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Old Inspiration

Bymichelle February 24, 2011July 27, 2022

Sentimentality clutters. I know because at least once a year I have to force myself to winnow through stacks of books, papers, and future projects so that my husband can’t…

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cheap stuff | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Here’s Random for You

Bymichelle February 23, 2011July 27, 2022

What is this doing in my photostream?   We were given free tickets to see my very first Monster Truck Jam.  Why have I never done this before?   Oh,…

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animals | family | photography | thinking out loud

Black and White Daily Life

Bymichelle February 22, 2011July 27, 2022

These have been hanging around in my camera.  Thought I’d share.  (day 47) (day 51)

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lensbaby | photography | thinking out loud

It’s Just a Phase

Bymichelle February 18, 2011July 27, 2022

I’m a fairly moderate person.  I don’t usually overindulge in anything.  Except for chocolate cakes when I was pregnant and that week in which my husband had time off and…

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lensbaby | music | photography | thinking out loud

Shoes

Bymichelle February 16, 2011July 27, 2022

You know it’s been a hard couple of weeks when there’s lots of shoe pictures.   It makes me think of that line in “Lost in Translation” where Scarlett Johanssen…

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cheap stuff | craft | music | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Valentine’s Mixtape

Bymichelle February 14, 2011July 27, 2022

Remember when if you liked someone, you gave them a mixtape of songs you thought they would like or songs you liked that you hoped they would like too, etc?…

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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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Christianity | lensbaby | photography | thinking out loud

Coldest Day

Bymichelle February 10, 2011July 27, 2022

Today started with a migraine, a mad rush around the mess my daughter left in my bathroom to get ready, tripping over stuff my son was supposed to put away,…

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cheap stuff | music | my home | thinking out loud

Vinyl Goodness

Bymichelle February 9, 2011July 27, 2022

I think it all started with the Fisher Price record player.  You know, the one that played: “Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?”  Later, I had one like this….

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parenting | stuff | thinking out loud

It Must Be Love…

Bymichelle February 7, 2011July 27, 2022

…because they never put them down and lose all sense of time as they click away. My son could play Dinosaur Hunter  without blinking for years, until one day he…

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