tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209844922024-03-07T11:24:33.781-08:00CA Girl in 10-OCCA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-47390251491506425532009-12-21T21:17:00.001-08:002009-12-21T21:31:54.930-08:00Derick Turns 14<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>When Derick turned 14</strong> a couple of days ago, it was like many other birthdays that we celebrate here at home. With a home made birthday cake, made to their order, plenty of candles and singing.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMby5du9AfUqQiEhTsQ-suUI3iAdZLjGwvdOzO9bX3vBq_U583y0J9hJ8gyayupPnc_xxfESD7W6MNp5Jzdjv67GSwvm236Kuiqfm-z1Zpi86DFfgbcucAY_Es8T0SFfl3iRwuBA/s1600-h/bdDSC_0743.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926342017925330" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMby5du9AfUqQiEhTsQ-suUI3iAdZLjGwvdOzO9bX3vBq_U583y0J9hJ8gyayupPnc_xxfESD7W6MNp5Jzdjv67GSwvm236Kuiqfm-z1Zpi86DFfgbcucAY_Es8T0SFfl3iRwuBA/s400/bdDSC_0743.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then the presents arrive and everyone is giddy with anticipation.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWGro2cm4RWHkGJ4XQxHpBlXsqQWxRkT9C876KvwRnsWeOCqIOxaRtwp_F9WaU8jBpSrmljDyAqx1TUGQUViJLJQ21oiBK4Ew2kQRK44utZ6wbkAojfrH7xNpeaGdxjxBpP2D3w/s1600-h/bdDSC_0751.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926217920048978" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWGro2cm4RWHkGJ4XQxHpBlXsqQWxRkT9C876KvwRnsWeOCqIOxaRtwp_F9WaU8jBpSrmljDyAqx1TUGQUViJLJQ21oiBK4Ew2kQRK44utZ6wbkAojfrH7xNpeaGdxjxBpP2D3w/s400/bdDSC_0751.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Yippee!!! It's some sort of accessory for their PSP hand held game.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y-T4yUFkMCF6cwNo9HtAXklg93Hs0Entnx_OlF47TuhzKd3OLgBOva3V23hBZVvA79S6LfIs5cM_mMLOS5GX83yjd4W_9arlkecOAArwpzndKj86jWE98lTNDST56JwEy6yngw/s1600-h/bdDSC_0752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926214337185506" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y-T4yUFkMCF6cwNo9HtAXklg93Hs0Entnx_OlF47TuhzKd3OLgBOva3V23hBZVvA79S6LfIs5cM_mMLOS5GX83yjd4W_9arlkecOAArwpzndKj86jWE98lTNDST56JwEy6yngw/s400/bdDSC_0752.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And a geek T-shirt that lights up whenever it detects WiFi.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh0cCKGJ0z3FGiH2DW6HNbMXw28ZjFsuh8HbP2Wr0Xeqb0xiKPxa1jvi3OlnD8Affnn9hJCfRVsKaIQ-5J-C2OFrQtMkF_LYvr-JQogZfogEwAh3hidOtxQ1YIIm4Cn97Rd7RbA/s1600-h/bdDSC_0755.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417928379075914594" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh0cCKGJ0z3FGiH2DW6HNbMXw28ZjFsuh8HbP2Wr0Xeqb0xiKPxa1jvi3OlnD8Affnn9hJCfRVsKaIQ-5J-C2OFrQtMkF_LYvr-JQogZfogEwAh3hidOtxQ1YIIm4Cn97Rd7RbA/s400/bdDSC_0755.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But what's this? A surprise package??</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EmQEd-4x2N63DqB4mvilAFEOJQNb1vSNWbMDSwODdUQyEjnL1DQog5Cf7opkbOyubTcEJpFoqcQAkiBeIdiaz1tRGj-pKNpNSHd8wrcmjChNQg9cY43lLNgazuhaQNAc4tbOPg/s1600-h/bdDSC_0756.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926207820672370" style="WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EmQEd-4x2N63DqB4mvilAFEOJQNb1vSNWbMDSwODdUQyEjnL1DQog5Cf7opkbOyubTcEJpFoqcQAkiBeIdiaz1tRGj-pKNpNSHd8wrcmjChNQg9cY43lLNgazuhaQNAc4tbOPg/s400/bdDSC_0756.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Timothy can't believe it. How NOT FAIR IS THAT??</span> </span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><p><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuevqnwblu2IGhAUhcw4kaM-Ehml7p9qty9dxX3Q7W9JDlZ0oqKelIVPmchjSxgRDtktPrzeFxQnPG1FUuFZmtswsHVsJoNjQkS6tvnVYNpEKIkwiVWyNlPUdZEIKJ9JbH6OO6Tg/s1600-h/bdDSC_0757.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926201916384466" style="WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuevqnwblu2IGhAUhcw4kaM-Ehml7p9qty9dxX3Q7W9JDlZ0oqKelIVPmchjSxgRDtktPrzeFxQnPG1FUuFZmtswsHVsJoNjQkS6tvnVYNpEKIkwiVWyNlPUdZEIKJ9JbH6OO6Tg/s400/bdDSC_0757.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Jonathan is also in tears. How come DERICK gets a guitar??</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JFuyT76INzUVTT24Fdgjuk4wthyphenhyphenHJWo8iAd_Xsi-alAMo2zCYVq0_rz_WasEjKsJv7bKjIPgTvoa1hEFJbIh5TVeC3qGuwvVpPMo9Iug0WUcYgzM8EioGAQ9M7bJeNmOw0PHWw/s1600-h/bdDSC_0762.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417926194471093474" style="WIDTH: 332px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JFuyT76INzUVTT24Fdgjuk4wthyphenhyphenHJWo8iAd_Xsi-alAMo2zCYVq0_rz_WasEjKsJv7bKjIPgTvoa1hEFJbIh5TVeC3qGuwvVpPMo9Iug0WUcYgzM8EioGAQ9M7bJeNmOw0PHWw/s400/bdDSC_0762.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now if he can keep the other kids' hands off of it, it may last to see next week.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmQ5PQTkKy_p1pq4W-O4yDcyWGQv8Qcw79DUefghyNS5t1VlsiOwWfOajH0c5fnLcfBhaIcikfDoCgseCFKErMi0ssy-uqel-U_y4Ejbf_YrsGBgH6sInOkD2aStHoLFdA9FFYw/s1600-h/bdDSC_0765.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417925726026918962" style="WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmQ5PQTkKy_p1pq4W-O4yDcyWGQv8Qcw79DUefghyNS5t1VlsiOwWfOajH0c5fnLcfBhaIcikfDoCgseCFKErMi0ssy-uqel-U_y4Ejbf_YrsGBgH6sInOkD2aStHoLFdA9FFYw/s400/bdDSC_0765.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Happy birthday Rock Star!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-66938060318317258032009-12-13T20:00:00.000-08:002009-12-13T20:22:14.761-08:00A Dicken's of a Christmas<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>A misty day</strong> just added to the English feel of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Dickens</span> Christmas in historic Franklin. We enjoyed kettle corn, caramel apples and hot chocolate while we wandered Main Street enjoying the music, sights and sounds of an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Olde</span> English Christmastime.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Timothy gets asked to be hired as a pick pocket. One day's wages would get him a drafty, drippy room, a cup of milk and some toast if he was willing to leave his family to work. He's thinking about it and Austin is pleased that Timothy hasn't said "no" yet.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVud5dIc0Y1k4yKjmB_y5ON00BlmtvSESZ_U3FfXdY0KKLbd0cX2nu5YpA5DBLxcJdcPO91dR0IzM2P_iXcFemFh0aVzcQQy2SauJz1iUvIinRcO0lzkbHSMaiomv4VFdqOmNk_A/s1600-h/DC01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414939196471570034" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVud5dIc0Y1k4yKjmB_y5ON00BlmtvSESZ_U3FfXdY0KKLbd0cX2nu5YpA5DBLxcJdcPO91dR0IzM2P_iXcFemFh0aVzcQQy2SauJz1iUvIinRcO0lzkbHSMaiomv4VFdqOmNk_A/s400/DC01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Christmas carols on brass instruments always sound so grand.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwn032jN-yjJyPKQH7QKp4nqqdYITcmwW8GhJ_a5t39tzxZxrcU-RSVLYzxuTbf2ybfEdea1DxMnlc2QI-71knKa4yXvUBTGGM2v9wpIfKM-yzUUqyGKruMh6_ElLQjIpPtRxLA/s1600-h/DC3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414939185951623682" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwn032jN-yjJyPKQH7QKp4nqqdYITcmwW8GhJ_a5t39tzxZxrcU-RSVLYzxuTbf2ybfEdea1DxMnlc2QI-71knKa4yXvUBTGGM2v9wpIfKM-yzUUqyGKruMh6_ElLQjIpPtRxLA/s400/DC3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But the bells sound heavenly to the ear.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9MNWzN6eQBt4XP2wISQQFoLVlIIT3ww2aj0TcP8r6a0-qstxz83HseJH1X07_vVTtQtBbWW7aN-m-IlxeUrK-ADt6YRGkOCGjvHuFq5uY0qo769LhT1-B9srmWwGx-uMyDe34A/s1600-h/DC2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414937846860889506" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9MNWzN6eQBt4XP2wISQQFoLVlIIT3ww2aj0TcP8r6a0-qstxz83HseJH1X07_vVTtQtBbWW7aN-m-IlxeUrK-ADt6YRGkOCGjvHuFq5uY0qo769LhT1-B9srmWwGx-uMyDe34A/s400/DC2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Although who could resist such a sweet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">violinist</span>?</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1XDeVQqefiNRS-4GvuPonV5PuhnCho4d9k4tCPz2pbAjPB_OQbQ2pAUp4Uw5o0QU_BWH8vW4GQQW2eREWg_hdXVPhdTb34weZuNrxKNU2xmhZy3kL8ofkdxeYgCLf7kXHKZUDQ/s1600-h/DC4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414937844883038194" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1XDeVQqefiNRS-4GvuPonV5PuhnCho4d9k4tCPz2pbAjPB_OQbQ2pAUp4Uw5o0QU_BWH8vW4GQQW2eREWg_hdXVPhdTb34weZuNrxKNU2xmhZy3kL8ofkdxeYgCLf7kXHKZUDQ/s400/DC4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Taking a break from all the fun.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></div></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRasKqYAA81aWF1Wxyfydpf6e5lkBHV_Q01iQ52YdE8dTaAlApcZ4SVsD9NzuDWwCX6J37ZRGN3irlG5E_SrbZqv2FMEqAUcnuRP7mUS6d-XPO5euMHjVjb01R8iIpZsRlIp6rsA/s1600-h/DC5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414937838843821314" style="WIDTH: 349px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRasKqYAA81aWF1Wxyfydpf6e5lkBHV_Q01iQ52YdE8dTaAlApcZ4SVsD9NzuDWwCX6J37ZRGN3irlG5E_SrbZqv2FMEqAUcnuRP7mUS6d-XPO5euMHjVjb01R8iIpZsRlIp6rsA/s400/DC5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Such a cozy spot that the older boys join in.