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Coffee Ritual

Bymichelle September 9, 2011July 27, 2022

The coffee ritual is strong in my family.   My father has it, I have it, and my sister has it.  And, like every other family, we have our own…

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camping | family | photography | thinking out loud

Last Summer Campout

Bymichelle August 22, 2011July 27, 2022

We had our last summer campout a few weeks ago.    We were fortunate enough to be able to share the fun with my cousin and her family. There’s something…

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camping | family | photography | polaroid | travel

Yosemite

Bymichelle July 30, 2011July 27, 2022

I read that Yosemite is a zoo in the summer.   It was, but it was a zoo we needed to see.  I mean, we were so close that it…

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camping | photography | travel | ttv photo

Ttv Trees, California Pt.4

Bymichelle July 22, 2011July 27, 2022

These are some of my ttvs of the Sequoia National Forest.  (General Sherman- the largest living thing in the world, day 167)  (Sequoia cross section)  (Gen. Sherman from a distance)…

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camping | family | lensbaby | linkage | parenting | photography | polaroid

California Part 3, More Big trees

Bymichelle July 22, 2011July 27, 2022

I’ll picking up where I left off…  On Day 3 we sought the pictographs near the suspension bridge over the Kaweah and made it much more complicated than it had…

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camping | family | parenting | photography | thinking out loud | travel

All the Way to California, Pt 1

Bymichelle July 16, 2011July 27, 2022

This time we went all the way there. If it weren’t for giant sequoia trees, I probably wouldn’t have wanted to see California.  For some reason it always brought Hollywood…

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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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books | camping | photography | travel

Doing the Math

Bymichelle March 24, 2011July 27, 2022

“You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet.  A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.”…

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camping | family | photography | travel

Looking for Magic Hour

Bymichelle March 23, 2011July 27, 2022

I know that I’ve found it when I don’t want to do a thing to alter the image. “Twice each day the cool, blue light of night interacts with warm…

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camping | homemaking

Home Away from Home

Bymichelle March 22, 2011May 16, 2023

Come take a trip with us in our little pop- up. It’s not the camper I always envisioned us having. It was a blessing because right after we discussed looking…

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