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Whoops, sorry about that! Technically, I’m not Barbara Bush’s FB friend. However I am a Facebook friend with her cousin Ashley Bush so through a loophole, I was able to snatch the photo and message from Barbara’s FB page.

I wish Barbara would make her own public FB page or create a Twitter account. Hope she’ll consider about that!

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With all the hoopla surrounding Laura Bush’s comments on her wish for Jeb Bush to run (and probably a lot of nasty attacks on her on FR) I thought I’d post these new pics on Laura, Bush 41, Barbara and Dubya himself to start the weekend on a happy note. Enjoy!

Town Hall President Stacy Corley, artist Andrew Theophilopoulas, Laura Bush and
next year’s Town Hall President Stephanie Grosskreutz. (Jan. 11, 2012 Photo by Cliff Roles)

Former First Lady Laura Bush meets resident manatees Hugh and Buffett during her
tour of the world-class research facilities of Mote Marine Laboratory on Jan. 11, 2011.
Foreground, from left: Joseph Gaspard III, Manatee Care, Training and Research
Coordinator at Mote Marine Laboratory and former First Lady Laura Bush
(Jan. 11, 2012 Photo provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Former First Lady Laura Bush meets resident manatees Hugh and Buffett during her tour of the world-class research facilities
of Mote Marine Laboratory on Jan. 11 2012. From left: Joseph Gaspard III, Manatee Care, Training and Research Coordinator
at Mote Marine Laboratory, Former First Lady Laura Bush, and Mote President and CEO Dr. Kumar Mahadevan. (Jan. 11,
2012 Photo by Dick Dickinson provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Former First Lady Laura Bush meets resident manatees Hugh and Buffett during her tour of the world-class research
facilities of Mote Marine Laboratory on Jan. 11, 2012. From left: Joseph Gaspard III, Manatee Care, Training and
Research Coordinator at Mote Marine Laboratory, Former First Lady Laura Bush and Dr. Kumar Mahadevan Mote
President and CEO (Jan. 11, 2012 Photo provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Former First Lady Laura Bush meets two African penguins on Jan. 11, 2012 at Penguin Island, a special exhibit in Mote
Aquarium, the public outreach facility of Mote Marine Laboratory. From Left: Katharine Nicolaisen, Senior Animal
Trainer at Mote (holding Rudy the penguin), former First Lady Laura Bush, and Laura Denum, Animal Trainer at Mote
(holding Ninja the penguin). (Jan. 11, 2012 Photo by Dick Dickinson provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Former First Lady Laura Bush greets Dr. Jayne Gardiner, Postdoctoral Fellow at Mote Marine Laboratory during a behind
-the-scenes tour of world-class research facilities at Mote. In immediate background (blue shirts) are Mote President and CEO
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan (left) and Mote Senior Vice President for Research Dr. Michael Crosby. (Jan. 11, 2012 Photo provided
by Mote Marine Laboratory)

During her tour of Mote Marine Laboratory on Jan. 11, 2012, Former First Lady Laura Bush
learns about cutting-edge shark research from Dr. Jayne Gardiner, Mote Postdoctoral Fellow,
and Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote's Senior Vice President for Research. (Jan. 11, 2012 Photo by
Dick Dickinson provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Dr. Jayne Gardiner, Postdoctoral Fellow at Mote Marine Laboratory, explains her cutting-
edge shark research to former First Lady Laura Bush during her tour of Mote on Jan. 11, 2012.
At right (in blue) is Mote Senior Vice President for Research Dr. Michael Crosby. (Jan. 11, 2012
Photo provided by Mote Marine Laboratory)

Mote Marine Laboratory leaders - including Dr. Eugenie Clark, who founded the Lab in
1955 - meet with former First Lady Laura Bush during her behind-the-scenes tour of world
-class research facilities at Mote Marine Laboratory on Jan. 11, 2012 in Sarasota, Fla. From
left: Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote’s Senior Vice President for Research, Dr. Eugenie Clark, Mote’s
Founding Director, former First Lady Laura Bush, AND Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, Mote’s
President and CEO. ). Photo by Dick Dickinson Provided by Mote Marine Laboratory

I've also included a short video clip of Laura Bush's visit in Sarasota, Florida on Wednesday:

Laura Bush Visits Sarasota

Here’s Bush 41 and Barbara with the owners of Molina Catina restaurant in Houston where they had some Tex-Mex lunch on Thursday

This was posted on President Bush’s Facebook page today:

President Bush signs Jay Leno’s New Holland tractor at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. “’Lil Tug” will be auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson on Saturday, January 21st to benefit Fisher House Foundation and their work to support our military members and their families during medical hardships.