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Month: October 2018

Country Fun

On October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 By Dale ParsonsIn BloggingLeave a comment

We love spending time outdoors, especially when we’re with family.  One of my favorite things to photograph is pathways.  There is just something about a path that is inviting.  All kinds of captions could be added at the bottom...the path and the destination are yours...where will your path lead you?  All kinds of things. Michigan …

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Building An HO Scale Layout

On October 8, 2018January 17, 2021 By Dale ParsonsIn Model Railroading1 Comment

These are some track-level photos of my most recent HO scale train layout.  It was a "shelf-style" layout, which simply means the room I was using was too small to have a free standing layout supported by its own benchwork legs.  I used a model railroading magazine specifically for benchwork and just followed sketches to …

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Model Railroading

On October 8, 2018January 17, 2023 By Dale ParsonsIn Model Railroading2 Comments

Model railroading has been my main hobby since I was fifteen.  My brother and I had O scale trains when we were younger but as I got older my interests changed to HO.  HO actually stands for “Half-O”, so HO gauge is half the size of O gauge.  Lionel trains are the main brand for …

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Living With And Beating Cancer

On October 4, 2018September 19, 2020 By Dale ParsonsIn Mental HealthLeave a comment

Unfortunately, cancer has been an unwelcome, despised guest in our home many times. My mother, a beautiful woman, tall, intelligent, begging to live, suffered extremely without mercy from the cancer that ravaged her body. She died at 49. Ten years later, my father died with cancer. My wife's father died of cancer at middle age …

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