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We are a gay male couple of 8 years living with our American pit bull terrier and sharing our home with another friend (a yacht captain) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (hence we might be considered FOUR big boys in FL). Tony is retired Army and now a bank employee; and Larry is a retired health care administrator originally from Western North Carolina by way of Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana.

On a philosophical note, Larry has graduate-level divinity & ministerial experience; but neither of us now claim much more than a compulsion to live ethically without regard to sectarian dogma or doctrine. As Anne Lamott ("Traveling Mercies") states, "Religion is for people who are afraid of hell. Spirituality is for people who've been there."

Our FLICKR posts are largely photos that we, (1) want to share with family and friends; and (2) want to store somewhere other than our PC and cd's so as to ensure their availability for years to come. While they're all marked as "public," most will have little interest to those who're not among our family and friends. However any FLICKRite is welcome to peruse and comment on them. The best place to start is with our "sets" as we've tried to distribute them in some logical manner. We're not professional photographers nor we do aim to become such. Our camera (Canon PowerShot SD400) is far from sophisticated, but it serves our purposes just fine.

As for our group memberships, these represent Larry's interests exclusively. Tony spends little time on FLICKR (he's usually working) and Brutus hasn't learned to operate a computer yet, thankfully. Mike, our live-in friend, has his own FLICKR group devoted to his maritime interests.

Many of our posts reflect seasonal interests .... seasons that are almost artificially-created here in the tropics.

Larry owns historic family property in the mountains of Western North Carolina and it's our intention to relocate there eventually.

July 2009 update: I've now begun scanning old Kodachrome slides from the 1960's and 70's. Most will be seen in my "Larry's older family photos, 1900-2000," but a few will appear elsewhere. Apologies for overexposure, blurriness and poor quality due to a cheap camera and transparencies that are now 40+ yrs old.