righteous!

"righteous!"

Leonard's Portrait Tattoo on Lucky J BTL's arm.
Permanent, "to the bone", via the heart and into the brain pan. Never to be forgotten.
Thanks and God Bless You, Lucky J BTL.
Brothers will always be Brothers, no matter what.

nailed it

"he nailed it!"

Leonard "doing his thang" at foxes bend in the 1960s

---photo by pat---

riding shotgun

"riding shotgun"

Leonard with some of the "river rats" in 1970s.

Leonard with his collector M-97 "trench broom" along with, wench, black betty, deb deb, miss python, fast eddie, rok & little toonch along with the "usual suspects" tacked to the wall, Josey Wells, Marx Brothers, Gary Cooper, Spiderman, Pancho Villa, Wild Bill Hickok, The Valdez Cattle Company, Warren Oats, John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Pop, Pat, Cervantes, Little Ceasar, Captain America, Tarkus Bug, Bruce Lee, Mona Lisa and The Magnificent 7.

over there

"over there"

US Army PVT. Leonard De Leon (far right) and his "band of brothers" (somewhere) in France, early 1960s.

...sing along...
"...over there, over there, we will fight we will fight over there, and the yanks are coming the yanks are coming..."

show me the money!

"show me the money!"
The blacksmith "O.P." with his young apprentice "Leonard" hamming it up for the camera in the 1950s.
What is in the baskets?

---photo by pat---

fill your hands!

"fill your hands, pilgrim!"

Leonard taught us all how to "play dress up"

---photo by Nappy---

gone in sixty seconds

"gone in sixty seconds"

Leonard and the Hop going for a (joy) ride in a two seat biplane.

...seeee ya!...dont wanna beeee ya!...

Leonard is that your I.Q.?... or your toothbrush? you showing me?

not so...EasyRider

"easy? thats easy for you to say"

Leonard on his '65 Honda 305cc "scrambler" doing what he always loved.
"doing the round and round"

---photo by pat---

Splash day

"Splash Day"

Galveston, 1960s. Leonard setting up a "party tent' for the Beach bums and Beach bunnies.
Leonard was a very handy, practical man and no task was ever beyond his reach.
"Surf's Up" Leonard!

---photo by pat---

...we dont need no stinking badges!

"...we dont need no stinking badges"

Leonard & Injun, beer and BBQ in "river rat" country, early 1980s.

Lucky J BTL, far left, finding the right "combination" and compression stroke, to kick over Leonard's Harley Sturgis.