Category: Photos
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Travel Theme: International Women’s Day
This week my mind is filled with memories of my two beautiful Grandmothers. I quietly observed the 18th anniversary of my maternal Grandmothers death a few days ago and had the great fortune to attend my paternal Grandmother’s 95th Birthday party in February. In celebration of International Women’s Day and Alisa’s…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details
Today’s photo challenge is about getting lost in the details. Late winter in my backyard can be dark, muddy and sometimes a little depressing. I love to garden but this time of year is tough for me to appreciate as the ground is covered with debris from winter storms and too wet and cold for most spring flowers. After spending…
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Travel theme: Roads
I have a lot of fun following Alisa’s travels around the world through her blog Where’s my backpack. This weeks theme is Roads and I want to share a few of my pictures from a beautiful day on San Juan Island in Washington State. The original road is almost overgrown now but this is…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
In response to today’s Weekly Photo Challenge I have two pictures of a great friendship moving forward through 11 years. When my son was one he found a new friend at daycare. It didn’t matter to them that they were boy and girl and happily, 11 years later, this still isn’t a factor in their…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
When I saw today’s prompt for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss I immediately thought of this picture of my son and his cousin at the Oregon Coast. I love the contrasts between her sweet heart hoodie, his rough “end of the summer” knees and their tender little hands. The sweetness soon turned to flying sand and salt…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Home
When my son heard we were selling our house and moving to a new neighborhood he insisted he wouldn’t leave without his “thinking” rock. Turns out his idea of home was a quiet place to sit in the backyard and I suspect he thought if we couldn’t lift the rock he wouldn’t have…
Northwest Frame of Mind 