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Month: April 2011

cheap stuff | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Little Things

Bymichelle April 29, 2011July 27, 2022

I was tired and too uninspired to take a photo the other evening, so my daughter suggested my medicine cabinet. (The Vicks will be with you always…, day 115) I…

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bicycle | cheap stuff | family | lensbaby | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

I Feel Like Summer

Bymichelle April 27, 2011July 27, 2022

I feel like summer!  Do you? (sitting on the front porch, day 108) (day 111) (day 112) (played out, day 113) Is it possible?  Could I really be caught up…

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cheap stuff | family | lensbaby | parenting | photography | ttv photo

Walks Around the City

Bymichelle April 27, 2011July 27, 2022

That title conjures up images of a bustling, downtown scene, alive with car horns, traffic, people milling around, and street performers.  But, no, it’s not a real city, just my…

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books | knitting | photography | running | ttv photo

Primal Blues

Bymichelle April 27, 2011July 27, 2022

I finally got around to reading Mark Sisson’s book, Primal Blueprint last week.  I have to say that I was afraid it would be Atkins redux but was pleasantly surprised…

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family | parenting | photography | ttv photo

Not Too Old for an Easter Basket

Bymichelle April 26, 2011July 27, 2022

After church we gathered for gumbo at Grandmommy and Papaw’s.  As usual, my son ate too much, groans, then slips out of his chair to lay on the floor by…

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bicycle | lensbaby | photography | places

Evening Joy Rides

Bymichelle April 21, 2011July 27, 2022

The other day my husband and I found ourselves childless, they were with friends, so we took advantage of the chance to go on an evening ride through Old Town…

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photography | polaroid | thinking out loud

Garden Boots

Bymichelle April 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Right now my garden is a “watched pot.”  I hover and find yet more bee balm sprouting up here and there.  Bee balm is a big mistake in a small…

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homemaking | parenting | shows | thinking out loud

Undefined, Lazy Time

Bymichelle April 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Once or twice a week, homework permitting, my daughter and I have the house to ourselves for a few hours.  We don’t do anything monumental, just watch a couple of…

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animals | lensbaby | photography

She Was Meant to be a Lean Huntress

Bymichelle April 19, 2011July 27, 2022

She was meant to be a lean huntress in the wild.  But, in this neighborhood you just can’t have an inside/ outside cat, if you want it to live.  …

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family | homemaking | parenting | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Dragon Pictures

Bymichelle April 17, 2011July 27, 2022

Our refrigerator used to be covered with drawings of cats.  The last few years it’s been all dragons and knights and such.  For now anyway.  I’ve had someone’s drawings on…

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