Christmas at the Durr's house, Minot AFB

The top picture is of Debbie Durr and Christie, attacking another present. 

 

The middle picture is of Augusta, the cat.  She had turned up a few years before as an abandoned kitten when Mike worked at a filling station in Seattle, Washington, where Mike worked when he and Debbie were just married and before he'd finished college and entered the Air Force.  Augusta was quickly adopted and lived with them until after the family moved to Colorado Springs.  She even briefly stayed at my house in Colorado Springs until the Durr's were settled into their own new house.  Augusta was getting old and heavy at that stage and preferred not to play with my cat, Schnozz.  Augusta would open a cabinet door in the guest bathroom, letting it close behind her, and hide out there until Schnozz left her alone.  Augusta died a couple of years later of old age, to the sadness of all of us.

 

The bottom picture is obviously of Christie Durr unwrapping another present.

 

In the picture of Augusta, you can see an LA Rams mug that was my present from Mike Durr that year.

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