Chris 

George and Kay in front of our home at 502 Village Pines Cir. Coos Bay, OR. George is wearing his multi button Lion's jacket. George is the top salesman for the Lions and on Aug 19 had sold $2,500 worth at $5.00 each.  

A closeup of George showing the money packet of $500.00. Note the plastic sandwich board he hangs around his neck to advertise the Lion's big auction. Neighbor Gene took this shot and chopped off my head.  

Aug 19, 2,005. George made record sales for the Lion's Club. This day he will turn in $500.00 for their big raffle. Half the tickets came from business at 5 for $20.00 Note the 7 ft. tomato plants on the side of our home. No sun and too much nitrogen.  

Grandpa getting ready to go to the 40 acre tree farm at Lakeside to plant these California Giant Sequoia Redwoods. We have 10,000 Douglas Fir trees,10" in diameter and 250 Coastal California Redwoods growing there.  

George Gebhardt Sr. Age 90. Taken at 502 Village Pine Cir. Coos Bay, OR 97420. I plan to send this "blog" to George Jr. In Hong Kong 

I don't speak french. No idea what the fireman is doing.  

A kid goes down a steep slide on q gunny sack. Look at those eyes.  

I've seen colored fish before, but this is un-real.  

Everything looks normal, but that 2nd car from the left is in some kind of trouble.  

It sure looks like the cat is in the fish bowl. Note how a gold fish makes the cats nose and mouth.  

Sorry about that, But Momma I was only trying to help! 

These guys are really laying them down for a fast turn. Maybe too far down? 

Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. Looks like this huge boulder is wedged between this big opening? 

A mouse in a block of cheese. Now you know how hey get all those holes in that SWISS cheese.  

Last of the melon pictures. A Japanese warrier hacking on the melon.  

Carving of a country gentleman in a watermelon.  

A turtle and bird, eating their way into melon. 

Very intricate watermelon carvings by Japanese.  

Japanese water skier in a Watermelon. 

Beautiful flower rosettes carved from water mellons. 

My name is George E. Gebhardt a resident at the Senioor Shorepine Park in Coos Bay, OR I wil be 90 years old on Aug 8, 2,005 and hope to drive my car for another 5 years. I go to the Catholic Church every Sun and to ther health club, 3 times a week. I have been retired for 25 years and enjoyed 6 different careers, rom graduate Geologist to restaurant owner. 5 years in WWII, Realtor, tree farmer, promoter, Cyanide Gold miner, Silver miner,financier, you name it. My wife Kay just turned 85. We are both thankful for rfelatively good health. We have 3 kids, Ann, Chuck and Georgiel. The first two, are now senior citizens. I wrote a 204 page autobiography. The title is "Birth, Boyhood and Beyond. It is a personal family book and can be checked out at the North Bend, Coos Bay and SWOCC college.  

This is truly a "chicken walk" where you follow the leader who happens to be a rooster. .  

A rare old bird is the Pelican. He can hold in his beak enough food for a week and I'm damned if I know how the hell he can. The seagulls arrive for any food scraps dropped.  

Acres and acres of wild flowers, 

A real tired cat. His eyes are the color of he grass.