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Elora Slouchy Toque

Bymichelle October 25, 2013August 2, 2022

Someone was in a good mood because they had no homework, so he indugled me by taking a few quick photos of me in my new hat. This hat is…

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50mm | cheap stuff | family | knitting | parenting | thinking out loud

Knitter’s Equivalent to Emotional Eating

Bymichelle August 24, 2013August 2, 2022

I cast on for the Kollabora Sockalong and started working in magic loop.  Then I remembered Elena’s post about her sock recipe and how she worked this pattern toe up….

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family | iphoneographs | parenting | phoneography | photography

Summer Instagrams

Bymichelle July 16, 2013August 2, 2022

Here’s a peek into our lives via instagram.  My daughter graduated, my son went on a mission trip to Arlington, they had church camps, we’ve run and rode our bikes,…

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50mm | Christianity | family | food | garden | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

We Will Both Thrive

Bymichelle July 3, 2013August 2, 2022

Planting my garden this year was a small act of faith.  I didn’t feel like working in it, haven’t felt like it for a couple of years, but so hoped…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | parenting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Young Lady Bat

Bymichelle May 24, 2013July 27, 2022

It’s all finished and on my daughter’s person now, just in time for the last day of high school… ever!  I was doubtful that I could squeeze in a handmade…

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50mm | family | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud | ugly places

Quietly Hopeful

Bymichelle May 22, 2013August 2, 2022

These are of one of my daughter’s closest friends.  I had the honor of shooting her graduation photos.  I’m posting the ones I like best, not necessarily the ones that…

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50mm | family | new to me | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

Senior Pictures and I Didn’t Ruin Them

Bymichelle May 2, 2013August 2, 2022

So, that’s a big relief!  I know I can take okay photos, but that’s when it’s for me and when it’s what I like.  Why else would I do it?…

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50mm | family | knitting | parenting

This is the Space Where a Finished Object Should Be

Bymichelle April 30, 2013August 2, 2022

Instead, I’m posting a nearly finished object because I need to feel a sense of accomplishment in this Knitalong.   I have crotch and waistband seams to sew, along with elastic…

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50mm | family | lensbaby | parenting | photography | places | thinking out loud

I’ve Known Her Eighteen Years

Bymichelle March 14, 2013August 1, 2022

This should be a post about how my daughter turned eighteen, about how much I love her, about how proud I am of her, about how incredibly blessed I know…

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Christianity | family | homemaking | knitting | parenting | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Ramble with Me

Bymichelle March 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m just going to be all over the place with this post.  I’ve been laying around, sick with some kind of cold, without a voice, while doing a food/ caffeine…

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