Sunday, April 19, 2009

Baseball fans


Baseball fans, originally uploaded by dvdbarrett.

Dave's dad, Hugh, and Dave attend a River Bandit (minor league baseball team) game at Modern Woodman Field in Davenport, Iowa.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Connie, Nora and Dave visit Hollywood

On Sunday morning Connie, Nora and Dave went on a tour of Los Angeles. Here are some pictures Dave took when they stopped at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.


Connie in Hollywood

Connie poses with the Hollywood sign in the background.


Hollywood Sign

A zoom shot of the Hollywood sign.


Jimmy Durante's nose print

Jimmy Durante's hand and nose print.


Roy Rogers and Trigger's Footprints

Roy Roger's and Trigger's footprints, etc.

Visiting Hermosa Beach, California

Connie, Dave and Nora spent a few days in Hermosa Beach. Here's some pictures Dave took while there.

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Dogs on Blocks, Hermosa Beach 2

Taking a break while out walking the dogs.


View from the Hermosa Beach Pier

A view from the Hermosa Beach Pier.


Sand Volleyball on Hermosa Beach 1

They play a lot of sand volleyball in Hermosa Beach.


Sand Volleyball on Hermosa Beach 2

A spike!


Surfing at Hermosa Beach 1

A lot of surfing goes on in Hermosa Beach.


Connie and Nora on the Hermosa Beach Pier

Connie and Nora on the Hermosa Beach Pier.


Beach Volleyball Class

On Saturday mornings classes in beach volleyball technique are offered on the beach in Hermosa Beach


At the Sea Sprite Motel in Hermosa Beach

Connie and Nora lounge on the pool deck at the Sea Sprite Motel in Hermosa Beach.


Paddle Surfing at Hermosa Beach 1

Dave was amazed to see this fellow standing up on his surfboard and rowing with a long paddle. Dennis said it was "paddle surfing" and was quite the rage out there.


On the Hermosa Beach Pier

Connie, Dennis, Tara and Nora on the Hermosa Beach Pier


Wading in the surf

An overcast February day with temperatures below 60 degrees F did not discourage these kids from wading in the surf.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Friday Night Gettogether

There was a gettogether at Pat & Lee's house the evening of Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 as the Moran family gathered in Los Angeles for Rachel's Sunday wedding.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

"Mae Mercer's Careless Love"

"See what careless love has done to me."

Dave Lippman in Rock Island

Connie and Dave last Friday went to a Rock Island performance by Dave Lippman, a fundraiser for the local community meal, and found the act hysterically funny. These 2 videos are very close to the first part of the performance that Connie and Dave saw:



Find out more about Dave Lippman, order CDs, etc. here.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Herbert Degner and Hugh Barrett

Dave, with his brother and sister-in-law, Dan and Pat, took his father to visit his first cousin, Herbert Degner, in Freeport, IL on 27 Dec, 2008. Herb and Hugh were born 4 months apart in 1923 and saw each often as children. They have only visited each other 3 or 4 times in the last 60 years. Hugh enjoyed the visit and drive up and back immensely.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Mississippi at Sunset in the Quad Cities

Dave and Connie took a dinner and dancing cruise on the Mississippi River last evening on Moline's Cellebration Belle riverboat. Here is a cell phone camera photo Dave took of Connie taken just after sunset standing at the front of the boat (where the breeze kept the bugs away.)




Here is a cell phone picture Connie took of Dave.



And here is a picture Connie took of the sunset over the river.


Sunday, July 13, 2008

Visiting Mom in the Nursing Home 7/13/2008

Dave, Connie and Dave's Dad visited Dave's Mom in the Nursing Home and sat in on the group singing therapy.



Singing "The Old Rugged Cross"




Singing "God Bless America"