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365 photo challenge: grass

grass is grass...or is it?...hugmamma.

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365 photo challenge: weary

gardening...though back-breaking...has its...rewards...hugmamma.

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daily post challenge #193: how many friends can a person have?

Just saw a Toyota commercial which answered this very question. A teen is seated at the dining table, laptop computer in front of her. Smiling she says something like “Old people are such… Read More →

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daily post challenge #205: what food entices me…yet i’m afraid to try

When I was in high school, a friend started pushing insects and frogs legs. Not like she was pushing dope or anything. Though I wouldn’t know the difference, since I’ve never been in the latter...

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weekly photo challenge: mountains

some like their feet in the air...i like mine where they are...on earth...hugmamma.

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365 photo challenge: whole

cute little critter...but stubborn...and fearless...hugmamma.

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bayeux…as i imagined

The town of Bayeux in Normandy‘s countryside was exactly as I pictured…narrow, cobblestone roads…gothic cathedrals…whimsical store fronts…Hansel and Gretel houses…folks dining outdoors…precious...

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dog…with a message

varoom!...varoom!...motorcycle dog...hugmamma.

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autumn recalls…a bad memory

one time...i shouldn't have listened to...my mother...hugmamma.

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the salmon are here!…the salmon are here!

No salmon met with a more uproarious welcome than those returning to spawn…and die…in our small town this past weekend. If we could only bottle “Salmon Days” and sprinkle its contents over the...

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pioneer woman…duh…i don’t think so…

next time...there'd better not be...a next time...hugmamma.

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weekly photo challenge: simple

majestic in its simplicity...hugmamma.

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superstitious…in this day and age?

It was with uncharacteristic smugness that I read “Snow Job: Ski Resorts Call on Higher Authorities to Save Season…After a Native American Ceremony, Vail Gets Blanketed; ‘Pray to Ullr’.” It wasn’t so...

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…time to exhale…getting away…

It was heavenly to escape the hammering, buzz-sawing and drilling for a few days. A nephew’s wedding in tulip and daffodil country was just the getaway I needed after weeks of preparation for… Read More →

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weeds…a god-send…

weeds (Photo credit: gusset) Tis the season…to weed. For gardeners, that is. Although anyone can partake of this tedious task. If you haven’t a patch of your own, I’m certain your neighbor would… Read...

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weekly photo challenge: summer

Here in the Pacific Northwest summer is but a fleeting moment in an otherwise gray, soggy landscape. So we don’t really discuss the weather except when the sun shines brightly and the warm… Read More →

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you are my sunshine…la, la, la, la…

...playing games with the sun...what sun?...hugmamma.

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paying homage…to the sun…what else?

Here in the Seattle area where the sun doesn’t abide year round, we’re always focused upon its next appearance. So while others may perform rain dances…poor, deranged souls…we close our eyes at night…...

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daydreaming…a lost art

It’s been awhile since I’ve even heard the term…daydreaming. As a child in the 1950′s I daydreamed…a lot.  It was an option as I flew out the front door, my mom’s favorite refrain ringing in my ears....

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…a world away…in our own “backyard”

...feeling human again...getting out of the rat race...hugmamma.

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