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Home Life in Lothian
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Hey Gang, these are a few pictures of my life in the wilds of Lothian, MD.
I hope you enjoy them.
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| Well, this is how it all began - this is how I got civilized by the blushing bride in white on the right. Tony, you
remember Dr. Dana, right? Sorry, too slow - she got married in 1997 - to an OB/GYN.
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| This is a picture of Buster the day we got him in October, 1997. Of course the first thing
he did when he arrived was to go to the carpet in the den and leave a puddle to show how happy
he was to be here.
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| Here is the front of our house that Spring, January 1998. The right-hand top twenty feet of
the split-truck Poplar tree in the foreground had just dropped to the ground that morning. A little
too close for me. But it did provide some nice firewood.
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| That April we took Buster to the beach in Ocean City to introduce him to the Atlantic. Here
Colleen takes him for a break on our way out there. He loved the water, especially fetching
sticks from out of the waves.
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| Here is the family shot I took last New Year's Eve. We went out with an old school friend of hers
and she got blitzed, something she doesn't normally do when we go out (that's my job;-) )
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| This is Col's "Don't mess with me" picture. Actually a pretty good photo of her.
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| Here is a shot of Buster with my "award winning" Halloween pumpkin. One of our neighbors is a real estate agent and holds little
neighborhood competitions to keep his name out there. Must work, most of the home sales in our neighborhood have been done through him (including ours.)
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| In 1999, with 12 years in the Naval Reserves under my belt I decided to re-enlist for another 4. For a change of pace I decided
to have the ceremony aboard the sloop USS Constellation in Baltimore Harbor. Giving me the oath was a friend of mine, Commander Matt Moury.
And one of the relatives who came out to watch was my niece, Katerena, who was being a bit anti-social that day.
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| Did I mention I'm an uncle (several times over at this point:-). This is my other niece, Jordan, helping
Buster celebrate Col's birthday in Dec., 1999. Funny thing about this picture. My mother-in-law wanted
to take a picture of these two together, so we got them side-by-side, but standing. Then I gave Buster
the command "Sit" and they both plopped their butts down.
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| When I got home from working the midnight shift New Years Eve/Day 2000, I found this scared little mutt under the old Toyota
Tercel. I got him some food, water and put him in Buster's cage in the house. Colleen took a liking to him and called him "Snickers."
I took this photo for the "Dog Found" poster I put up in the area. A week later we got a call from a family down the road.
Turns out his name was "Sunshine" and he had gotten spooked by New Years Eve fireworks and ran away. He is now reunited with his family.
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| In case you haven't seen enough of Buster, here are some more photos.
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| Did I mention we have a cat? Seems one of Col's co-workers was re-assigned and she volunteered to take the cat. They
called it Ernest, but we just call it Ernie.
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| Here the kids enjoy their favorite past-time - sleeping on the bed. Surprisingly Buster and Ernie get
along with each other quite well.
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| In January 2000 Mother Nature dropped 13 inches of snow on our front door, and roof, and driveway, and lawn
... you get the picture. Thank God for kids with lawn tractors and snow blowers wanting to make money!
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In April-May, 2001, we went to San Francisco and Moorea, Tahiti, for Bert's wedding. Here are a few photos...
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This page © Copyright 2000, Thomas L. Tanner, Jr. unless otherwise noted.
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