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Camera time and old friends

Back in early late May/early June a friend from high school (ok, so we've probably known each other since elementary school dance classes) came for a few days to visit. We entertained ourselves one morning by wandering around with our cameras -- love this waterfall!...

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I'd like this to be the full width of the post... alas that seems to be a problem if I use the Slideshare block. Seems ok if I use Slideshare shortcode to embed. Life of St....

Mailchimp rides again

I use Mailchimp on some other sites to get out updates from the blog function. Seems to work ok generating an email from an RSS feed. But, there are problems: the standard WordPress RSS doesn't send the featured images in the RSS feed. I like my images to show up in...

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I once studied to be an oceanographer… but alas I didn’t wind up working in that field. That doesn’t mean that the ocean is less fascinating to me. I just work with it differently.

 
Presents Are for Tasting

Presents Are for Tasting

It was Genevieve's first Christmas. The part that was celebrated in Birmingham included opening gifts over at Uncle Dan and Auntie Shawn's house. However, it seems that paper is meant to be ripped off of the gift and then tasted. Over and over again.

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Sleepy Claw

Sleepy Claw

Aren't smart phones like the iPhone or Droid neat? Kevin sends us the "Picture of the Day" from his iPhone several times a week. When we were up in Birmingham last week we noticed that Genevieve works hard to free her hands before she settles in to sleep. Hence, "The...

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Four Generations

Four Generations

I hope Genevieve will know all four generations: Martha (great-grandmother), me (grandmother, Martha's oldest), Marie (mother and my daughter) and of course, Genevieve. My grandmother (Martha's mother) was really big on multigenerational photos -- so we are carrying...

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Genevieve

Genevieve

She's the newest member of the family -- she kept us up all night, but when she was ready to be born she came very, very fast. Now we can buy pink, pink and more pink!

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Brevard Zoo

Brevard Zoo

Zoos are one of my favorite excursions. That makes it nice because Lily and Ella enjoy spending time at the Brevard Zoo near their home. Most trips include feeding the birds, trying to feed the giraffes and a visit to the petting zoo and play area. So -- in March,...

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Girltalk

Girltalk

Two of my girls discussing life... Auntie Marie and Lily seem to be discussing deep things in life -- are the rolypolys dead or asleep? Where can we find more of them? Is the sky blue? Can we blow more bubbles?

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