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Month: April 2011

garden | lensbaby | photography

Ramblings, Grasshoppers, and “The Summer of George”

Bymichelle April 15, 2011July 27, 2022

About to catch up on posting 365 shots.  I’m surprised I’ve eked out the time to post at all lately.  Maybe I’m slightly more efficient at photo taking, editing, and…

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craft | homemaking | lensbaby | parenting | thinking out loud

To Work or Not to Work

Bymichelle April 14, 2011July 27, 2022

I have been a stay at home mom for 17 years now but lately I have been conflicted about it.  I wonder if it’s about time to start working to…

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books | Christianity | photography | thinking out loud

Scattered Light

Bymichelle April 13, 2011July 27, 2022

Since I started taking a photograph every day of my life, I will never take light for granted. The more I learn to work with it, the more in awe…

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animals | photography | ttv photo

Yin Yang

Bymichelle April 9, 2011July 27, 2022

No real content here except this ttvptych of Spotticus. (yin yang, ttv52 week 13) He’s all at once yielding and aggressive, passive and focused, slow and fast.  Of course, one…

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camping | Christianity | photography | thinking out loud

All You Need is Love

Bymichelle April 9, 2011July 27, 2022

Is it?   Maybe, if that love is more than warm fuzzies.  It would take a much larger concept of love than what many of us learned as children from…

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music | photography

One of My Favorite Songs

Bymichelle April 8, 2011July 27, 2022

My family liked the top image most, but I really liked the bottom.    Same thing, just different tones and shadows.  I thought that was sort of revealing. (flea market…

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cheap stuff | running | stuff

Stepping Down

Bymichelle April 7, 2011July 27, 2022

I’m taking another step down in my move to a more minimal running shoe with these Addidas.  It’s not at all as bare bones as the Feelmax, but there’s almost…

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garden | photography | thinking out loud

I Love Windy Spring Days

Bymichelle April 5, 2011July 27, 2022

Really. (day 93)     

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garden | photography

Pruning

Bymichelle April 5, 2011July 27, 2022

There’s no allusion here, no biblical message about discipline making us stronger here.  It’s really just about pruning. I think I messed up, because I don’t prune things enough.  I’m…

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Christianity | photography | thinking out loud

The Weak Things

Bymichelle April 4, 2011July 27, 2022

 (the weak things, day 85) “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the…

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