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Colors 26 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
In looking through my photos, I noticed that I seem to gravitate to strong colors when snapping pictures of non-natural things. IE, man-made. And of those, I seem to take photos of red most often. Her...
Friday night exhaustion 24 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
I'm up! I'm refreshed! Thank goodness for a good night's sleep. We completed our first full week of school with children. I work with kindergarten kids, aged five. It is literally like herding cats. I...
A nice Sunday 19 Aug 2013 | 05:19 am
Today was very relaxing. I hope it was for you as well. Sundays should be like that. I awoke early this morning and I sure do enjoy when I awaken refreshed and able to rise early. It is so quiet here ...
Chicken party, veggie delight, cool weather 18 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
The chickens came back. This time, they were here for the figs that have fallen on the ground. The rooster was gorgeous. His coloration was striking, containing burnt umber, sunset red, iridescent bl...
More cat pictures 17 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
The best kitties in the world! Bert likes to lay along the top of the couch when I lay down on it. But he doesn't like to pose for pictures Luke curls up on the ottoman. He doesn't mind posing- he i...
First day of school 17 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
The first day of school 2013-2014 is here and I had a fantastic day! The kids were adorable as usual. Everything went smoothly. For the first time in years, it wasn't hot. The temps today were only ab...
School tomorrow 12 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
Tomorrow I go back to school. We have four days of meetings, pre-planning and setting up rooms and then Friday the kids come back. The yellow school buses will roll out once again, and again and again...
Venetian glass 11 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A ceiling in the Grand Royal Hotel, Orvieto, Tuscany, Italy. The light is Venetian glass circa 1750. The ceiling is hand painted. The hotel used to be a palazzo built in 1200, and refurbished and reno...
Braise that celery 8 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
As the summer leaks away like air from a balloon, I value every second ever more. I am looking forward to school, but the first month is always such a high cliff to climb. By this point I'm looking fo...
This week's Bountiful Basket 3 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
I mentioned a week ago that I started participating in the food co-op called Bountiful Baskets. You sign up & pay online and every two weeks a truck comes with a huge basket of fresh and good produce....
