Green, Yellow, Purple, White

Spring is here. The garden is calling!DaffodilLilac BudForsythia in full bloomGrecian Windflower...

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California, There and Back again...

Here is my final report of our trip. Here is the link to the photo album for those of you without time to read another rambling travelogue. For my own sake, I am grateful to have it all recorded. For those of you who have read along, it means so much...

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California, Tuesday and Wednesday

Today is Saturday, but I'm home with the girls while the boys all go up to Lake Tahoe for a little snowboarding. I'm not feeling all that well today, but it seems to be mostly from allergies. California is a bit farther along in spring than Baltimore,...

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California: Monday

After getting to Phil and Alex's in time for dinner on Sunday night, we had a nice visit, got settled into our base of operations for the week and got some sleep. Monday was a flop day, meaning we had no firm plans and everyone got to flop. We slept...

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California, Friday to Sunday

It is now Tuesday night, but I finally got a card reader to work so I could get my photos off my camera and start blogging this trip. This will be a very long post, so feel free to take the National Geographic approach and go here for the pictures and...

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Looking for A-1

I can't leave the computer for fear of being distracted from my quest to check in for our flight tomorrow at precisely the stroke of 7 am. I realize it is not likely that I'll get A-1 because of Southwest's new "business select" that automatically gives...

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Stuck in the Middle

I'm stuck between two dear friends who are on opposite sides of an issue. The conditions of the situation have caused me to give some serious thought to my tendencies-how I express myself, what causes me to argue with other people, how much control...

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Countdown to California

This coming Friday, we leave for California for 10 days. I am very excited about the trip-we will see a lot of the northern half of this gi-nourmous state, traveling from San Francisco up to Yreka (I just love saying that) to see my pal Holly and hopefully...

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Welcome to the Mtv Generation

Mtv debuted just a couple of weeks before my 15th birthday. I still remember the old ads with the astronaut planting the Mtv flag on the moon. Today I heard a song that I bet I haven't heard in 20 years. It was one of my favorites in high school, along...

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Sometimes life is just so daily.

Can't think of anything specific to write about. Here is a list of things I've noticed, been thinking about or am doing:I am happy for the spring-like weather.We got a new trampoline after living a year and a half without one. I like having a trampoline....

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More Light

As a photographer, I'm always in search of more light. For example, I have some extra money earned from my recent knitting conference, and my sole end is to find the right lens for my camera with a larger aperture than any of the lenses I currently...

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