i’m only joking

I heard something on the radio this morning that made me think about local Halloween traditions.  Back home growing up, the only real traditions included two nights of Trick or Treating.  Other than that and jack’o lanterns, what was there to Halloween?
Back to the radio program that spawned this post.  The reporter was interviewing grade- [...]

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the phantom ghost has come to town

Do any of the rest of you do this?  In our previous neighborhood you got “boo-ed”.  Booing entailed the exchange of baked goods under cover of darkness to two of your neighbors.  After you have received said booing, you hang a picture of the ghost in your window and within 24 hours Boo two more [...]

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the sixth picture in the sixth folder

So, I open up my google homepage and see that Kristin has several new posts, one of which is a kind of blog game she’s playing and asked the rest of us to join her. 
The idea is that you open the 6th folder of photos (on your hard drive, photo account, whatever.  I’m at the [...]

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a new domestic feat

By the time we went to the apple orchard in September, most of the construction in the kitchen was complete and I was anxious to give the space a test run.  Why I decided to do it by trying something completely new, I will never know, but here it is.  I finally tried canning. 
Seeing as [...]

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child’s play

Yesterday as we trudged into the house after a day of running the ole rat race, Freya saw her sidewalk chalk and you would have thought she had never seen them before.  She had to draw right there, right then.
So, we ventured to the back patio to draw.  After getting our fill of drawing, we [...]

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serene

Freya and I took a walk to the park on Saturday and just thought this was peaceful.
 

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bathing beauties

Several months ago, our niece came to stay for an extended weekend.  The girls had so much fun together everyday all day…right down to bedtime bathing. 
As you can imagine, I had my camera ready all weekend and probably took over 100 pictures of them playing and visiting the St. Louis Science Center.  Unfortunately, many of those [...]

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the objects of my affection

and my favorite camera subject are of course, my daughter and husband, especially together…
 

 …at the zoo (October 2008)

…at the apple orchard (September 2008)

…at the balloon glow (September 2008)

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what’s with THAT house?

originally posted on my myspace blog on July 31, 2008
I’ve always wanted to watch that show on HGTV or TLC or wherever it is broadcast, but I always forget to look it up for the TiVo.  So, here’s my own version for today.
 
I came across this little “gem” of architecture today in Glendale, Missouri (that’s in [...]

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what do YOU see?

this was originally posted on my myspace blog on September 9, 2008
What do you see in this picture?
Me, I thought, yep, that about sums up my day.
Freya on the other hand was very excited and the following is a real conversation:
F: Mommy it’s PINK.  There’s PINK on your car mommy!
Me: Yes, it is pink Freya.  [...]

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hello and welcome

I’m going to take a few days to add some of my myspace blogs over here, as I think they fit my own personal parameters for this blog.  Therefore, some of you out there, those of you that are my friends on myspace, have seen several of these first blogs.  I promise that new ones [...]

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