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California Part 3, More Big trees

Bymichelle July 22, 2011July 27, 2022

I’ll picking up where I left off…  On Day 3 we sought the pictographs near the suspension bridge over the Kaweah and made it much more complicated than it had…

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California Pt.2

Bymichelle July 22, 2011July 27, 2022

Sequoia is the forest of my dreams.  I’d read about The Big Woods and the Light in the Forest as a girl, but the only image I could contribute was…

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camping | family | parenting | photography | thinking out loud | travel

All the Way to California, Pt 1

Bymichelle July 16, 2011July 27, 2022

This time we went all the way there. If it weren’t for giant sequoia trees, I probably wouldn’t have wanted to see California.  For some reason it always brought Hollywood…

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family | parenting | thinking out loud

Tributes

Bymichelle June 12, 2011July 27, 2022

I’d like to say I bring flowers to my mother’s grave every month or something.  But the truth is, it isn’t nearly so often.  I don’t know why, I ride…

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family | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

End of Year Party Circuit

Bymichelle June 8, 2011July 27, 2022

When I was in school there were two parties:  Christmas and Valentine’s Day.  We got candy canes and a homemade envelope full of little paper hearts with Elmer’s glue running…

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lensbaby | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

Recite This

Bymichelle May 18, 2011July 27, 2022

I  have a choice with this post.  I can just upload the photos, or use dance as a metaphor for some aspect of life, or I can say what I’m…

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cheap stuff | family | lensbaby | parenting | photography | ttv photo

Walks Around the City

Bymichelle April 27, 2011July 27, 2022

That title conjures up images of a bustling, downtown scene, alive with car horns, traffic, people milling around, and street performers.  But, no, it’s not a real city, just my…

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family | parenting | photography | ttv photo

Not Too Old for an Easter Basket

Bymichelle April 26, 2011July 27, 2022

After church we gathered for gumbo at Grandmommy and Papaw’s.  As usual, my son ate too much, groans, then slips out of his chair to lay on the floor by…

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homemaking | parenting | shows | thinking out loud

Undefined, Lazy Time

Bymichelle April 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Once or twice a week, homework permitting, my daughter and I have the house to ourselves for a few hours.  We don’t do anything monumental, just watch a couple of…

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family | homemaking | parenting | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Dragon Pictures

Bymichelle April 17, 2011July 27, 2022

Our refrigerator used to be covered with drawings of cats.  The last few years it’s been all dragons and knights and such.  For now anyway.  I’ve had someone’s drawings on…

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