</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yyNqk_-USLIBImiiGUXM7DqliwzAriSrheCMH4q0FaXBBbR_wNRvEUgkaalpCv1hMuUlxMvQpQ2qfpPryizqQ9dsJlXvTdeps4fRHsARAfAMIu-mnan7Xo3w0jhvMz_rEL2YRg/s1600-h/DC6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414937833613139554" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yyNqk_-USLIBImiiGUXM7DqliwzAriSrheCMH4q0FaXBBbR_wNRvEUgkaalpCv1hMuUlxMvQpQ2qfpPryizqQ9dsJlXvTdeps4fRHsARAfAMIu-mnan7Xo3w0jhvMz_rEL2YRg/s400/DC6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Another sweet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">violinist</span>. I think those two should get together for a duet!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNss9HeTiA-4fiqezV2NZZD76i4IaF_rfTp5gsQ5bZ90SCERMrFPmz5PHUDoFyY0GE73V29fMF7Ho-L8DVeOiTD-geec95LIUJbr1Tl_CQG2MIWekVpa-Gb-HPL28Bqntwxm7CUA/s1600-h/DC7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414937824777408770" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNss9HeTiA-4fiqezV2NZZD76i4IaF_rfTp5gsQ5bZ90SCERMrFPmz5PHUDoFyY0GE73V29fMF7Ho-L8DVeOiTD-geec95LIUJbr1Tl_CQG2MIWekVpa-Gb-HPL28Bqntwxm7CUA/s400/DC7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And the Christmas Spirit is well underway here in Tennessee!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-79407845546590218402009-12-06T20:03:00.000-08:002009-12-06T20:35:37.499-08:00Leipers Fork Christmas Parade...2009 Edition<span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Ho ho ho!!!</strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Thought I'd dust off the cobwebs around here and update my blog!</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">No better time than now, just in time to present the Leiper's Fork 2009 Christmas parade. Down home style.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVWcmkXAdReNWnUespF8XLr09AZYH47NskToAF7MUnkKGK6OcrvZasIF8QWagiUiQXjmM_uYSBIHxAhvzRUBkt7XRCChNhvL-j7XDv3a96dPllp2eBM4THrVHt3j9LuCXPqux_A/s1600-h/pDSC_0521.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412341015314084674" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 374px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVWcmkXAdReNWnUespF8XLr09AZYH47NskToAF7MUnkKGK6OcrvZasIF8QWagiUiQXjmM_uYSBIHxAhvzRUBkt7XRCChNhvL-j7XDv3a96dPllp2eBM4THrVHt3j9LuCXPqux_A/s400/pDSC_0521.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><span style="color:#000000;">Waiting for the parade to start! Derick was actually in the parade this year, so he's not waiting with us. High temp on this day was 34 degrees!</span><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZrZwxdW3Bt8vsCOYyKojrHy4KsN2-YSWRbErwm9jmZMOWUg4DM0oBGz-TShwNwZBcL6ivoUyg8M7Fh3c2ZEf3gb_Pq8ZXv9iNpI3etn_CSFGVDeLsRC8Pq6ujGh_vLLa58Ufyg/s1600-h/pDSC_0527.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412341020845097106" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 373px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZrZwxdW3Bt8vsCOYyKojrHy4KsN2-YSWRbErwm9jmZMOWUg4DM0oBGz-TShwNwZBcL6ivoUyg8M7Fh3c2ZEf3gb_Pq8ZXv9iNpI3etn_CSFGVDeLsRC8Pq6ujGh_vLLa58Ufyg/s400/pDSC_0527.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Naomi Judd did the announcing.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWhVsd4GMubT8ulTcAzv5-Ej0SdiiPN_nm6SnES2LwNRVD8JLuhh8-hEV811y4SaYMi4a2osYku763z8uS_eZgFFoRPIPOFwb-7fUz4aWqdmfszfxCHTTD52fbMK1pzuPB5-CYA/s1600-h/pDSC_0549.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412341038905031570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWhVsd4GMubT8ulTcAzv5-Ej0SdiiPN_nm6SnES2LwNRVD8JLuhh8-hEV811y4SaYMi4a2osYku763z8uS_eZgFFoRPIPOFwb-7fUz4aWqdmfszfxCHTTD52fbMK1pzuPB5-CYA/s400/pDSC_0549.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I loved this sweet entry!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVh1JDLWRZmTNqdP87Qjpn5DWcrguTeaLm5OBmN-I-BdRAfh0PVRYzj8GZsYChQI0oJXYqmH-3nHSvFwLBT4mdUpKvgiRT0_uwgqukdmmshw5IHLhVEOAfxz3DNbBsUw4gcv8ow/s1600-h/pDSC_0544.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412341033765885826" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVh1JDLWRZmTNqdP87Qjpn5DWcrguTeaLm5OBmN-I-BdRAfh0PVRYzj8GZsYChQI0oJXYqmH-3nHSvFwLBT4mdUpKvgiRT0_uwgqukdmmshw5IHLhVEOAfxz3DNbBsUw4gcv8ow/s400/pDSC_0544.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Uncle Lester??</span> <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNks86kKlYdk6DZyUm0pnqpz0hs4QigO9Rz-mc4WhtupCAMCxEzVQBUcpZPTtiuyunMRCEbwXO7PxtYp5bLPqfrzlscyY3Jux5JRPqPotJTZiATfsD5mSJOKlmm25rC8GAZOM94Q/s1600-h/pDSC_0529.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412341024567154338" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNks86kKlYdk6DZyUm0pnqpz0hs4QigO9Rz-mc4WhtupCAMCxEzVQBUcpZPTtiuyunMRCEbwXO7PxtYp5bLPqfrzlscyY3Jux5JRPqPotJTZiATfsD5mSJOKlmm25rC8GAZOM94Q/s400/pDSC_0529.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">A few of the Titian Cheerleaders decided to brave the cold and come on out.<br /></span></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9l78Hjo8cbCAhRohpbvrUkQkHPsUZF6O8v1T2wf4NX3Y6oNFkal_Gxe6nrOhUWOlEvziWt3Sq7gksaiXC4JWe5KmBbv8OimeKHr7XqbbUnQnegmNkYkqXOHfWD-zPHW7rYDLdQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0560.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412342178444978962" style="WIDTH: 387px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9l78Hjo8cbCAhRohpbvrUkQkHPsUZF6O8v1T2wf4NX3Y6oNFkal_Gxe6nrOhUWOlEvziWt3Sq7gksaiXC4JWe5KmBbv8OimeKHr7XqbbUnQnegmNkYkqXOHfWD-zPHW7rYDLdQ/s400/pDSC_0560.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I want these girls to be my best friends forever. And the guy in the afro wig too!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbryUY4pWAfNiY89eLtZ_Fww5YzawFZQkeQRKb9Uymjh_4Eq9EjgPvdyfc8kZfVnrf2D2oEzcYdRb3yiale9MlDpumaNGpYOF_MNKJOHbND5wUYiz9HxgcO5qjYOTmw8vJImTNw/s1600-h/pDSC_0569.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412342187715352466" style="WIDTH: 297px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbryUY4pWAfNiY89eLtZ_Fww5YzawFZQkeQRKb9Uymjh_4Eq9EjgPvdyfc8kZfVnrf2D2oEzcYdRb3yiale9MlDpumaNGpYOF_MNKJOHbND5wUYiz9HxgcO5qjYOTmw8vJImTNw/s400/pDSC_0569.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">This is Mrs. Claus on her wedding day.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrN_1y7RXhqV0yhPOnZmg4T46iMch7T4qrhvh-J7eReO92wxQgYxO8GzLfyHJsBpJfU4kGr_tQP26CO8Ccqwm9NdVT0ue075wWVcp7wWB0h8QwLpNWBoQA8q4Rkz6-WkjFET9uQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0570.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412342193262090738" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrN_1y7RXhqV0yhPOnZmg4T46iMch7T4qrhvh-J7eReO92wxQgYxO8GzLfyHJsBpJfU4kGr_tQP26CO8Ccqwm9NdVT0ue075wWVcp7wWB0h8QwLpNWBoQA8q4Rkz6-WkjFET9uQ/s400/pDSC_0570.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Isn't he having fun?? And why shouldn't he?.....<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzkb7asuAEGqC6XRqyjZrkc-VgNR01CmKzt9ZKc0V8wCJLGS_doZqJp9FETv7HhYJXjk3_E9vAX9HdGGeyD6Y15BJGMQ3dcYKC9XrdTtgbFOTBNM27-L1v6f0XUoRWlk4mqotjw/s1600-h/pDSC_0571.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412342199578729394" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzkb7asuAEGqC6XRqyjZrkc-VgNR01CmKzt9ZKc0V8wCJLGS_doZqJp9FETv7HhYJXjk3_E9vAX9HdGGeyD6Y15BJGMQ3dcYKC9XrdTtgbFOTBNM27-L1v6f0XUoRWlk4mqotjw/s400/pDSC_0571.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">.....he turned his 4-wheeler into a Gingerbread House!</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uj_Ya_nPA_LFsc4pszWrhFzVUsJ3NIN4DoNXEt8sj_AyROQf83BA9SRhDXnWeEcoRLPq0qnrboJQBds83N8nec34gzU_OHi1pe8jeICNO7xWNqDMkG0IdG9dUeDf3dsFaKUvwQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0574.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412342204800635938" style="WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uj_Ya_nPA_LFsc4pszWrhFzVUsJ3NIN4DoNXEt8sj_AyROQf83BA9SRhDXnWeEcoRLPq0qnrboJQBds83N8nec34gzU_OHi1pe8jeICNO7xWNqDMkG0IdG9dUeDf3dsFaKUvwQ/s400/pDSC_0574.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">His brother was a gift box!!</span></div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh1s5-mXi6SBwp33W_KKgySR2QRLt4imB-ZrVI10DidkRZ1CU3dXxwGzaATrJYjiUHlMk4dygZajUNkWAS81g6ouA0ZPsxqvxq49Euh1no1xvved56skaocrYjJZ4dqi8ggMyvQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0621.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344254414502098" style="WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh1s5-mXi6SBwp33W_KKgySR2QRLt4imB-ZrVI10DidkRZ1CU3dXxwGzaATrJYjiUHlMk4dygZajUNkWAS81g6ouA0ZPsxqvxq49Euh1no1xvved56skaocrYjJZ4dqi8ggMyvQ/s400/pDSC_0621.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">No Leiper's Fork Parade is complete without Floyd!