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Pioneer Style

Bymichelle April 10, 2012July 31, 2022

I had a “Little House” experience recently.  Remember that big garden that I’ve wanted since I started blogging?  The one my husband was never too excited about?  Well, with the…

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50mm | animals | music | my home | thinking out loud

Not Completely

Bymichelle March 21, 2012July 27, 2022

I haven’t completely disappeared from the face of the Earth.   Though I’ve let some things go for a time, like piano practice, this blog, taking photos, learning Spanish, etc…

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music | photography

Happy Days

Bymichelle September 7, 2011July 27, 2022

All summer I’ve indulged in lots of sunshine: walking dogs, riding my bike, long walks, and easy jogs.  This is a sampler of my evergrowing Happy Days playlist that I…

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bicycle | cheap stuff | diy | linkage | music | new to me | photography

How Very Collegiate of ME

Bymichelle May 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Remember me writing about the Schwinn Collegiate bicycles I got for myself and my daughter here and here?  How I was going to try to learn how to tune up a…

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music | photography | thinking out loud

My First Car Had an Eight Track Player

Bymichelle May 16, 2011July 27, 2022

My first car had an eight track player.  So, I stuck homemade mix tapes into an adapter that stuck into the eight track player and bounced up and down as…

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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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lensbaby | music | photography | thinking out loud

Shoes

Bymichelle February 16, 2011July 27, 2022

You know it’s been a hard couple of weeks when there’s lots of shoe pictures.   It makes me think of that line in “Lost in Translation” where Scarlett Johanssen…

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cheap stuff | craft | music | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Valentine’s Mixtape

Bymichelle February 14, 2011July 27, 2022

Remember when if you liked someone, you gave them a mixtape of songs you thought they would like or songs you liked that you hoped they would like too, etc?…

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cheap stuff | music | my home | thinking out loud

Vinyl Goodness

Bymichelle February 9, 2011July 27, 2022

I think it all started with the Fisher Price record player.  You know, the one that played: “Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?”  Later, I had one like this….

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music | parenting

Love Songs I Grew Up Loving

Bymichelle January 18, 2011

Since I’m just now taking the Christmas music out of the sidebar, I thought I’d go with a Valentine’s theme. These are songs I grew up loving.  My mother sang…

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