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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-2309440786168354052014-10-29T14:44:00.005-04:002014-10-29T14:44:56.151-04:00Little Mama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A couple weeks ago we went to this little guy's house to photograph his one-year-old cuteness!<br />
This usually good-natured baby decided he didn't like my camera but at the end of the day we still got a few smiles out of him :)</div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-4026651770833554732014-09-20T17:42:00.001-04:002014-09-20T17:46:28.665-04:00I Saw The Light...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We were enjoying an early supper the other evening. Daddy was working late and we were eating "kid food:" Quesadillas, apples, tortilla chips... and banana bread for dessert. As I sliced the warm banana bread I glanced out the kitchen window and saw the most glorious light streaming through our back woods. I served the kids their buttered bread and told everybody I would be right back "just trying to catch some rays before the sun goes down!"<br />
I grabbed my camera, slipped into my boots and ran across our little field toward the woods. Our baby goats caught sight of me and started crying for attention. I ran down the tiny path towards the light, ignoring the noise and the spider webs collecting in my hair...<br />
The sunset, streaming through the trees was absolutely gorgeous!</div>
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A few moments later, my kids gathered on the back porch and called out "Mom, mom! Can we have some more banana bread?!" I tried answering "sure, just a minute!" but they didn't hear me over the racket of the baby goats so they kept on yelling louder "MOM!!!" I refuse to shriek at my kids across the back yard so I trudged up to the house and served more bread as the sun went down and the woods turned dark blue. I was feeling selfish and grouchy. "Were you guys having a banana bread emergency? No. All I asked was 5 minutes to take a few pictures and yet I find myself being yelled at by four goats and three children." My little girl leaned over and whispered to her big brother "what is 4+3?" he whispered back "seven."<br />
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She piped up with an impish grin "So, you had seven kids yelling at you, huh?"<br />
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Yep. I guess that's true. Seven kids who need me. Seven kids who are pretty darn cute :)</div>
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Somebody is ready for Spring to get here :)<br />
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Making the most of it :)</div>
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Hey Friends! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! </div>
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We had a wonderful, wonderful day full of love and excitement.</div>
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Here they are- twenty days old! </div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-84858858662904152512012-12-17T22:51:00.002-05:002012-12-17T23:06:27.443-05:00New Kits on the Block<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, it's been almost a month since I sat down here to write.</div>
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we have six babies!</div>
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Can you tell what they are? </div>
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Our rabbit, Cookie is a mamma!</div>
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They are so ugly, and so cute. </div>
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They were born on the 5th of December.</div>
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I only held each one for a second to make sure they were alive- my hands were trembling, </div>
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None of our rabbits have ever kindled before and I personally have never touched </div>
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such a tiny, fragile creature.</div>
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I was also on the verge of freaking out because Cookie made her nest on the floor of her hutch instead of in the nesting box; and while I knew it was important to move the kits into the nesting box, I was terrified that she would abandon them. Rabbits can be really finicky if they feel <span style="text-align: left;">threatened and</span></div>
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this particular mamma rabbit was </div>
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really... um... <i>grumpy </i>during her pregnancy. </div>
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But her attitude has improved a lot- she actually lets me<i> pet</i> her again! :)</div>
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Day 2: you can see their fur beginning to grow already!</div>
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I have lots of cell phone pictures and of course none of them are very good!</div>
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But I don't care. I'm so proud of Cookie and I'm so happy they are all still alive! Well, I let Cookie do all the work: she only nurses them once, in the early morning and when I check on them later in the day each belly is full and round. She pulled fur from her belly to make the nest all cozy and warm and the second day when the weather turned colder she gave them more of her fur- such a good mamma!</div>
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This baby is the most active so far and always seems to be on top of the bunny pile:)</div>
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Here is the same baby at one week of age!</div>
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And here she is today!</div>
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their eyes just opened yesterday and I brought them down to the house for their first exploration...</div>
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...apparently they still prefer to cuddle and sleep-<br />
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We are doing just fine!</div>