</span></div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplB6Yl7lfWkhdBerK2lzAWVotwjT8HYAAr82ax9X_dCb9gRXe479rbAd3X9nBfMve98z-QMx4SC8CFdl5psnmuVQzU4KOFDIjSh1LnAs3wctvInIoKYZtecBaU4kUKFxhcsjesQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0614.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344252501105090" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplB6Yl7lfWkhdBerK2lzAWVotwjT8HYAAr82ax9X_dCb9gRXe479rbAd3X9nBfMve98z-QMx4SC8CFdl5psnmuVQzU4KOFDIjSh1LnAs3wctvInIoKYZtecBaU4kUKFxhcsjesQ/s400/pDSC_0614.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Or the General Lee!!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLZ4Z4chTYpoTUoL1MhxtbHU0MgggtKQGJt62MWG-88gzyt59UPmkFep7yFsCrkRJOPcmLX9L3lP06VCXZTN9aos_dHj4TC06i0XU6xFOhTMkdJynkY9p-sXAEY3iQ71i6Ws1PQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0612.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344246021753922" style="WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLZ4Z4chTYpoTUoL1MhxtbHU0MgggtKQGJt62MWG-88gzyt59UPmkFep7yFsCrkRJOPcmLX9L3lP06VCXZTN9aos_dHj4TC06i0XU6xFOhTMkdJynkY9p-sXAEY3iQ71i6Ws1PQ/s400/pDSC_0612.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The Hillsboro 8th grade football heroes!</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZl6FBJSkcxEN82aw4yZvz2o57ehcg6EtEOXvROs_Kn3ClTlRifSCK3InNhKIV8AIDzD0bJO1sWqMnG1UezBVY03bj-38ArWpW3QbPm6r3E_Iy2g6b9bBLKkrIrtIIgM8kekoedQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0605.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344243531950210" style="WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZl6FBJSkcxEN82aw4yZvz2o57ehcg6EtEOXvROs_Kn3ClTlRifSCK3InNhKIV8AIDzD0bJO1sWqMnG1UezBVY03bj-38ArWpW3QbPm6r3E_Iy2g6b9bBLKkrIrtIIgM8kekoedQ/s400/pDSC_0605.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Derick and Santa chillin'</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nRtp72-HtMMmmnfBk9hTisWQn4cLi2OCKhhGNhuD7sAmwID5brJDccqEdb8pw6XfL27wDsiMEltnxvbqc6lfj6WBO1fGLWBjS1zRcCIbRqEsk88LZJKlf20zSAPnuw-rRYu2Jg/s1600-h/pDSC_0595.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344234866148610" style="WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nRtp72-HtMMmmnfBk9hTisWQn4cLi2OCKhhGNhuD7sAmwID5brJDccqEdb8pw6XfL27wDsiMEltnxvbqc6lfj6WBO1fGLWBjS1zRcCIbRqEsk88LZJKlf20zSAPnuw-rRYu2Jg/s400/pDSC_0595.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Of course the Zero Turn Mower Precision Drill Team made their appearance, as they do each year.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrb-bTFLPZvGfF38naBM0TOkFEHt48WwF3PPdLGofGYeSRaA6iOK9cvDychJs51-Y2iDyhmcUiyRdkh_7NmgssKaWQpTv3UFsl5Q2DNegK47QORItqenQU9ikHPzwnlOvx-qqg2w/s1600-h/pDSC_0593.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412343735025858082" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrb-bTFLPZvGfF38naBM0TOkFEHt48WwF3PPdLGofGYeSRaA6iOK9cvDychJs51-Y2iDyhmcUiyRdkh_7NmgssKaWQpTv3UFsl5Q2DNegK47QORItqenQU9ikHPzwnlOvx-qqg2w/s400/pDSC_0593.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eo2US9N-O1mz-wIAuxvQT72evnnkpp-iNRIUYV6DYfYhx01TDmjYg-nHT3BXBeOqLgsV2UACW6ibVUvVsxSOrcUpyVnCnnnuDd03kGxkzXQWWVBZgbF6XZCWCvNLSzqXrcHKNw/s1600-h/pDSC_0588.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412343731579652738" style="WIDTH: 362px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eo2US9N-O1mz-wIAuxvQT72evnnkpp-iNRIUYV6DYfYhx01TDmjYg-nHT3BXBeOqLgsV2UACW6ibVUvVsxSOrcUpyVnCnnnuDd03kGxkzXQWWVBZgbF6XZCWCvNLSzqXrcHKNw/s400/pDSC_0588.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">My Dad tells me that this 34 Rat Rod is sporting a tractor radiator grill. That just makes it so much BETTER!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2I8CIbcll0QMA5xI8_83CYETE4U8aY9lsZmIrze12bdqJHoijI3H0F5Myx8NWEX4-bLrqY8Gh5C8FZFn3tBkNK-vrGdCBVSfmMNHuhwnZvlsIeEngxXVz2BWkjVtyFAn2stSiWg/s1600-h/pDSC_0584.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412343728008486866" style="WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2I8CIbcll0QMA5xI8_83CYETE4U8aY9lsZmIrze12bdqJHoijI3H0F5Myx8NWEX4-bLrqY8Gh5C8FZFn3tBkNK-vrGdCBVSfmMNHuhwnZvlsIeEngxXVz2BWkjVtyFAn2stSiWg/s400/pDSC_0584.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">These sweet horses all wore authentic sleigh bells!! They sounded so pretty!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsuBghB3r699z8WroVczSTq8tpln0_JRWhVmG3xmaxhNCd66JVafc3mB9w-Ayq8wfS9UzB805ZZI8HzGJzF6TCn8ECbH4AZQWsnncx5Y9vEwb-OgfKPIP3QNg290hmdgMz_ESVg/s1600-h/pDSC_0583.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412343723388026786" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsuBghB3r699z8WroVczSTq8tpln0_JRWhVmG3xmaxhNCd66JVafc3mB9w-Ayq8wfS9UzB805ZZI8HzGJzF6TCn8ECbH4AZQWsnncx5Y9vEwb-OgfKPIP3QNg290hmdgMz_ESVg/s400/pDSC_0583.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">CSA!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2zbycjTByqo5PxWhpA_47uKMo5n3rNOJFgBYw148pk8uny_pTiB_RgotQCUy-iFihCzkcT04FxXMkqLc5B2pVRSpcqf30yL5f1dP-iMpp5RvMqU6tP70s_p_979oZjqEjNY5iw/s1600-h/pDSC_0579.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412343713276714994" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2zbycjTByqo5PxWhpA_47uKMo5n3rNOJFgBYw148pk8uny_pTiB_RgotQCUy-iFihCzkcT04FxXMkqLc5B2pVRSpcqf30yL5f1dP-iMpp5RvMqU6tP70s_p_979oZjqEjNY5iw/s400/pDSC_0579.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">She was just too cute!!!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2OmA7gV91lzrzdg-R4r_wAsZgyL_Dz0fpvpRvUsJbRxO5rxdf4K5BXXDVRDCleJ6mguiw2Qd5RlY3GtWZnUZJQm2IuNvO80y_iZxCl_MYhYosSXKKThpvGR5Q66Id3MqHJdvfw/s1600-h/pDSC_0628.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412344422719606610" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2OmA7gV91lzrzdg-R4r_wAsZgyL_Dz0fpvpRvUsJbRxO5rxdf4K5BXXDVRDCleJ6mguiw2Qd5RlY3GtWZnUZJQm2IuNvO80y_iZxCl_MYhYosSXKKThpvGR5Q66Id3MqHJdvfw/s400/pDSC_0628.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Mrs. and Mr. Claus!!!!</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#000000;">A very nice day and a super fun parade!!<br /></span><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-40157370851254002572009-05-21T16:27:00.000-07:002009-05-21T20:09:34.736-07:00Arachnophobes Need Not Apply<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>So heading out to the garage</strong> this morning, Austin brings to my attention this spider, which happened to be blocking the door we needed to get through in order to get into the garage. The spider was was pretty big and I thought maybe it was a small tarantula. We had tarantulas running around our property in So. CA, but even then I hadn't seen any except in October and November and they were much bigger.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoY1QHb4x87Ja5NuA9p4Ieo0Qx_7Un2YnymOdN2LwoOSouuolFU6_mE5Ecij3M4YJfIGbc5Xh0GBkXr3J8G_Jt83yZKE3A4KLCQinkj4KgBqbRwSk2sI9uDV5k6faXckFf4Pbbg/s1600-h/DSC_0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338423656766398146" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoY1QHb4x87Ja5NuA9p4Ieo0Qx_7Un2YnymOdN2LwoOSouuolFU6_mE5Ecij3M4YJfIGbc5Xh0GBkXr3J8G_Jt83yZKE3A4KLCQinkj4KgBqbRwSk2sI9uDV5k6faXckFf4Pbbg/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Being adventuresome, I got a ruler and the spider obliged me by sitting still for me to get a good scale photograph. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Upon closer inspection, I learned that the spider wasn't really hairy.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_P85Z44ZNi4KOyFfCu2DZD8LMBeVJFgpnbtrPy3ANXg0AlXfRkM4i4jmZJuJBIID3ryVE9T7jmS2258nd1lelZCI7C8DKceJsXkC73bhLnOSHuDhBqAwxnTUQnU4LykZq1QSRMw/s1600-h/DSC_0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338423664571046562" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_P85Z44ZNi4KOyFfCu2DZD8LMBeVJFgpnbtrPy3ANXg0AlXfRkM4i4jmZJuJBIID3ryVE9T7jmS2258nd1lelZCI7C8DKceJsXkC73bhLnOSHuDhBqAwxnTUQnU4LykZq1QSRMw/s400/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">It was just carrying a bunch of baby giant spiders on it's back.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmR_dVyxjCEFMXfGu7DJ7PmCVZuwwZ_Bls4BgKhUfVWM6oSMiu5bB5w3eokVScB9sNHTEt5W_5dCAps6BB-7njZT1ffLEA4p0yFs4FmVmYf2HBl1dm42K6XOabPqkUHci7OYniA/s1600-h/DSC_0005c.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338474489885589842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmR_dVyxjCEFMXfGu7DJ7PmCVZuwwZ_Bls4BgKhUfVWM6oSMiu5bB5w3eokVScB9sNHTEt5W_5dCAps6BB-7njZT1ffLEA4p0yFs4FmVmYf2HBl1dm42K6XOabPqkUHci7OYniA/s400/DSC_0005c.