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| | | Author: | popsicle  | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 19:07 | | Subject: | My little brother... | | Viewed: | 472 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | Author: | Darth_Smithy | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 19:24 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Beautiful work. A true master builder! My best wishes for his health.
In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 20:17 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | Beautiful work. A true master builder! My best wishes for his health.
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It is, and he is that. Thanks, I'll pass your sentiment along.
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In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | Author: | BlueDragonfly | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 19:32 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Cory -
Thank you for sharing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Randy. Best
wishes for a pleasant time with him.
Mike
Blue Dragonfly Bricks
In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 20:31 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, BlueDragonfly writes:
| | Cory -
Thank you for sharing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Randy. Best
wishes for a pleasant time with him.
Mike
Blue Dragonfly Bricks
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Very kind... Thanks, Mike.
We'll see how it goes. Argued until I give ground, has been our encounters
to date. My brother is uniquely strong willed, is an understatement. I'll
practice the art of acquiescing, now
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In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | Author: | Fr0stByt3 | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 21:15 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Goodness, I wish your brother well. Are you going back there to stay?
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 21:22 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 12:42 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Goodness, I wish your brother well.
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Thanks, I'll pass it on.
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No, my life and obligations are here. I gotta figure out when I can do it, first.
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 21:45 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
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Beautiful garden!
Sorry to hear that your brother is suffering from ill health.
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 22:04 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
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Beautiful garden!
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It is for sure. He's talented, very right brain, my brother.
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Sorry to hear that your brother is suffering from ill health.
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Thank you. His pain is being managed well, I hear.
He's getting the most advance medical care possible from the world's
leading research hospital, Karolinska in Stockholm. Incidentally, where my daughter
in 95' was born
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| | | | | Author: | jbroman | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 22:15 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
Hey Cory,
Beautiful garden.
Stereotypical red house in the background.
My best wishes for Rand’s health.
Where in Sweden is your brother?
My dad moved back to Sweden about 15 years ago after 35 years in Canada. He lives
in Bålsta, about 55 km (34 miles) NW of Stockholm.
Johan
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 22:33 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, jbroman writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
Hey Cory,
Beautiful garden.
Stereotypical red house in the background.
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Yes, it's faluröd. Actually a mineral in the coating that preserves the wood,
and yes used widely in Sweden. Classic Swedish.
That building on the back of his property is very old and used to serve as the
outhouse or crapper, in the yearly days when I would visited him from Stockholm
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My best wishes for Rand’s health.
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Thanks, Johan. I'll pass it on.
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Where in Sweden is your brother?
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Norrtälje. Which is directly north rather than NW as your dad. If you know Swedish
history, it's an older harbor settlement, with a lot of let's just say
rambunctious history, including Russian invasion with burning and pillaging
| | My dad moved back to Sweden about 15 years ago after 35 years in Canada. He lives
in Bålsta, about 55 km (34 miles) NW of Stockholm.
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Sure, I know it. Off of the E18 heading northwest, if I recall.
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 05:14 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Absolutely stunning, just my style, always loved water on a property but never
managed it myself.
Wishing him all the best, hope he’s coping mentally as it’s an odd feeling knowing
you have something like that.
In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Absolutely stunning, just my style, always loved water on a property but never
managed it myself.
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It stems from our childhood.
Randy has held onto his whole life, fond memories of he and I as kids hanging
out at the "Water Gardens". The company and the grounds belonged to the
Millers who were related through marriage to our family. So we were allowed to
just hang out there, if we could manage to get there (a real challenge) It
was an fantasy escape from our reality, so I can understand how and why it impacted
him so strongly into his adulthood.
I have some of the same memories of course, but the experiences didn't influence
me into adulthood, as they did my brother. He talks about it often.
In fact, in one of the pics is a proprietary "Miller" strain of water
lily he somehow was recently able to get hold of, from France of all places.
Every little thing, plants, etc. have been placed with intent, and all built
around his memories from our days at the Water Gardens. You and I look and we
see a menagerie of mostly living things, but he has a purpose and story to tell
about each.
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Wishing him all the best, hope he’s coping mentally as it’s an odd feeling knowing
you have something like that.
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Same for you.
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In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 12:44 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Absolutely stunning, just my style, always loved water on a property but never
managed it myself.
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It stems from our childhood.
Randy has held onto his whole life, fond memories of he and I as kids hanging
out at the "Water Gardens". The company and the grounds belonged to the
Millers who were related through marriage to our family. So we were allowed to
just hang out there, if we could manage to get there (a real challenge) It
was an fantasy escape from our reality, so I can understand how and why it impacted
him so strongly into his adulthood.
I have some of the same memories of course, but the experiences didn't influence
me into adulthood, as they did my brother. He talks about it often.
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But then again, he was there more often than me growing up
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In fact, in one of the pics is a proprietary "Miller" strain of water
lily he somehow was recently able to get hold of, from France of all places.
Every little thing, plants, etc. have been placed with intent, and all built
around his memories from our days at the Water Gardens. You and I look and we
see a menagerie of mostly living things, but he has a purpose and story to tell
about each.
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Wishing him all the best, hope he’s coping mentally as it’s an odd feeling knowing
you have something like that.
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Same for you.
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In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | Author: | BrickCompulsion | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 05:27 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Enjoy the time together. Great work by him and best wishes
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Enjoy the time together. Great work by him and best wishes
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Thanks
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | KACL | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 21:02 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Enjoy the time together. Great work by him and best wishes
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Thanks
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What a stunning garden.
I’m glad you’re going to spend time with your brother. Appreciate every minute
of your visit.
Karen
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 22:21 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, KACL writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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Enjoy the time together. Great work by him and best wishes
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Thanks
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What a stunning garden.
I’m glad you’re going to spend time with your brother. Appreciate every minute
of your visit.
Karen
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Thanks
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| | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Oct 14, 2023 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| I'd like to be closer to my own older siblings.
I cannot cope with all of those curves!
I'd like to see you together at night in that scene, with a sub-surface light,
getting smashed together by a firepit.
In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | We grew up hard together, and subsequently are close.
He lives in Sweden, where he came to visit me in Stockholm some 45 years ago.
Unlike me however, he never left. He's currently fighting to keep his life
(cancer) and in that effort, spends much of his time on his property building
out his ideal garden.
I hope some here can find an amount of appreciation for his efforts to create
the micro 'paradisal' environment he and I as barrio kids, fantasized
about. These are the latest pics from Rand's (Randy) efforts.
I'm going back to spend some time with him
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| | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 00:41 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | I'd like to be closer to my own older siblings.
I cannot cope with all of those curves!
I'd like to see you together at night in that scene, with a sub-surface light,
getting smashed together by a firepit.
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Is she Tassie?
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| | | | | Author: | 1977_mauro | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 01:30 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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