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Blowing up the tubes for an outing at Spider Lake a few click's from the family cabin.
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Just a little stroll along Rathtrever Beach in Parksville BC for Jim and his lovely wife.
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Jim attempting to surf in Tofino BC
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The family cabin in Bowser BC (Vancouver Island) where Jim vacations with his family every year. Jim calls it the place where eagles live. Also the place where Jim saw a White Raven in a tree.
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Jim plays Santa for a group of mostly First Nations children in Rocky Mtn. House, Alberta. This is in Jim's Second year of recovery.
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Jim in his family Bean garden, 2010, look at the size of that bean.
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Table is set for Jim's family dinner, 2011
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Nothing like a long walk on Rathtrevor Beach near Parksville on Vancouver Island.
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Jim in his tenth year of recovery playing a big bongo drum, having so much fun being alive.
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These are Jim's Brothers and One Sister. From Left to Right: Glen Mandelin, Clayton Bray, Sister Lana Conroy, Kelly Bray, Richard Bray and Jim.
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Jim's Nieces and Nephew: Mary(Glen's daughter) Patrick(Glen's son) Katie(Richard's daughter)
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Celtic parade Downtown Vancouver 2011, Jim (far left) Jim's father in - law ( far right) and uncle in - law (middle). They are the Celtic Warriors
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Jim's Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor Ron Smith who sponsored Jim from July 1977 until his passing on Aug. 17th 2011. Greatly missed always remembered. R.I.P.
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Whale watching off Tofino BC, on the way back from soaking in the hotsprings at Hot Springs Cove
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Jim's son(the tall guy),daughter and Jim (Jim's wife taking the picture) and of course the pilot of the plane(next to the plane). On a vacation to Hot Springs Cove just north of Tofino BC
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Some of the ladies in the Family: Mary(Glen's daughter), Lana, Katie(Richards daughter and baby in the making), Vivian(Glen's wife) and Teresa(Richard's wife)
'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein. 

'It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
' Henry David Thoreau.