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1973 To 1974
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A Golden Arborvitae, mailbox and lamp on a
hollow wood post, and a tiered timber wall

July, 1973















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Hollyhocks




Blue the white cat





I am rebuilding my box trailer

I found it in a vacant lot near my home
on Balboa Island around 1967



I bought this trailer for $35 worth of labor from a
respected and liked friend Harvey D Pease

Harvey was also the realtor that collected my rent


Squeteague Harbor
Cataumet, MA






Lawrence Island







Dad and
Mom



Hobbit the dog


I am driving the motorboat

Debra J Blakeman
has caught a Bluefish



Talk



John Letchworth Church, Van and Tom
and mom with Sy Kano


Serving at tennis on the clay court
Cataumet, MA






Deb sailing Win Kellogg's boat through
Long Island Sound

August, 1973




Winston Kellogg



































Win Kellogg sailing the Kittiwake








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Amrita Island

Coast Guard Lighthouse
Buzzards Bay

Doing the books
Monmouth Junction, NJ

August, 1973












Blue the white cat











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"Think Shaklee" on our corner lot. We
were really into selling it at the time.
Truly excellent natural products.



December, 1973
















Our bedroom cottage

A Cardinal in the new snow



Talk



Left here on a bus heading west. It
was to be a short trip to see the new
investment and collect the back rent.

Under the rear deck of our home
on Santa Rosa Drive
South Laguna, CA

A bunch of these pictures were taken by Iva (Cici) Young
and mailed to us before we bought the place



1974


















































Ocean view from the rear deck

Had bought it 8/16/1973 sight unseen on
David and Cici Young's recommendation



We decided to stay

Some of these pics were actually taken
after my return (see below). Oh well.




Adjacent to Bill and
Bernice Bailey's home



My Willy's Jeep had been in storage at Mesa
Automotive, near where we got off the bus












The hills above our new home
in South Laguna


























The back neighbor's roof was close enough
to walk across and take pictures
































I flew east to gather our posessions. This
began the overuse of our credit card which would
eventually lead to our having to sell the place

Our Monmouth Junction basement holds the stuff
I couldn't fit into the stationwagon and trailer











Monmouth Junction, NJ
February, 1974







































Everything is packed.
Heading west!

















Snow and a small stream in the back yard







On the road to California
Talk



A Shaklee Basic-H sign is
discovered along the way.

Deb and Hobbit sitting on a bluff

above Thousand Steps Beach
South Laguna, CA

May, 1974











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A pier and the Laguna Lido on
Thousand Steps Beach below Mission Hospital
















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Where was this concrete
pier-wall with deck?














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Red flowered Aloe cryptopoda and California
Iceplant succulents protect the bluff




What is this in the hills above South Laguna?
A pink fiberglass helicopter cabin?






A trash dump in the hills above
South Laguna or maybe El Toro
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Aliso Canyon
May, 1974








Yellow flowers on a Prickly Pear cactus



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A white Hedge Morning Glory

What is this orange-pink flower
on a vine or long stem?












Above Aliso Canyon
May, 1974









A deck of box gardens

A Bird Of Paradise
Talk
















Next door neighbor, Bernice Bailey

Bill Bailey and Hobbit
at driveway gate under construction

A neighbor's kitten

An old canvased mission door
I found in a wreaking yard



A roof alcove bench I rebuilt for Don and
Jane Estep across the street

A shelving unit I built for Carole (Need Name)
in her new Laguna Niguel? condo















Barbara and Red Hildebrand, Deb's folks,
on the beach at South Laguna

August, 1974
















The former Aliso Beach Pier
is in the background


















Disneyland









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Maybe Wild Animal Kingdom?

(Need Name of woman and location)
with Barbara Hildebrand



Need Name of boy and location






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Robinson's at Fashion Island
Newport Beach, CA
Talk


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Could be the Statue Of David that later
fell in the 1987 Whittier earthquake


Assisting my friend Les Lindsey (orange)
and crew in preparing a luau

















Hawaiian Poi made from boiled taro roots




Blue the white cat


Bougainvillea overgrowing our deck
September, 1974





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Cat in the Bougainvillea


















Our garden paradise on Santa Rosa Dr












































A South Laguna Christmas









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