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">So anyway, spider time was fun and all, but I had to get Austin over to the high school to buy his yearbook. I told the Austin and Amanda to step back just in case the spider bolted their way when I opened the door. Well as I opened the door, the giant creature instead went into the garage. Not good. I opened the big roll up garage door hoping it would head out into the far wilds and fresh air, but upon seeing the light the spider quickly retreated further into the garage. But I, still holding the ruler in my hand, decided to lightly flick the spider out the roll up door. Great idea. And it worked. Except as I flicked the spider, tens of the baby spiders fell off the spider's back and began scattering in all directions on my nice cool garage floor. Giant spider tried to run back into the garage. I quickly pressed the button to close the big garage door. The Mama spider was trapped outside while the baby spiders began to figure out where the Mama spider was and ran toward her. There was plenty of room between the garage door and the frame for the spiders to reunite, so I felt pretty good about that.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Meanwhile, we open the bay door to the garage stall I needed opened in order to get my van out. As we backed the van out and I started to close that garage roll up door. Austin then says that he saw that giant spider dart back into the garage. I left the garage door open all day hoping it would somehow, some way, miraculously run back out.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But I have feeling we will be over run with wolf spiders in our garage before the summer is over.</span>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-55928337609399005492009-04-25T21:50:00.000-07:002009-04-25T22:27:07.764-07:00Books and Covers<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Why we love Susan Boyle</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">I'm assuming that most everyone has heard or heard of Susan Boyle's performance on a British talent show called, "Britain's Got Talent."</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">She has become quite the sensation. But why? We have all heard fabulous singers before. We have probably even heard better. So why is Susan's performance so extraordinary? I think her popularity has exploded for several reasons. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Number one is that Susan was judged on her appearance before ever given a chance to prove herself. She reminds us of how shallow we as a people have become, or what we expect from others as a society based on first glance alone. Before she takes the stage, Susan confesses that she has never been married, or even kissed, and that she lives with her cat Pebbles. Naturally one is to assume that it is because she is crazy and eccentric. I mean look at her right? Anyone who has looked less than perfect in the world's eyes, or has held on to a standard not recognized by society instantly connects with Susan, before she ever takes the stage. The classic, "Judging a book by the cover."</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Number two is that Susan represents those of us who were ridiculed or teased during our lives. Susan stands up on stage and stoically endures the eye rolls, snickers and words being exchanged in low whispers among the audience as she speaks about her dreams. Most of us who were teased would never be brave enough to ever reveal our dreams. Our hearts would not allow any more rejections. Oh how we would have LOVED to have shut everyone up, brought them to their feet, lapped in their praises, just moments after they all made a joke of us. Susan has done what millions of the down trodden could not, not only proved the taunters all wrong but won their admiration to boot.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Another reason? Susan's age. Let's get real, people who want to have a career in the performing arts had better be well on their way by the time they hit 30. Doors are closing then. Actually in many careers, you are no longer considered a shooting star once one reaches a certain age. Susan reminds us that it is never too late to chase a dream. At this point in time, as our population ages, she has given many the inspiration to just try. As Susan said when asked why she hasn't fulfilled her dream, "I have never been given the chance before. But here's hoping that will all change."</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Susan represents the 90% of the population who are not exceedingly gorgeous. Those who have lived a life of mediocrity. Who have worked hard, putting dreams to the side as they lived up to obligations and to the challenges of life. Susan's choice of song was also one of pure irony. She sings, "I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I'm living. So different now from what it seems. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed." And really, who can't <em>somehow</em> relate to something in that?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Who else is happy about Susan Boyle's new found fame? Well I'm thinking it has to be Elaine Page. I think Susan Boyle has now made HER more famous than ever. I mean really, Elaine gets a shout out heard by tens of millions of people outside of Britain! Most of them probably saying, "Who is Elaine Page?" and then promplty logging on to Goggle.com. Sweet!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-88632067129127180752009-04-21T20:57:00.001-07:002009-04-21T21:16:59.020-07:00The Thrill of the Hunt<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>So after Sunrise </strong>service it was time to begin the egg hunt.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">There were plenty of eggs to be found all filled with candies.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">There was also a golden egg, full of 5 $1 gold coins. Everyone wanted that egg.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDxGGa7ajIGkALXG4IZg_1AXjIe11bBUOP7yEb2ljn7R9v7zcjJbKlNYPi1icpCGBxfup78usr_5LL5ftzBUR03nP_lmwDkwRFs0Emk9PYgT_BA-FOXg75keaDPmmemRVIRFh2g/s1600-h/EDSC_0067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327362447325625522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDxGGa7ajIGkALXG4IZg_1AXjIe11bBUOP7yEb2ljn7R9v7zcjJbKlNYPi1icpCGBxfup78usr_5LL5ftzBUR03nP_lmwDkwRFs0Emk9PYgT_BA-FOXg75keaDPmmemRVIRFh2g/s400/EDSC_0067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Amanda wanted the golden egg badly, but it was found by Jonathan.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_-KH7Vb-ero5EjpbasxkvAc7Ca53_5F2UTFUE3b53ZOaioh015eyckjZyRbZKLBPJMIJ9h3GzQo3Q1vLCX8HMHI9iserq1JKEQYBBBB7UKvUQNI9JVvYGToD4fpJD190sJviJQ/s1600-h/EDSC_0141.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327362450449787858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_-KH7Vb-ero5EjpbasxkvAc7Ca53_5F2UTFUE3b53ZOaioh015eyckjZyRbZKLBPJMIJ9h3GzQo3Q1vLCX8HMHI9iserq1JKEQYBBBB7UKvUQNI9JVvYGToD4fpJD190sJviJQ/s400/EDSC_0141.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">She took the realization pretty hard.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMjo7hWOssNvB8x_LpjV43N349yfF5GqrBGmR0BOqsb28GFkIPRDgkDUluYgQGtM1STUbyr7xWGoSi7AFvgHEdriBgIQmU_Ja6Ozryta2qpwtaExBTtTaKkURXagP_NfrcFYbOw/s1600-h/EDSC_0136.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327362450754464898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMjo7hWOssNvB8x_LpjV43N349yfF5GqrBGmR0BOqsb28GFkIPRDgkDUluYgQGtM1STUbyr7xWGoSi7AFvgHEdriBgIQmU_Ja6Ozryta2qpwtaExBTtTaKkURXagP_NfrcFYbOw/s400/EDSC_0136.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But after some clever negotiating (Jonathan gets the coins and Amanda gets the egg), every one seemed just a little happier.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kcGLSs9cPt6xvoLvC0C9fwErDAreVsDzdUqmlrEk8NkhWmY_EV5qzoM4NRe5icaHM7WwPGy70scLg17oxN_p03JIAQDjY5RokfLM67gF-hC9h9l8Y5xoXqyZlDlsNAmIs70ogA/s1600-h/EDSC_0179.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327362454526123810" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kcGLSs9cPt6xvoLvC0C9fwErDAreVsDzdUqmlrEk8NkhWmY_EV5qzoM4NRe5icaHM7WwPGy70scLg17oxN_p03JIAQDjY5RokfLM67gF-hC9h9l8Y5xoXqyZlDlsNAmIs70ogA/s400/EDSC_0179.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Happier and ready to pose for a group shot.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0dQsunUO5S8h9iFJKlWammi15ZFUSqUo_0wSuxUJJTxMpC0VzK5Q3_coiQX6HiUFnRlmm2E_Nbn6F96mToC_IRZla3v9duwrVTCZDOXUS5UC3LQBEs4DsUxQrm7h5_4Qe9sw2w/s1600-h/fDSC_05492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327362460232376434" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0dQsunUO5S8h9iFJKlWammi15ZFUSqUo_0wSuxUJJTxMpC0VzK5Q3_coiQX6HiUFnRlmm2E_Nbn6F96mToC_IRZla3v9duwrVTCZDOXUS5UC3LQBEs4DsUxQrm7h5_4Qe9sw2w/s400/fDSC_05492.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Although Derick may have been a <em>little</em> miffed that he didn't find the golden egg.