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Family, friends, and funny clouds

My lovely daughters at my place	Kira and Lorna	Not only are they good-looking, but they're sweethearts
My mother, Evelyn Lucille Smith, age 89, and me	Lorna with her grandmother Evelyn and her twin sister Ellen	Lorna with her grandmother
My friends Charles Test, Dennis Kurk, and Edmund Contoski, after we enjoyed a lunch prepared by Ed.	Ed, Dennis, and Charles in front of Ed's home in north Minneapolis	Dennis, Charles and moi
In northern Iowa, August 1st, 2005, we encountered these unusual clouds...	...like giant stuffed pleats clear across the sky	Notice the heavy rain in the distance
These big ones are really up close and personal