PART TWO

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rANdoMnEsS — Flower:  Cleome raNdOmLy “volunteered” to grow in  pile of dirt DIY Guy moved to make the patio. Sunflowers that the squirrels and mice raNdOmLy climb and eat the seeds from. A raNdOm sunflower that they didn’t destroy. A raNdOm picture of my DIY Guy — who is not raNdOm at all. I raNdOmLy took a picture of … Read More

Randomography

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Randomography – Photorandomy – Randomtography — or more simply put — pictures on my camera from the last week . . . Volunteer Pansies in the concrete crack Apples on our trees A sweet surprise from our neighbor today Skyway art, downtown Rochester sweet feet plethora of cherry tomatoes from garden Zinnia’s in the morning.

First BIG purchase

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The year was 1979.  I was 20 years old and I had a little bit of money tucked away.  Enough to buy myself a car.  A used car.  And as fate would have it, my friend, Suzanne was selling her sporty car –which I had secretly admired for quite some time.   I had never spent … Read More

This one’s for the boy . . .

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Our boy that is.  Nate.  The ever curious, nature loving, question asking, trivia guru, knowledge seeker kid, I mean man.  Sheesh – man.  I just got a little older saying that.   To give a nod to school starting, and 2 kids on their way to being teachers, I’m posting the following photos taken by … Read More

Anniversary

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DIY Guy and I marked the 28th year of the day we were married on Friday … and Saturday…. and Sunday! That’s a benefit of being an empty nester –  (10 months of the year anyway)! We began the celebrating Friday evening with a fabulous gourmet dinner out at the Rainbow Cafe in Pine Island … Read More

Before edits

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Good pics of the kids —  not easy!  The photos on yesterday’s post were sorted through, cropped, edited and cleaned up.  Out of MANY photos, those were the best. It’s just as hard to get our three to cooperate as adults as it was when they were kids. Here’s proof that there are many “out … Read More

21, 22, 23

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Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three. On September 19th that will be the ages of these three: Hard to tell who is what age isn’t it?   Many people get the kids’ birth order confused. They usually guess Cara (middle) as the oldest, but getting Nate and Danae in the correct birth order stumps some people, and that … Read More

Fish Tales

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First let me just say….”I’mmmmmmm Baaaaaacckk” !! Oh how it feels so good to be back among my blog friends.  I missed you!  All 50+ of you….including the 45 who only creep and don’t comment.  That’s ok creepers… I missed you too! A few days ago, when Google rudely and abruptly cut me off –telling … Read More

Now what???

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I can’t even believe this has happened! I’ve run out of picture space for my blog!!! When I started my blog in December of 2005 it didn’t even cross my mind that I might “use up my quota” of space!  But alas and alack it has happened. Google tells me this: You are currently using … Read More

Margin

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If you have “margin” in your life, as in extra space/time to fill, — as in not every hour planned to the minute — a random invitation like we received the other night can make for an amazing weekend — at the last minute. Early Friday evening:  {phone rings} Me:  hello Sandy:  What are you … Read More