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-58114279006390415512009-04-07T19:53:00.000-07:002009-04-07T20:27:21.877-07:00Tramp Ball<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>When a playmate</strong> comes over to visit, it's time to hit the trampoline for a friendly game of Tramp Ball</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrwKT26b7QLoOw_99UH4BXWZG9KgpuMFoKilnWrEzRBfuMR7N8FGtkcRr6e9v5ng19ERu84MAbOvXVw-v26AOPfbrUhdeZuHQCgmkb9CND8PX-S6BHG6TYQDOCc-mZQapEBnZQw/s1600-h/1tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149075686367074" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrwKT26b7QLoOw_99UH4BXWZG9KgpuMFoKilnWrEzRBfuMR7N8FGtkcRr6e9v5ng19ERu84MAbOvXVw-v26AOPfbrUhdeZuHQCgmkb9CND8PX-S6BHG6TYQDOCc-mZQapEBnZQw/s400/1tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">First the teams are formed and ground rules laid.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQX6kzsBK4owZa8HkvytmSiBqMAmbrNyYkScb00CU3eMxCUtrofUnEvOBwhGUUZ0T_e35z6qYX2408AYvRmBGa0B8hbgiGVqnuAqvPRFXbzEKWp_rgVa5iqcEtdya0WrmZcCrUA/s1600-h/2tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149079634052962" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQX6kzsBK4owZa8HkvytmSiBqMAmbrNyYkScb00CU3eMxCUtrofUnEvOBwhGUUZ0T_e35z6qYX2408AYvRmBGa0B8hbgiGVqnuAqvPRFXbzEKWp_rgVa5iqcEtdya0WrmZcCrUA/s400/2tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then it's on to the action of the game.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UMdi18V7FfSKFfhUx63i9JSY8qqSK3ONNq1ojJvvlQU5kWKdCejM1lEKDWdLlv6H_NUPzQc5AHiQNHQHPgKp1UcIsX_tArv2lUYp7F-CgVDAh_vAwhzP27eEqgPgcqlZkYYpgg/s1600-h/3tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149076318454626" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UMdi18V7FfSKFfhUx63i9JSY8qqSK3ONNq1ojJvvlQU5kWKdCejM1lEKDWdLlv6H_NUPzQc5AHiQNHQHPgKp1UcIsX_tArv2lUYp7F-CgVDAh_vAwhzP27eEqgPgcqlZkYYpgg/s400/3tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">It's intense....</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kM7KiyPrrZq_vmj3LeHtV0lNFbPXY870uOwYqS8EkqJiTI2w5Q2jw-Xod4GRFOPZfEna2tZ5Lmo41LgfD7gyb8bWBeTLNtPPnDoURjPPbYcBSwh3tEooaw3297Kyh4fsSAW0UA/s1600-h/4tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149083306138642" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kM7KiyPrrZq_vmj3LeHtV0lNFbPXY870uOwYqS8EkqJiTI2w5Q2jw-Xod4GRFOPZfEna2tZ5Lmo41LgfD7gyb8bWBeTLNtPPnDoURjPPbYcBSwh3tEooaw3297Kyh4fsSAW0UA/s400/4tb.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...and needs concentration....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIyB0nuQZhZ4ag5KbwidrgkksBzAYaq3RQSxEObTYf_XVKkVGcr_0QS4TAStICKgTQbGtOl7Tz8Bj4QHCGolv7Nmpb3_-adUyNW_ysMkIKYA1gcjnMW0q5PqjnHuqi7OxC_uq3w/s1600-h/5tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149085470298642" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIyB0nuQZhZ4ag5KbwidrgkksBzAYaq3RQSxEObTYf_XVKkVGcr_0QS4TAStICKgTQbGtOl7Tz8Bj4QHCGolv7Nmpb3_-adUyNW_ysMkIKYA1gcjnMW0q5PqjnHuqi7OxC_uq3w/s400/5tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....courage and strength....</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirc0HIYHEE17g7EB9VQPcuhCApvBho82FYqxAz43M4wKWRGW09bdkqlEPXJoTYJewdGx0FYu5J1_NrMneTJgUeolXk8kPHlWt2Qxx7wzT99Gmdlu3lfJV9dLktZJUO_CStULosGQ/s1600-h/6tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149983541181842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirc0HIYHEE17g7EB9VQPcuhCApvBho82FYqxAz43M4wKWRGW09bdkqlEPXJoTYJewdGx0FYu5J1_NrMneTJgUeolXk8kPHlWt2Qxx7wzT99Gmdlu3lfJV9dLktZJUO_CStULosGQ/s400/6tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....perseverance...</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8xsqD7Lr1x37mq33O3uGnpxeKcY2vTCI-xlTVP4LYkwzI9a3O11PZPkxHJbQpLPzpGbQbgsbkgF_7JNTHkipZwaFCORo44R4-ddj0Q0Gh92q_ppkuVAEsJ4cJkQK9h8J6eU76Q/s1600-h/7tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149988147131298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8xsqD7Lr1x37mq33O3uGnpxeKcY2vTCI-xlTVP4LYkwzI9a3O11PZPkxHJbQpLPzpGbQbgsbkgF_7JNTHkipZwaFCORo44R4-ddj0Q0Gh92q_ppkuVAEsJ4cJkQK9h8J6eU76Q/s400/7tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...trick plays...</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC-m4yIoxLiBhY11TJ7O6MdEHSTgwBVCWEUp23GINZ_BwiJUB-z-WWw3kcpvRoc-37d0Te3DLrehruzDkaX8TS5ePrILdY6GWbgdCt6mji9pwVGX4U5xM6dwcy3jHe-EeAxS_Wg/s1600-h/8tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149993121861282" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC-m4yIoxLiBhY11TJ7O6MdEHSTgwBVCWEUp23GINZ_BwiJUB-z-WWw3kcpvRoc-37d0Te3DLrehruzDkaX8TS5ePrILdY6GWbgdCt6mji9pwVGX4U5xM6dwcy3jHe-EeAxS_Wg/s400/8tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...and determination.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NKj9BDJQuDnVGfAQIgctJGtUc8Sty_XCdezKZhzZBKZRyOzvP2bEHJRO7zeEzS-l5OzvZeN9J2dtJwcV8o6Kl_yuhdJS0xNs3RrJJRDx-V_2YK7l1ebw2XsOQwMsvy3ui9kbUg/s1600-h/9atb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149997210793730" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NKj9BDJQuDnVGfAQIgctJGtUc8Sty_XCdezKZhzZBKZRyOzvP2bEHJRO7zeEzS-l5OzvZeN9J2dtJwcV8o6Kl_yuhdJS0xNs3RrJJRDx-V_2YK7l1ebw2XsOQwMsvy3ui9kbUg/s400/9atb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Actually I'm not sure what's going on.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3mRIpSalkFyjiMTPzckl7cW1W-gDmvCW4mLnbXgWYn_LjvP98JfL3prtXA5gsZba6S9OOOM0CYnq1s742kca_txh9_a1Q0TZiQUpzJ0FtOlxLa_FMPBtOIuacCTEoG3crWTqnw/s1600-h/9tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322149992987257522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3mRIpSalkFyjiMTPzckl7cW1W-gDmvCW4mLnbXgWYn_LjvP98JfL3prtXA5gsZba6S9OOOM0CYnq1s742kca_txh9_a1Q0TZiQUpzJ0FtOlxLa_FMPBtOIuacCTEoG3crWTqnw/s400/9tb.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br />Only that it's not too hard to figure out...</span></div><div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRUvnVlwRuQMEK6B_TovOOZ3t5WRqmrUsf3enEtW5PUUibR_F6fR6T5mFsSBHb4uB_gBBCT27VPSfSOJr82QCAC7xb0DhOU_Xqjk9NgrTcaOaNkTxOPJEYLr5kxkJnGCF4DH5Yg/s1600-h/10tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322151236572644786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRUvnVlwRuQMEK6B_TovOOZ3t5WRqmrUsf3enEtW5PUUibR_F6fR6T5mFsSBHb4uB_gBBCT27VPSfSOJr82QCAC7xb0DhOU_Xqjk9NgrTcaOaNkTxOPJEYLr5kxkJnGCF4DH5Yg/s400/10tb.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br />...when the ball goes out of bounds.<br /><br /></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZbNfecgcnWI14-tSJvQ4kGVeaYq8S56siPD-dS7tw-B5pbtzp-g1TfbhsxNT73pyhOnnk_kDZ-n5UjjAAFWf1BoLi6qba5Rhz9mB67ryJr5LMIhIJMPOVFPQUiPI3Pn9tgSx2w/s1600-h/11tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322151232979659938" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZbNfecgcnWI14-tSJvQ4kGVeaYq8S56siPD-dS7tw-B5pbtzp-g1TfbhsxNT73pyhOnnk_kDZ-n5UjjAAFWf1BoLi6qba5Rhz9mB67ryJr5LMIhIJMPOVFPQUiPI3Pn9tgSx2w/s400/11tb.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br />See, it's hard for me to concentrate on the game when I feel like I'm being watched.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjcki6DCQwQ3dpKFUQxoizfo6Mo3qcnvjXPTV8GVkjvihpUwSoN3SSV5NXdlJbtwcAxdWqKs2vzy-gPLIHW6kgO5J1VVS4TkcmgWwwk0_aGhB-O_J4cB9GHchyXOySjLRV1F4Lg/s1600-h/l2tb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322151228079460658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjcki6DCQwQ3dpKFUQxoizfo6Mo3qcnvjXPTV8GVkjvihpUwSoN3SSV5NXdlJbtwcAxdWqKs2vzy-gPLIHW6kgO5J1VVS4TkcmgWwwk0_aGhB-O_J4cB9GHchyXOySjLRV1F4Lg/s400/l2tb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesczCyoMdSXhXSp_qlUBErzQ0kvqIHUzdksj6GVRVhXutBt_NrmLlTp2lRXACccomVm0S7PYAV9LEDx9xnv4bnVmhWAIZiuwhbEFVELHTJ5QlaKUqajhYFKgUBKqwpS7VUg0m5A/s1600-h/ltb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322151225104679122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesczCyoMdSXhXSp_qlUBErzQ0kvqIHUzdksj6GVRVhXutBt_NrmLlTp2lRXACccomVm0S7PYAV9LEDx9xnv4bnVmhWAIZiuwhbEFVELHTJ5QlaKUqajhYFKgUBKqwpS7VUg0m5A/s400/ltb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Ya. Like that.</span><br /><div> </div><div>Special thanks to Frederick for contributing photographs for this story.</div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-66461013214184601152009-03-24T20:02:00.001-07:002009-03-24T20:43:17.912-07:00Location, location, location.<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Today I was</strong> on a mission. I was scouting out areas where I could take pictures where the light was usually consistently good. I would like a place that I can just run out and take pictures and know that the lighting is going to be nice. Here is a sampling of some demo shots. I haven't adjusted for color, brightness or anything like that, I just wanted to see how different areas photographed within the same camera settings. Today was a partly cloudy, mostly overcast day. Not bad shooting conditions, but here in TN it's mostly what I get day in and day out!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The porch on the outside of our garage and potting shed is nice. I could paint the whole area white so I'd have nice bright white bouncing all around.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Trouble here is that there is a big shrub right in front of the place!