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Instagram Holiday

Bymichelle January 11, 2013August 1, 2022

I don’t like to take down Christmas lights until my birthday.  No, my birthday isn’t in February.  But it’s soon and I’m enjoying my late morning coffee all alone with…

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animals | family | homemaking | my home | thinking out loud

Goodbye, Mo

Bymichelle December 28, 2012August 1, 2022

Two days ago, we said goodbye to our first dog.  He’s not my first pet to lose but he is the first one I ever felt like I could talk…

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50mm | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Christmas Lights

Bymichelle December 24, 2012August 1, 2022

  I love walking in the evening at Christmastime.  All of the lights from within houses like hearths, or little rectangular beacons, glow to draw family home.  I can’t pass…

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50mm | craft | diy | my home

DIY Ornament Wreath

Bymichelle December 21, 2012August 1, 2022

I’m sure you’ve seen them online and, like every other woman I know, I’m not immune to Pinterest’s siren song.  Aside from a handknit gift, I had to make at…

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50mm | garden | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Unscheduled, Colorful, Climb-y, Lanky, Slightly Wild…

Bymichelle August 28, 2012July 27, 2022

My pictorial cure for the beginnings of a migraine at 11:47 with the first day of school looming: the unscheduled, colorful, climb-y, lanky, slightly wild things of summer.  (my flickr)

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50mm | garden | homemaking | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Quiet Summer

Bymichelle May 31, 2012July 27, 2022

It’s summer color … but gently. my Flickr and instagram feed

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garden | my home | phoneography | photography | polaroid | thinking out loud

What I See Without My Glasses

Bymichelle May 30, 2012July 27, 2022

If it looks like what I see without my glasses, it’s the perfect instant film for me.  An extension of my memories, jogging and re-shaping them.  .  I’m trying PX 70…

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50mm | family | my home | parenting | thinking out loud

Boy Stuff

Bymichelle May 17, 2012July 27, 2022

I won’t be seeing this stuff all over the house forever.  Even now, my son says when he and his friends talk about things they’ve built with legos at school,…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | my home

Cheap DIY Memory Foam Platform Bed

Bymichelle April 17, 2012July 27, 2022

I received a comment on my DIY Memory Foam Bed  post recently asking for plans to our pine platform frame.  I didn’t go into much detail with that post because…

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animals | cheap stuff | knitting | my home | ttv photo

Like an Old Friend

Bymichelle March 30, 2012July 27, 2022

I loved the bright color of my first Beatnik, but this one is a more familiar color.  Like a sweater my husband used to have, the color of Fall leaves,…

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