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Hawt Galveston Sands

Bymichelle June 26, 2014August 3, 2022

Riding the ferry to Galveston is a major nostalgia trigger for me.  I remember taking it to visit my older sister one summer after my mother passed away.  I didn’t…

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craft | crochet | family

Super Baby, Revisited

Bymichelle June 25, 2014August 3, 2022

I just wanted to post this photo, which is much more appropriate than the last one,  of the cape I crocheted for my sister in law, only this time there’s…

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Christianity | family | iphoneographs | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Every Time, I Was Never the Same Again

Bymichelle June 5, 2014August 3, 2022

I am just throwing up some old instagram pics along with some rambles to get myself back into the blog routine. I’ve been overhauling my eating and sleeping habits and…

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family | iphoneographs | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Goof

Bymichelle March 28, 2014August 3, 2022

I have a tendency to hyper-focus.  There can be complete chaos around me, but in the safe bubble of my focus, there is only tranquil, methodical progress.  It’s how I…

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cheap stuff | craft | family | knitting | my home | parenting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

A Crafty Bunch

Bymichelle January 20, 2014August 2, 2022

I looked around Sunday and, besides seeing the usual clutter, I realized we were each absorbed in a craft of some sort.  This used to not be unusual for a…

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Christianity | family | phoneography | thinking out loud

Something Personal

Bymichelle December 31, 2013August 2, 2022

Ready for some crazy? 15 sweaters 1 pair of socks 6 hats 9 sets of boot cuffs  1 hair band 1 pr of shorts 1 bag 1 wig 5 cowls,…

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50mm | family | knitting | thinking out loud

Want to See Something Not-So-Neat?

Bymichelle December 18, 2013August 2, 2022

How about knitting striped sleeves two at a time?  That’s four balls of yarn perpetually turning on your lap like a vortex. I have come up with a way to…

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50mm | family | knitting | photography

Arbutus and Cuffs

Bymichelle December 10, 2013August 2, 2022

I spoiled Christmas.  My daughter didn’t have class that day; so when I saw it was neither stormy nor smoky from the marsh fires, I grabbed her for a few…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | family | knitting

Mini Christmas Boot Cuffs…

Bymichelle December 3, 2013August 2, 2022

… in case you want matching cuffs for the little people.  These are hasty photos of some more of Becca’s Cabled Boot Cuffs I made for relatives this Christmas.  The…

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50mm | cheap stuff | family | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

Christmas Boot Cuffs

Bymichelle November 27, 2013August 2, 2022

These Boot Cuffs, by Rebecca Gunderson, were the beginning of a Christmas knitting/ childhood movie marathon.  Obviously I changed my mind about knitting gifts this year. It’s all really subtle,…

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