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfdfZ8IrhCGBlFnKkFCiIikCAWA3ZQhRMIJCOBiGKL2spe3yV-4yu5Np6Vkp92A6KmWiugOY1-o__ITS5EnDOwQ2NQlNt7O4hioGtogRiX-f8j9Twyw6mgLSMQU3On5wqp853FQ/s1600-h/mDSC_0014cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316956774606151458" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfdfZ8IrhCGBlFnKkFCiIikCAWA3ZQhRMIJCOBiGKL2spe3yV-4yu5Np6Vkp92A6KmWiugOY1-o__ITS5EnDOwQ2NQlNt7O4hioGtogRiX-f8j9Twyw6mgLSMQU3On5wqp853FQ/s400/mDSC_0014cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Same spot, just from a different angle. Trouble again is that I'd have to keep the potting shed picked up. Not happening any time soon I'm afraid.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bzbz3Rg5ObtsmbzTG205raowK_J35gU7_1BNHY7b9yr5PE5RXp5huMtEvXsCLvzX4e0uZx6ImZWrnjsSMsfrexTjaA2DnzTEti4X2z-JfRQ0K6H3JCF_mxUyY1yKAq5KADftRw/s1600-h/mDSC_0025cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316956776859436690" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bzbz3Rg5ObtsmbzTG205raowK_J35gU7_1BNHY7b9yr5PE5RXp5huMtEvXsCLvzX4e0uZx6ImZWrnjsSMsfrexTjaA2DnzTEti4X2z-JfRQ0K6H3JCF_mxUyY1yKAq5KADftRw/s400/mDSC_0025cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Out on the lawn is nice, but the shade is sporadic and inconsistant</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWeZcIISuGrwE9Ieu098k43hmEw4zo2T3A3K5q4NBQvTAPOTDQVLAquMlZJ6ocruZ5r4WFzOUuT__YTlMAefS938hgh6CVEsfGLUtRsheiTCi-gUUxB1j15yQWc2WenPI0pnqNA/s1600-h/mDSC_0069cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316956781174088738" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWeZcIISuGrwE9Ieu098k43hmEw4zo2T3A3K5q4NBQvTAPOTDQVLAquMlZJ6ocruZ5r4WFzOUuT__YTlMAefS938hgh6CVEsfGLUtRsheiTCi-gUUxB1j15yQWc2WenPI0pnqNA/s400/mDSC_0069cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I thought for sure that the inside of the garage would be perfect. Actually it was a little dark.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw5npw8YOCK_qx7-XdlXoZdDwpYBqw87guH1TfpmSFv4atwUGXgcccFKu9hYOV5uxLDhK4gwqTTFTaT9S6tAtE38F8WY2DYN5vIfHCojRqNfHlZt2Y1IaTNuG6XH_7zbZt4NT7g/s1600-h/mDSC_0150cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316956783929492994" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw5npw8YOCK_qx7-XdlXoZdDwpYBqw87guH1TfpmSFv4atwUGXgcccFKu9hYOV5uxLDhK4gwqTTFTaT9S6tAtE38F8WY2DYN5vIfHCojRqNfHlZt2Y1IaTNuG6XH_7zbZt4NT7g/s400/mDSC_0150cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Here I moved Amanda away from the door and more into the center. It may have worked out better had she been facing toward the light.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL2eJA0GPw3HgoaLj1mirisTW216O5y6otM_38tKlnK_OADv0VuWfa90JXIpxsEFAH-VYnlz7CA9Sa5TAdYbwXVyKVnPBeBX6seXJUZTAfCFZMOMntBqxaSTbISSNxaQ8g41nog/s1600-h/mDSC_0285cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316956792440601730" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL2eJA0GPw3HgoaLj1mirisTW216O5y6otM_38tKlnK_OADv0VuWfa90JXIpxsEFAH-VYnlz7CA9Sa5TAdYbwXVyKVnPBeBX6seXJUZTAfCFZMOMntBqxaSTbISSNxaQ8g41nog/s400/mDSC_0285cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I think this area has potential too, this is the stair well in our garage that goes up to the garage attic. I like this window and the baluster. The stair well is narrow too, so it's easy to get everything in. It would need some paint on the stairs.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje5VwrgFAMmxS9MJVnwtnChYwEro2J2LlyFVN3IOMraA22WzqxWIP6WdyYUG34aLPDwHJ2s1B9B3_WhCyeSDHhM9a9mX5PEg1rW9y66Uxa5GWdFK5qLM6hsNQc4EQzhgEGnT8bA/s1600-h/mDSC_0223cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958159803009986" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje5VwrgFAMmxS9MJVnwtnChYwEro2J2LlyFVN3IOMraA22WzqxWIP6WdyYUG34aLPDwHJ2s1B9B3_WhCyeSDHhM9a9mX5PEg1rW9y66Uxa5GWdFK5qLM6hsNQc4EQzhgEGnT8bA/s400/mDSC_0223cs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqCjqQXIFgy0-i_zPn4FCT6OWzfyRsUecjPaWZhzTlAzu6fER7NP-D-LXCVaFekXb0pqT8VhNq2GXwwnj7qFxJBdi9hfYX5RbhJcDCzaFd6BCnibC09YjswEMxSgZts6jh9UORw/s1600-h/mDSC_0210s.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958159578537522" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqCjqQXIFgy0-i_zPn4FCT6OWzfyRsUecjPaWZhzTlAzu6fER7NP-D-LXCVaFekXb0pqT8VhNq2GXwwnj7qFxJBdi9hfYX5RbhJcDCzaFd6BCnibC09YjswEMxSgZts6jh9UORw/s400/mDSC_0210s.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then we head back outside. Here Amanda is leaning on the frame of the garage door opening. This area is shaded all the time except early morning. There is a gravel drive, so the white gravel reflects a nice true spectrum of light.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMh8NMG1J_04Z1nxERXwEDwss9m0rspVo5_feppHtE_l8N-dDdZgTjAnI7O50txdPZ2AD4mWJ2iGAr61WRivOIouhfhDVC_WNReAbaasWECGkfxrn0XsoWhzUdsYAs4FxgEH4ng/s1600-h/mDSC_0291cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958147693218546" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMh8NMG1J_04Z1nxERXwEDwss9m0rspVo5_feppHtE_l8N-dDdZgTjAnI7O50txdPZ2AD4mWJ2iGAr61WRivOIouhfhDVC_WNReAbaasWECGkfxrn0XsoWhzUdsYAs4FxgEH4ng/s400/mDSC_0291cs.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Same area, only this garage door is closed.</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD3EQrFiNQQWqbgIvTN9Kiv50QGQU6_SdBAdC6da2GzL-p4fZXKiZRbXGAuKynPdY853kvDOap_5S7AXMIbtFSTWZJQQ6-OcJwoitMMtSydJzgq7Wosdi36dKt9vMLEWBOAcQBg/s1600-h/mDSC_0174cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958141633232610" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD3EQrFiNQQWqbgIvTN9Kiv50QGQU6_SdBAdC6da2GzL-p4fZXKiZRbXGAuKynPdY853kvDOap_5S7AXMIbtFSTWZJQQ6-OcJwoitMMtSydJzgq7Wosdi36dKt9vMLEWBOAcQBg/s400/mDSC_0174cs.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then we head over to the stacked stone chimney. This is north facing and is in the shade 100% of the time. Once again, light is reflected from the gravel driveway.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UUhzsRUovTArA-SEPj0VuSj7K69nPxRSY4kFJevc5myaZMiy8tnA9MVKd3np7yjtNjTOB61oZQZE5rXugWcNo_ml_aNbPm2JyErGHwxSW-D7Y6NGbh2CdR9e6sy42GQBTC2H-A/s1600-h/mDSC_0338cs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958162011615506" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UUhzsRUovTArA-SEPj0VuSj7K69nPxRSY4kFJevc5myaZMiy8tnA9MVKd3np7yjtNjTOB61oZQZE5rXugWcNo_ml_aNbPm2JyErGHwxSW-D7Y6NGbh2CdR9e6sy42GQBTC2H-A/s400/mDSC_0338cs.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And in conclusion....</span> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIsAYCqhPyaagsF9RU2A9RloEjRDBq-ZWFKCrs3biC4G7et2KLeC96wrGTi9hdINEqBMee0Paq-0ywW2AmowDTxAUs84Li0p_ts4yQaDkf9KzYSrtyGRT5Gx_mrDExIKBouoEsw/s1600-h/mamamandac.jpg"></a><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf4gQx2jpwmtpppoUwOEjH-1tysko9cbpbKpN8WCLOYhUfSG2-R6gKt79WepkQEX7cyhVNyd8rL9S6pReE2nkUS9cc-vfNtcEQRJPx1Ovp26Mg7rdWm7vCLZacS7O9lAHR0d42g/s1600-h/mandamama.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316958558508257458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf4gQx2jpwmtpppoUwOEjH-1tysko9cbpbKpN8WCLOYhUfSG2-R6gKt79WepkQEX7cyhVNyd8rL9S6pReE2nkUS9cc-vfNtcEQRJPx1Ovp26Mg7rdWm7vCLZacS7O9lAHR0d42g/s400/mandamama.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I finally learned how to use the remote for my camera!</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">W00T!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-23269150441809454612009-03-17T21:21:00.000-07:002009-03-17T21:55:12.422-07:00Birding<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Well, so lately</strong> I've been hearing the birds singing and having a great time outside, that I decided that maybe it would be fun to go photograph a few of them. I mean how fun would that be? Stalking little birds and practicing my telephoto photograph taking techniques?<br /><br />Well it was the most boring thing EVER! OK, I thought fishing could get boring, but not as boring as waiting for some little bird to decide to come over and get near enough that I could even SEE it to take it's picture.<br /><br />So, not being the most patient person, I just started taking pictures of things to occupy myself until I did see a bird.<br /><br />I found these LadyBugs on the climbing rose by the front porch. Can I just say that I'm SO over the cuteness of LadyBugs now? They will be cute again to me when I see them munching on aphids.</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPf1mVw3m4q7ZFjWmWR7VwYSC-4lcsbREhThriC67mR094ybMqPh3I98E7WmVXnOYPnbKH9MlJFA2RA5bP194aiaZ90ShH2P4wKkyBrcrj5uxATeuQxnLsX12Vd4-uNgBv1LwXfg/s1600-h/b1b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314378789940656178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPf1mVw3m4q7ZFjWmWR7VwYSC-4lcsbREhThriC67mR094ybMqPh3I98E7WmVXnOYPnbKH9MlJFA2RA5bP194aiaZ90ShH2P4wKkyBrcrj5uxATeuQxnLsX12Vd4-uNgBv1LwXfg/s400/b1b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Things turning to rust are always fun to photograph....and readily available.