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Blue Eggs with Breakfast

Bymichelle December 11, 2010July 27, 2022

I’ve hijacked the kitchen table all week for making jewelry as Christmas gifts.  Somehow we’ve been eating breakfast around this mess, passing the milk over boxes of hemp and wire….

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animals | photography | running | thinking out loud

Speaking of Cloistered…

Bymichelle December 9, 2010July 27, 2022

I have to make more of an effort to be outside during the winter.   Some days I force myself to run and  force my kids to bundle up with…

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Cloistered

Bymichelle December 8, 2010July 27, 2022

I’ve been feeling a little cloistered lately.  Maybe it’s the early hour that it gets dark, or the stuffy noses from marsh burnings that has me slowing down.  Maybe it’s…

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craft | knitting | my home | photography

Not Too Slouchy

Bymichelle December 7, 2010July 27, 2022

I decided to use 365 as an excuse to take new photos of some of my sweaters for my Ravelry.  The old ones were either taken with a poor camera…

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family | parenting | thinking out loud

A Hectic Little Christmas

Bymichelle December 5, 2010July 27, 2022

That’s what I heard in my head all day: “Have yourself a hectic little Christmas.”  I know, it sounds kind of humbug-ish.  But if you read my last post, you…

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homemaking | photography | thinking out loud

Homebody

Bymichelle December 3, 2010July 27, 2022

That’s me.    I love to be outdoors, running, camping, canoeing- all that.  I loved our different family vacations and missions.  But when I’m home- I like to be home….

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photography | stuff

A Shot of Green in Fall

Bymichelle November 29, 2010July 27, 2022

I noticed a little color theme in these thrown together shots.  But nothing else in common except that they were taken in the restful atmosphere of a holiday.   (365 Day…

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family | photography | places

Glimpses

Bymichelle November 27, 2010July 27, 2022

These are few images of my grandparents’ home so familiar to me that I feel peaceful just looking at them.  Even the furniture is like family.    (365 Day 322)…

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animals | photography | thinking out loud

Four Days in Four Images and Four Sentences

Bymichelle November 26, 2010July 27, 2022

 (365 Days 318 – 321) You know you’ve barely tried when you take a pajamas shot.   These are not the greatest, but I’m cutting myself more slack than normal since it’s…

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family | photography | thinking out loud

Thank You

Bymichelle November 25, 2010July 27, 2022

Baggage is such a negative term. But, it doesn’t have to be.  Along with all the usual baggage I dragged into adulthood from crummy teenage years and several dashed hopes,…

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