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We have been busy enjoying the fall </div>
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But it's nice to stop in here for a moment just to say hello</div>
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(hopefully that doesn't mean another 6 weeks)!</div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-67572278332005888122012-10-05T14:00:00.001-04:002012-10-05T14:05:24.413-04:00Nap Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I went into his room to encourage him to sleep and he said "Me baby. Peas sing me baby song" so I sang "Baby mine" to him. He giggled and propped his feet up on the side railing of the bed, just like he has been doing every day since he was a tiny baby.... ah kid, if only you knew how much I want you to stay a baby :)<br />
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This is one interesting spider: </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">we <strike>walked through</strike> discovered her web across our back door early one morning </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Normal garden spider encounter.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Except she continued to rebuild her big old web across our door every night for a week and every morning the kids would come to the door and look for the big spider in the window. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">You can see from this picture that our friend is starting to grow tired of this routine- she</span><span style="text-align: left;"> hasn't even bothered to weave her typically perfect zigzag pattern on the web- which makes sense, I suppose, since she knows this web will only last one night</span>!</div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-87102948719929205222012-09-27T07:00:00.000-04:002012-09-27T09:34:53.890-04:00Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Home from vacation...</div>
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back to reality.</div>
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We had such a lovely time,<br />
I miss it already.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I may have mentioned this before but every single time I visit the ocean I think of the hymn by Trevor Francis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!"</span></div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-31112031296712167672012-09-14T09:20:00.001-04:002012-09-14T09:24:39.047-04:00Why is spring in the air?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My plants seem to be all confused! I'm not sure what's going on but I'm certainly enjoying it... My azaleas (which didn't bloom very well in the spring when they were supposed to) are giving me pretty pink blooms, my morning glories are in full glory along with my rose, my mums and my crepe myrtle! </div>
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I guess everybody in the yard is having their last hurrah before the fall leaves steal the show :)
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-55028002474429274522012-09-10T01:27:00.004-04:002012-09-10T02:22:04.442-04:00Outside My Comfort Zone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey, happy Monday to ya!</div>
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Is your day starting out well?</div>
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Right now I'm finishing up my homework for the first week of photography class.</div>
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Week two, here I come!</div>
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I can't wait to tell you about this particular assignment because it stretched me as a photographer (in a good way) and I think you might like to try this too!</div>
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So, this exercise is about finding an image that is dramatically outside of your normal photography style... and recreating it.</div>
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My inspiration for this challenge comes from <a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/">Ashley Sisk</a>- I'm sure you've heard of her! I have always admired her <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysisk/5120759537/in/photostream/">bright</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysisk/5743790953/in/photostream">crisp</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysisk/6098997544/in/photostream">clean</a> style of photography.<br />
I decided to take a stab at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysisk/6205460590/in/photostream/">architecture</a> because I believe it's one of my weakest subjects.<br />
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<b>c. </b>clean lines.... here goes:</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> I know it's not the most artistic thing ever- but hey, I can only stretch </span><i style="text-align: left;">so far </i><span style="text-align: left;">outside my comfort zone! </span></div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-13116899934678268202012-09-07T16:29:00.001-04:002012-09-07T16:31:17.707-04:00Spider Lilies (Part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This month, I'm taking an online photography class from <a href="http://www.sweetviolet.net/">SweetViolet</a> and I'm prepared to share a lot of class homework with you! One of the assignments this week was about finding inspiration from other photographers, picking a favorite and trying to capture the same tone and quality of light. I've never done this before and I admit the project seemed a little daunting but it didn't take long to find the photographer I want to imitate- I am totally enamored with <a href="http://www.ditteisager.dk/?cat=22">this</a> photographer and I would love to borrow a horse so I could do an equestrian session like <a href="http://www.ditteisager.dk/?cat=33">this</a>!<br />
I couldn't get my hands on a horse this week, so I decided to stick with the obliging spider lily:</div>
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Overall, I'm not satisfied with this- I don't think my composition, tones or lighting are as pure and calm as Ditte Isager but it's a start and I won't give up! </div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-45313232542172236762012-09-06T15:29:00.000-04:002012-09-09T22:37:52.632-04:00Spider Lily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love these graceful flowers.</div>