</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></div></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsqgu41U4I1c2bAv1XN2pTSVt8D5wr95RJ-07ooW0WpDj1Dw3nxtUdvymfraoF8Ad08iNrymebgBBhyg6X7zw3kysFj7xYNDS_1yuA6GIR790YAWUaE_OBBNW9VFq09_esdZc-Q/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314378799199672706" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsqgu41U4I1c2bAv1XN2pTSVt8D5wr95RJ-07ooW0WpDj1Dw3nxtUdvymfraoF8Ad08iNrymebgBBhyg6X7zw3kysFj7xYNDS_1yuA6GIR790YAWUaE_OBBNW9VFq09_esdZc-Q/s400/b2b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></rb><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This pine tree in our front yard makes me laugh. About 30 feet up you'll find this. I think it looks like an alien thing. It's also like one of those trick pictures where you have to decide if you see an old woman or a beautiful young girl. Or like 2 faces looking toward each other, or a vase. Because this alien looks could be looking right at you with a snail eye thing, or looking toward the left with a big ear sticking out like Shrek.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBeSMbGnvR1vEFcebj_KUQMgpoLrX2_CyKb54EZyt4vduiYOivyv7xtc0fFI8y6HlFBgLV5OtKZL2B2lXw2sPU505fbV29d2-dCE-vhZBstnhy1kdBWTHaaWGCmHbnHGCkSExaQ/s1600-h/b3b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314378807018944034" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBeSMbGnvR1vEFcebj_KUQMgpoLrX2_CyKb54EZyt4vduiYOivyv7xtc0fFI8y6HlFBgLV5OtKZL2B2lXw2sPU505fbV29d2-dCE-vhZBstnhy1kdBWTHaaWGCmHbnHGCkSExaQ/s400/b3b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">More riding toys on our front porch.</span><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps0cfRSH9JO8twy0hmLb2YQzPki8nX6hUEi3RM6rYJF0al2k-Tcmq4FUA54eCsGL6NlS_FfXtyNoXv2tmVsWs0_Qcizrq0m0etcxSUy5gqV7h5AVvf4uICoibdOrTJwS03bJfuA/s1600-h/b5b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314378820722783474" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps0cfRSH9JO8twy0hmLb2YQzPki8nX6hUEi3RM6rYJF0al2k-Tcmq4FUA54eCsGL6NlS_FfXtyNoXv2tmVsWs0_Qcizrq0m0etcxSUy5gqV7h5AVvf4uICoibdOrTJwS03bJfuA/s400/b5b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Hey look birds! It's a house! By our front door! Let me take your picture!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZZWZCYcNVeUi2yOL3RzHlsoMsqoNUmOPk2iclMND4CejN5kn1qFcNDhoBOvc0NFBJim6tMIhcn9jIZt73snxKbLeFfD3XOB3C2Ub61Yc7yeXsi8ejPQxFRPpFG50nZakY6cMfQ/s1600-h/b4b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314378815044849410" style="WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZZWZCYcNVeUi2yOL3RzHlsoMsqoNUmOPk2iclMND4CejN5kn1qFcNDhoBOvc0NFBJim6tMIhcn9jIZt73snxKbLeFfD3XOB3C2Ub61Yc7yeXsi8ejPQxFRPpFG50nZakY6cMfQ/s400/b4b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Oh wait, here comes a bird. A sparrow. Kinda boring.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_z-kSd4LRctgXKUcMcsk-2eGRhpo8ih1Gs3rJW91QUMJDMBQn2pIRT-xysFUoNjy15-9fA_WJ9UnftVvCWwHHT0YeoqzSjNX_m-66FuCV26iNSrfMhX1xcFZF_2RX4STa4qlng/s1600-h/b9b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314379459126827506" style="WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_z-kSd4LRctgXKUcMcsk-2eGRhpo8ih1Gs3rJW91QUMJDMBQn2pIRT-xysFUoNjy15-9fA_WJ9UnftVvCWwHHT0YeoqzSjNX_m-66FuCV26iNSrfMhX1xcFZF_2RX4STa4qlng/s400/b9b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">A bluebird! Spring IS arriving!</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmcbhYbSOjWzu24sa79o4ZTv20Dxhz-26DLAyzlO_J3rYhX1povEruMfbdbjHSqRzxhfp_pwl601sB6tlnzGXtazfdlF5Sx1UL5lTk-jK6sgD_0TAz667YZtAPCdM3AN8x2hPcQ/s1600-h/b8b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314379462104193026" style="WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmcbhYbSOjWzu24sa79o4ZTv20Dxhz-26DLAyzlO_J3rYhX1povEruMfbdbjHSqRzxhfp_pwl601sB6tlnzGXtazfdlF5Sx1UL5lTk-jK6sgD_0TAz667YZtAPCdM3AN8x2hPcQ/s400/b8b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Another bird. He looks hungry.</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqophtUKE4D575Q8UIIEKxYh6IqtBsIbtWXbyk21B-FF_hhKNnGPcbWhyuuR0vMBcZHPyVDoy5K-W5KXDid8c7dLy9Btj40as1nKOMvbzPN7zMpCTQoG1cg4KYKauMa8n5WLfCiw/s1600-h/b7b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314379454528860226" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 325px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqophtUKE4D575Q8UIIEKxYh6IqtBsIbtWXbyk21B-FF_hhKNnGPcbWhyuuR0vMBcZHPyVDoy5K-W5KXDid8c7dLy9Btj40as1nKOMvbzPN7zMpCTQoG1cg4KYKauMa8n5WLfCiw/s400/b7b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And so do these guys. </span></div><div></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIVczT66ncXo2BFReqb0Llc1vXduZjANeJgCviQQa_lpTMpHiECRNOFX3MRCrOnjQW1xMcu8BxMtoP2rY3IDtD0GmXICFyMokh_h4T-8sajH2zScypoeHEKQD1rf4TpCPtT5r3g/s1600-h/b6b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314379441381648162" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIVczT66ncXo2BFReqb0Llc1vXduZjANeJgCviQQa_lpTMpHiECRNOFX3MRCrOnjQW1xMcu8BxMtoP2rY3IDtD0GmXICFyMokh_h4T-8sajH2zScypoeHEKQD1rf4TpCPtT5r3g/s400/b6b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">Guess I shouldn't have such high expectations that birds will land close enough to photograph with these guys watching.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-39259735234745005582009-03-14T16:15:00.000-07:002009-03-14T16:33:47.368-07:00How Fun!<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Look, it's my first</strong> Photography showing!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHb1aHQ1w0V2fA6FaZNnqMf1p3sGTWVYNCtYwFnOwUF8WAXo6LhsQx84LQdMzPjTky_eV7H-cKk870xx6xb-8h8-NEsbTD5rD0o0dJaJ7HPN5f7-cK1xyVMs4C6nibIYcDcd91g/s1600-h/5a79c2f43b9beda8_o.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313186881501817410" style="WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHb1aHQ1w0V2fA6FaZNnqMf1p3sGTWVYNCtYwFnOwUF8WAXo6LhsQx84LQdMzPjTky_eV7H-cKk870xx6xb-8h8-NEsbTD5rD0o0dJaJ7HPN5f7-cK1xyVMs4C6nibIYcDcd91g/s400/5a79c2f43b9beda8_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAmvWOVYo2TysbeO-FXgL4X9U606NEfH58ESv6tFqyRyg6nZymJL1YOYi3x7Qbl1l3Z3xqiNwYLxM1kZ5RTmpqHOKDa-Wp-T0HGEJI707iZsITJl4QEhllEoajotUdaS__Xm3iA/s1600-h/e08463b0679dd67f_o.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbtnO0z1PHh8GsL7U-EL_zf5jk7SrpDAeKFuzBvj1EaxceoDg3IZOlBn5h5B2dSXlw8JkBU4J8pI4vJ8Cw8krqSOWCMXkJE8NdjJdWD2oGSPo1uMbZxh4Z-p2-ai6MBEgJr9Hkw/s1600-h/def20f1b9b21bad3_o.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313186884320210754" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbtnO0z1PHh8GsL7U-EL_zf5jk7SrpDAeKFuzBvj1EaxceoDg3IZOlBn5h5B2dSXlw8JkBU4J8pI4vJ8Cw8krqSOWCMXkJE8NdjJdWD2oGSPo1uMbZxh4Z-p2-ai6MBEgJr9Hkw/s400/def20f1b9b21bad3_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38bpFbqc349Ccwj3ugn93_BbuoICHxtuBZMnSLKm4gnV4xxXV93eqi5OXXs1MvjNB17vmfuhYdEMts7Tu-DotWgi37j6mG40L8mkrF8S68ozQe-BnEZwGuTgjjWrFRYYuGF3i-g/s1600-h/41f88484cfbe5640_o.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313189286609625746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38bpFbqc349Ccwj3ugn93_BbuoICHxtuBZMnSLKm4gnV4xxXV93eqi5OXXs1MvjNB17vmfuhYdEMts7Tu-DotWgi37j6mG40L8mkrF8S68ozQe-BnEZwGuTgjjWrFRYYuGF3i-g/s400/41f88484cfbe5640_o.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Not really. It's just this fun little website that puts your pictures in their own frame things!</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dumpr.net/museumr.php"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">http://www.dumpr.net/museumr.php</span></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Fun way t0 waste a rainy Saturday afternoon though!</span><br /></div><div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-74211300517251002642009-03-13T18:37:00.001-07:002009-03-14T09:59:43.236-07:00Behind the Scenes<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">For Amanda's portraits I didn't use any lighting other than the sun. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The pictures with the black background I took while Amanda stood in my front doorway. I used a piece of black fleece as the background letting it spill out over the front stoop. Next time I do one of these shoots I will put a white sheet or something in front of the door as I have a sisal rug there now and it reflected a subtle tan tone onto everything.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Here is a sample of what many of the pictures looked like right out of the camera.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPQToIFtosDEROu31tdeGCvKSFoVxAF4MY3v849jWJsSJjYDGQ-ZvnM3avZ6zwpTSBe1J97wbAjl8lRAYXLRVr7sHy67gVIeZaVNHsDJuPFxf7B6-oxMk_RQRbU_ZohfYIHR82g/s1600-h/pDSC_0442.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312852345667017794" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPQToIFtosDEROu31tdeGCvKSFoVxAF4MY3v849jWJsSJjYDGQ-ZvnM3avZ6zwpTSBe1J97wbAjl8lRAYXLRVr7sHy67gVIeZaVNHsDJuPFxf7B6-oxMk_RQRbU_ZohfYIHR82g/s400/pDSC_0442.