| What's Happening Now: July 2007 |
| 7/4/07, Janean writes: We're off for Ruidoso tomorrow. |
| 7/6/07 - Remember Nancy D., who was with us for just one year, then moved to Austin? She is just back from the San Juan Islands near Seattle. Now off to Colorado. Will write bio when she returns. |
| 7/1/07 - Rob's Tribute to "Miss Minnie": She tried with all her might to help me understand Spanish verbs....nada....pronunciation was fine....but verbs are where it ended...she was benevolent in giving me a C-.......The trips to San Antonio and the Casa Rio will always be remembered. Bon Voyage, Miss Minnie. |
| 7/3/07, Ann L writes: I'm most proud of Dewey! Please send me his e-mail address...WHAT A PATRIOT! Loved getting your note! Did want to tell you that Dicksy and I visited Ray Bell shortly before his death...came bearing gift...a six pack of Bud...and bless his heart...drank with us...what courage and hospitality he showed. Was heart-breaking! Ann |
| It's sum-sum-summertime! |
| 7/5/07 - Gary gets better looking all the time! See another nice photo on his page. |
| View progress on Rob and Paul's California Dream Home, near Guerneville and the Russian River. |
| BBQ'd oysters at Tony's 18663 Highway #1 Marshall, CA 94940 (415) 663-1107 |
| 6/30 - 7/5/07 Jan and Len's Family Reunion in the San Francisco Bay Area Wonderful visit with both my kids, Andrea and Jon, and Jon's extended family, in San Rafael. Beautiful weather. I forgot digital camera. More photos later. Several highlights: |
| Those brown hills that look like camels you want to pet... |
| Hearing that the GPS receiver we gave Jon's family for Christmas was the best gift we'd ever given, and finding the geocache we were looking for. Try it! You'll like it! It's like a high-tech treasure hunt. |
| The pig races at the Marin County Fair |
| Touring Mission Dolores, dawdling in Dolores Park, lunching at the Dolores Park Cafe (a real find), driving by the house where I spent my first 3 years, and the delightful early birthday celebration orchestrated by my daughter-in-law, Anne. |
| 7/7/07: Sue and Brad are off to the Grand Canyon. Family photos coming when they get home. |
7/11/07, Judy PS writes:
Strange today - I had lunch in
Johnson City and we were dis-
cussing Lady Bird and the fact that
she was on her death bed. We
talked about how the motorcade
would pass by where we were
eating on the way to Stonewall to
the Johnson Family Cemetery. A few
hours later, the news bulletin that
she had passed.
Of course we have had nothing on
local TV here but her and Lyndon's
life together. Her funeral will be
held at Riverbend, my old church,
and then on Sunday the motorcade
will leave the Capitol and head for
Stonewall. If you have never seen
the family cemetery, let me know
and I will take some pics and send
you. I am going to CA on Sat. so I will
miss the celebrations of her life.
I will go to the cemetery when I get
home. There will be hundreds of
people that come in from around the
world for her funeral.....the streets
from Austin to Stonewall will be
lined with people. She was larger
than life around here and will be
missed.....Howard (Judy's brother)
teaches at the LBJ School of Public
Affairs and his office is right next to
the LBJ Library. It is already hard to
park there because of being on the
campus of Texas, so unless you take
a bus, it will be hard to go to the
viewing. I did go see Barbara
Jordan there and Lady Bird and Lucy
Baines walked right up to John and
me and said a few words! Made our
day...j
Strange today - I had lunch in
Johnson City and we were dis-
cussing Lady Bird and the fact that
she was on her death bed. We
talked about how the motorcade
would pass by where we were
eating on the way to Stonewall to
the Johnson Family Cemetery. A few
hours later, the news bulletin that
she had passed.
Of course we have had nothing on
local TV here but her and Lyndon's
life together. Her funeral will be
held at Riverbend, my old church,
and then on Sunday the motorcade
will leave the Capitol and head for
Stonewall. If you have never seen
the family cemetery, let me know
and I will take some pics and send
you. I am going to CA on Sat. so I will
miss the celebrations of her life.
I will go to the cemetery when I get
home. There will be hundreds of
people that come in from around the
world for her funeral.....the streets
from Austin to Stonewall will be
lined with people. She was larger
than life around here and will be
missed.....Howard (Judy's brother)
teaches at the LBJ School of Public
Affairs and his office is right next to
the LBJ Library. It is already hard to
park there because of being on the
campus of Texas, so unless you take
a bus, it will be hard to go to the
viewing. I did go see Barbara
Jordan there and Lady Bird and Lucy
Baines walked right up to John and
me and said a few words! Made our
day...j
| Time Cover on August 28, 1964 Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson December 22, 1912 - July 11, 2007 |
| 7/13-15/07: Jan and Len enjoyed Jan's birthday weekend with friends in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
| Jeanne and Coach are off on a 10-day golf-and-shopping vacation to Ireland. Home in time for her birthday, August 7. |
| 7/20/07, Judy PS writes from Yorba Linda, California. (Note: Yorba Linda's claim to fame is the Richard Milhouse Nixon Birthplace and Library, pictured above. Read Judy's message about her trip on her page. |
| 7/26/07: Jan tours exhibit at the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington celebrating 100 years since Frida's birth. She was the wife of Mexican artist, Diego Rivera, and an artist in her own right. |
| Frida Kahlo July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954 |
| 7/27/07: Ann L. is still grieving the passing some time ago of her "children," Kelly Boy, an Irish setter, and Kat, a duplicate of Morris. "Godson" Kohl (below) is a great consolation. |
| Judy's photo of Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California. |
| Her photo of the grounds at San Juan Capistrano Mission, founded in 1776. Swallows return here from migration about March 19 each year---to attend the parade in their honor. |