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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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