Ruby Tuesday ~ Snow Gnome!

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Blue Monday ~Totem Poles

It’s hard to believe that just a week ago the skies were so clear and blue. We are in a overcast, gray, and wet pattern right now. We have the opportunity to see many Totem Poles in the Pacific Northwest because of our Northwest Coast Native populations. They are carved from large trees, generally from [...]

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Still Whiter Than Snow ~ Hymn

Still Whiter Than Snow What can be whiter than beautiful snow, Coming from Heaven to earth below, Pure and so white as it falleth light Over this broad world of sin and of woe? Refrain Yes, there is something still whiter; Hearken ye weary, and know! Tho’ your sins be as scarlet red, They shall [...]

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If Only I Was a Poet…

…I’d write a little something about Icicles. These icicles formed off the edge of our gazebo cover. Some of you might be wondering why we didn’t store our cover in the garage for the winter. I have no idea why we didn’t do that but at this point it might as well stay put. I [...]

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FFF ~ Late Snow

It’s time to look back and choose favorites from the past week. Susanne at Living to Tell the Story is our hostess for this weekly event. I’ll intersperse my Fave 5 amongst these snow shots. We had some late snow for our parts. It’s always a surprise around here and we get all worked up [...]

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Going Retro…

Today is the anniversary of the Flag raising at Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. This was in 1970 when my girlfriend Heidi and I toured Washington D.C. That’s the last time I was in Washington D.C. I’m looking forward to visiting D.C. for the 2nd time in May of this year. Heidi and I spent [...]

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Waiting to See…

…if we’ll get more of this on Wednesday. Maybe I’ll have some real snow photos to show tomorrow! Our weather people sure are excited while predicting inches of the white stuff. Stay tuned…time will tell.

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Larger Than Life ~ Photo Challenge

Ruth at Scrabblequeen Knits, Too is hosting a photo challenge of “Larger than Life” I decided to go with this copy of Michelangelo’s David in it’s Goliath proportions! I took these shots at the Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. That’s my daughter Katie standing next to David to give you some perspective. Thank you Ruth [...]

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Ruffles & Rust

A post with few words but lots of photos…mostly of hats for Jill. When you shop with the younger set this is a typical scene. Then phone in one hand while you shop with the other. If someone took a photo of me they’d see a camera in one hand while I shop with the [...]

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Mosaic Monday ~ In the Pink!

I was at a baby shower today at my Daughter in Love’s home that she and her friends put together for a good friend of theirs. Can you guess what she’s going to have? The girls did a wonderful job of putting everything together. Isn’t that cake something else? One of the girls made it [...]

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