on for days.  "It was amazing."

      7/12/05 "I never thought I'd be performing surgery on a dinosuar tonight." "Not only do you have to apply your practical knowledge---you have to apply your paleontolgical, as well." A little help, for our dinosaur with a broken leg:

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