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They pop up in September and remind me that autumn will soon be here... </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">...and cool breezes will soon beckon us to open the windows, play outside, bake all sorts of good things, clean the house from top to bottom and snuggle up in the evening with a pile of good books. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">And it always starts with the Spider Lily :)</span><br />
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-18980820417636409502012-08-29T16:51:00.003-04:002012-08-29T16:51:45.593-04:00Love & Other Drugs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey there, how have you been? I've missed you... sorry I haven't been around much,</div>
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I just haven't had anything to say. </div>
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Maybe I've been too busy trying to overhaul my personality, deep clean my house and morph into a <strike>sane</strike> productive SAHM? Nah, that should only have taken a day or two, right?</div>
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This must be a simple case of writer's block or inspiration deficiency.<br />
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Makes me think of a movie we watched the other night where a desperate author with writer's block and a looming deadline took an interesting clear pill on a whim and immediately discovered that it enabled him to access <b>all </b>of his brain. His new mental clarity made him focused, brilliant and successful at absolutely everything- if only for 24hrs before the drug wore off and he felt compelled to take another... what a terrible addiction. And yet I caught myself thinking <i>Heck yeah, I'll take it!</i></div>
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Anyway, Monday was pretty typical: all I did was laundry.<br />
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Well, and there happen to be three awesome kids around here to hang out with.</div>
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Oh, and I also picked up ice cream to share with my husband.<br />
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But no one offered me an interesting clear pill (or <i>any pill </i>for that matter) so Tuesday was pretty much the same: teaching, parenting, loving, playing and cleaning. Nothing special.</div>
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Now, it's getting late and still no friends or dealers have offered me <i>anything</i> to make me brilliant or focused so I guess I'll have to fall back on the old stand by...</div>
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...caffeine ;)</div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-65336801859249752862012-08-20T17:52:00.002-04:002012-08-20T17:56:17.381-04:00The Shenanigans Continue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and the disguises continue! We don't know who's who around here anymore!</div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-40285271086376884412012-08-15T11:12:00.000-04:002012-08-15T15:38:28.703-04:00Awesome 'Stache!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Also linking up<a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/"> here</a>, <a href="http://mamato3blessings.blogspot.com/2012/08/deep-in-thought-wordless-wednesday-with.html">here</a>, <a href="http://acts17verse28.blogspot.com/2012/08/wordless-and-wonderful.html">here</a> & <a href="http://judyh-jsthoughts.blogspot.com/">here</a></div>
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-22719064734497857322012-08-14T08:27:00.004-04:002012-08-14T08:27:27.950-04:007:30 AM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-75219920197233385052012-08-09T23:38:00.001-04:002012-08-10T00:10:04.460-04:00Little(ish) Visitor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometimes photo ops happen so unexpectedly!<br />
This afternoon, just as I ran out to the back deck to bring in the beach towels before another storm blew in, I found this <i>huge</i> grasshopper right there on the deck so I put him in a big jar (he actually got loose in the house so I had to catch him twice!) and the kids offered our <strike>captive</strike> special guest some grass, lettuce, tomato and bread crumbs to see if we could make him happy. Once he was settled in, my little scientists started making observations: my 4 yo girl counted his legs to see if he could be classified as an insect- she counted seven legs so she decided that he wasn't an insect after all. My 6 yo boy decided that the bug was too big to be a <i>real</i> grasshopper so he asked me to google "mystery bug" so just when our guest was about to be stripped of all dignity my littlest boy started singing the song that his grandma taught him "head, thorax, abdomen!" (to the tune of "head, shoulders, knees and toes")! After the song was finished they all decided that he was indeed an insect, even if he wasn't a real grasshopper. After supper, the storm had passed and we decided to give "Mystery bug" his freedom. My kids set the jar on the deck and let him climb out by himself and surprisingly, he stayed on the rim of the jar long enough for me to run grab my camera and snap a few pics...<br />
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</div>Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728540941177484004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875023084257111144.post-2297048381718836952012-08-07T07:00:00.000-04:002012-08-07T07:00:09.940-04:00Let it Rain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For me, creativity is like the pop up summer storms:</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It blows in without warning, it often makes a mess, </span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">and when you have other things to accomplish, it's darned inconvenient...</span></div>
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...but it's still <i>lots of fun!</i></div>
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