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  • 50mm | family | new to me | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

    Senior Pictures and I Didn’t Ruin Them

    Bymichelle May 2, 2013August 2, 2022

    So, that’s a big relief!  I know I can take okay photos, but that’s when it’s for me and when it’s what I like.  Why else would I do it?…

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  • 50mm | garden | my home | patio | thinking out loud

    It’s Supposed to Just Happen

    Bymichelle May 1, 2013August 2, 2022

    My gardening style is to wait and see what happens.  I mean wait too long and then eventually wade into the mess to assess the damage.   I have been…

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  • 50mm | family | knitting | parenting

    This is the Space Where a Finished Object Should Be

    Bymichelle April 30, 2013August 2, 2022

    Instead, I’m posting a nearly finished object because I need to feel a sense of accomplishment in this Knitalong.   I have crotch and waistband seams to sew, along with elastic…

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  • 50mm | knitting | linkage

    Swatching for My Daughter

    Bymichelle April 25, 2013August 2, 2022

    Her request for one of these tops ended my indecision about what to knit in Shannon’s Spring Tops, Tanks, and Tees Knitalong.  I was waffling between this pattern, Lady Bat…

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  • 50mm | books | Christianity | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

    Reading Material

    Bymichelle April 23, 2013August 2, 2022

    So I’m going to ramble about things on the bookish front.  These are some of the books I’ve kept beside me for stolen moments.  Some have been beside me for…

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  • 50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

    “Mine, All Mine” Knitalong

    Bymichelle April 20, 2013August 2, 2022

    The Pour Moi Knitalong is all about laying aside your many knitted gifts for others to eek out a little something for yourself.  I feel like a fraud.  I mostly…

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  • family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | shows | thinking out loud | travel

    The Wildest, Craziest Time Ever

    Bymichelle April 18, 2013August 2, 2022

    We went to Fort Worth over the weekend primarily for my a memorial service in honor of my husband’s uncle, who passed away not long ago.  It was a really…

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  • knitting

    One Leg

    Bymichelle April 15, 2013August 2, 2022

    That’s what I have so far for the Pour Moi knitalong hosted by Evelyn of Project: Stash.  I really should have gotten farther but I kept zoning out and making…

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  • 50mm | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

    Do Not Judge the Stash

    Bymichelle April 11, 2013August 2, 2022

    It’s a wonderfully, dreary day.  The kind where you can’t go for a run, can’t get groceries easily and so say, “Why bother?”  The kind of day where you are…

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  • 50mm | knitting

    Swatch Plus

    Bymichelle April 9, 2013August 2, 2022

    I waited to cast on for my Bombshell Shorts so I could join in Project: Stash’s  Pour Moi Knitalong.   These ladies are all so lovely and I’ve wanted to get…

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