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Pinterest- Inspired

Bymichelle November 17, 2011July 27, 2022

Pinterest is the new vortex that’s sucking up my free time.  It’s replaced my ripped out magazine pages and is certainly prettier than a bookmarks folder.  It’s like blog reading…

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

Random Shots

Bymichelle August 29, 2011July 27, 2022

These are just random shots from the summer I’ve been hanging onto.  Maybe you’ll enjoy. day 197 day 175  day 190

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my home | patio | photography | thinking out loud

Backyard Life

Bymichelle June 10, 2011July 27, 2022

 I’ve been painting chairs, weeding, and planting in record highs with no rain.  In between all of that, I took some 365’s.  The fact that they are all of legs…

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cheap stuff | my home | patio

Scratch One Off

Bymichelle June 10, 2011July 27, 2022

Well, I can scratch one thing off of the list: I did treat and paint my patio furniture.   (day 151) The set was already neglected when I bought it…

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cheap stuff | garden | homemaking | my home | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

365 Days of Procrastination

Bymichelle May 31, 2011July 27, 2022

Well, it ends here.  I’m giving myself until mid July to finish the bigger, space stealing projects I have in various stages of completion.    We tend to have too…

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lensbaby | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Rainy Day

Bymichelle May 14, 2011July 27, 2022

We’ve had so little rain that it actually feels novel.  Where I would usually want to read or nap through it, I felt like I should sit on the front…

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cheap stuff | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Little Things

Bymichelle April 29, 2011July 27, 2022

I was tired and too uninspired to take a photo the other evening, so my daughter suggested my medicine cabinet. (The Vicks will be with you always…, day 115) I…

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cheap stuff | garden | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Photo Jumble

Bymichelle March 30, 2011July 27, 2022

This is blogging cliff notes.  I’ll hit the high points:  Coming home from camping I took this at a stoplight.  I just couldn’t get over the color of the sky.  …

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lensbaby | my home | photography | ttv photo

Domestic Still Life

Bymichelle February 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Today, I’m indulging in all the color I can find indoors.    (day 46) (day 42) (my Flickr)

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garden | lensbaby | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Wherever You Can Find It

Bymichelle February 11, 2011July 27, 2022

Oh, winter is bleak where I live.  Not bleak as in picturesque, snow- blanketed farm houses.  Not even a dramatic Siberia- bleak.  It’s just like summer when the grass is…

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