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">In order to crop the picture clean with just the black background, I used the clone tool brush in my Paint Shop Pro photo editing software to extend the black back ground area.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN87ITvEslc4dROUFzv6P4TWqQx7aQN7uJ4Kbc_gpUgBCY6c3xaus7YS0F1vs5DJ3R0kej2mIkTeFmstu8K-2asbQdXkNoBTcbPXIbdEfSBcohYtW4vPpBuEf7JXs0Tl64nE_GuA/s1600-h/pDSC_0442e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312852359965757698" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN87ITvEslc4dROUFzv6P4TWqQx7aQN7uJ4Kbc_gpUgBCY6c3xaus7YS0F1vs5DJ3R0kej2mIkTeFmstu8K-2asbQdXkNoBTcbPXIbdEfSBcohYtW4vPpBuEf7JXs0Tl64nE_GuA/s400/pDSC_0442e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then I was able to crop the photo to an 8" X 10" size with plenty of dark area in the margins.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcQQ98Itifvkd2hE6OXM9ISnG_mfG-SCegOr_vmd7sLbe06BKmgbvO5BOl57Pdxq8MMdyIDwbU4U68t1W19w8HWEU9TKL9RrWG-TCNU65YTzfuZAPZ0bmSVUZ2a6S-XQgw3b_uQ/s1600-h/pDSC_0442e810.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312852360295168466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcQQ98Itifvkd2hE6OXM9ISnG_mfG-SCegOr_vmd7sLbe06BKmgbvO5BOl57Pdxq8MMdyIDwbU4U68t1W19w8HWEU9TKL9RrWG-TCNU65YTzfuZAPZ0bmSVUZ2a6S-XQgw3b_uQ/s400/pDSC_0442e810.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Isn't digital photography amazing??</span>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-42521032659692587972009-03-11T09:13:00.000-07:002009-03-11T12:35:21.098-07:00The Birthday Girl<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">We had occasion for a pink birthday cake this week.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHstGF3kQTktf9wqmNULYrabEN2J18icet72ztQfYfCZT4QfpzRD6jRBTtkhDrZAiEfc-n6eQBOj1Q6vuzH6Ea4_V_4H6SU2cr-taors3M7idwvbmLAbYGHEzt6tv0j5pl-11WBw/s1600-h/birthday_0065b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013460028041794" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHstGF3kQTktf9wqmNULYrabEN2J18icet72ztQfYfCZT4QfpzRD6jRBTtkhDrZAiEfc-n6eQBOj1Q6vuzH6Ea4_V_4H6SU2cr-taors3M7idwvbmLAbYGHEzt6tv0j5pl-11WBw/s400/birthday_0065b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Amanda turned 5!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEB85MXeVZA6fUxjwV-RJlom0khtOS6K-d0L3myEWwNTICUkhIWjCpuIrt_FJXFpezM6W4MBGkj1yvp1M6V124_4409Q8QGep5D12NvrW9eqlXe1VCC0ZtK3o3xpjj60HqMfdVw/s1600-h/birthday_0094cb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013466632130786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEB85MXeVZA6fUxjwV-RJlom0khtOS6K-d0L3myEWwNTICUkhIWjCpuIrt_FJXFpezM6W4MBGkj1yvp1M6V124_4409Q8QGep5D12NvrW9eqlXe1VCC0ZtK3o3xpjj60HqMfdVw/s400/birthday_0094cb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Her birthday party consisted of 8 boys....her 4 brothers and their friends from the neighborhood.</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Although we have celebrated a few of her birthdays with enough snow on the ground to sled in, this year it was warm enough for her to put on a princess dress and let me take some pictures.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8uVKxPUDWeDTXCrm1Ajk8DSUCX4ZcFQaxQ0O-GuAm00alE83-OhCKGM39rtQ9K-FzjgJAOYhY6hb46_nYq32tI3HYTGWrg_HFsmjCWeqRasMbdqXfRZcocCGKf9ubJI1P8Ni4w/s1600-h/pDSC_0156nrstdb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013058583452738" style="WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8uVKxPUDWeDTXCrm1Ajk8DSUCX4ZcFQaxQ0O-GuAm00alE83-OhCKGM39rtQ9K-FzjgJAOYhY6hb46_nYq32tI3HYTGWrg_HFsmjCWeqRasMbdqXfRZcocCGKf9ubJI1P8Ni4w/s400/pDSC_0156nrstdb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnc5Wlau1reE5qlZSJ_Tak3t03nieJwbNLSwEn2nG1oMnflHkyYi6fFUHpppTqEzCAs9puIRAkSdO3III1dghThGbig2E2TVZWcmfTEgKYL7Hf-drBR5pcP4oVq-_RpW5fRFtUMA/s1600-h/pDSC_0193-810b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013054613558530" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnc5Wlau1reE5qlZSJ_Tak3t03nieJwbNLSwEn2nG1oMnflHkyYi6fFUHpppTqEzCAs9puIRAkSdO3III1dghThGbig2E2TVZWcmfTEgKYL7Hf-drBR5pcP4oVq-_RpW5fRFtUMA/s400/pDSC_0193-810b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq5GtehWKWCGgzUNzKSYyBWIwAIxaR4BdC3UawyE7Ujvi6ArZAPADleZYLVTBNchmgyG4uphPJJjmmYJmjKeW53yDblXCZB9tfyFIX7BxUEINnrfJFz1idh1ztC4PiQ6gc5YB1g/s1600-h/pDSC_0241bwpbsbb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013054924160930" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq5GtehWKWCGgzUNzKSYyBWIwAIxaR4BdC3UawyE7Ujvi6ArZAPADleZYLVTBNchmgyG4uphPJJjmmYJmjKeW53yDblXCZB9tfyFIX7BxUEINnrfJFz1idh1ztC4PiQ6gc5YB1g/s400/pDSC_0241bwpbsbb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2XkdaSpxRiGya9aOmEP1FDCoECr-J1lWMwQcxItasOk7PRbRX15p93WwAxsmyueNwepIAEvwbI5c0GUP_xfxQrBybvHiZqi-uuoDrynBEHOrdQ0kBfyENS_vXhFsjO4UHd4VAA/s1600-h/pDSC_0348nrsf810b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013045561794802" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2XkdaSpxRiGya9aOmEP1FDCoECr-J1lWMwQcxItasOk7PRbRX15p93WwAxsmyueNwepIAEvwbI5c0GUP_xfxQrBybvHiZqi-uuoDrynBEHOrdQ0kBfyENS_vXhFsjO4UHd4VAA/s400/pDSC_0348nrsf810b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">She insisted on wearing her red boots. At first I said no, but figured that it was her birthday pictures and if she wanted red boots, then so be it.</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDldDVE0nNNdaQEJfqa60iHgjVC9llEZYdz3mvlhbjEwlxjFNfNCAhQ-3sfB51qN1ODKZXTiPTCKRHVjRBHWde2boKrY8r1cHtx51peYD9fu-E-i_TO20FkFqA_Zxr6Mcr_LjpA/s1600-h/pDSC_0438046b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312013043194703826" style="WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDldDVE0nNNdaQEJfqa60iHgjVC9llEZYdz3mvlhbjEwlxjFNfNCAhQ-3sfB51qN1ODKZXTiPTCKRHVjRBHWde2boKrY8r1cHtx51peYD9fu-E-i_TO20FkFqA_Zxr6Mcr_LjpA/s400/pDSC_0438046b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Which resulted in my favorite picture of the group!</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div></div><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-43087209470541492452009-03-08T20:58:00.001-07:002009-03-08T21:01:49.734-07:00A Look Back At The Old Days<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Gee, I'm so old</strong>...because now I'm part of the generation who remembers the rotary phone!<br /><br />As he says, we're in an amazing time in history, but still no one is happy.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jETv3NURwLc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jETv3NURwLc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-63472974951175312432009-03-01T20:00:00.000-08:002009-03-01T20:36:10.188-08:00Sugar On Top<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>We made it through </strong>February with out a scratch!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Our first February here in Tennessee in 2007, our house caught fire. The next February, 2008, would bring a tornado our front door. So this year we held our breath for the surprises that this February would bring. It was a quiet month for us. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then at midnight, the closing of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">February</span>, it started snowing. It was like God telling us, "Your faith has brought you through and to mark the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">occasion</span>, I'm sending you the sugar on the top."</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7l4hsr_QXCKHb67dpiekQRJK47X0oFGQbJumj5vvgjd7VU_JtR-XWQC7XY4RDvZoZDv5umbo-hh48DtS-DjWtc7Px8SYCnhP2IxlNHp5xFCaEnI0X9cQ_JaxIEr61xwcih_LDA/s1600-h/b1b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436315592848898" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7l4hsr_QXCKHb67dpiekQRJK47X0oFGQbJumj5vvgjd7VU_JtR-XWQC7XY4RDvZoZDv5umbo-hh48DtS-DjWtc7Px8SYCnhP2IxlNHp5xFCaEnI0X9cQ_JaxIEr61xwcih_LDA/s400/b1b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">There is nothing more beautiful than the sun shine on fresh snow.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEG9LgmAOJrHBTjztRNQAUKoeldbkv737j4ZzdcXsmv4M7HE9fKpImzT3IIKTkF760AJ9eWrjfq0tkrmUNgii5x7QbHB9pTSXrlJoWD8iHJDmbfx7ZWhazHHwU4oImrKSkFZSdA/s1600-h/b2b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436363648153554" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEG9LgmAOJrHBTjztRNQAUKoeldbkv737j4ZzdcXsmv4M7HE9fKpImzT3IIKTkF760AJ9eWrjfq0tkrmUNgii5x7QbHB9pTSXrlJoWD8iHJDmbfx7ZWhazHHwU4oImrKSkFZSdA/s400/b2b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Or the way the snow transforms things from the ordinary to the extraordinary...</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bqRJDPLRsro_U-G-hGjOIuTubevtamkvlJPIHQu1d2hef6FpcKpC30Y97BQgWIlPs0mY3rjyKs1tAV_irhpq_0UY-w3EJuDRt9U9JMhFOoiPSmIb0qRNt48TNgVuKKHK61wpag/s1600-h/b3b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436372084628786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bqRJDPLRsro_U-G-hGjOIuTubevtamkvlJPIHQu1d2hef6FpcKpC30Y97BQgWIlPs0mY3rjyKs1tAV_irhpq_0UY-w3EJuDRt9U9JMhFOoiPSmIb0qRNt48TNgVuKKHK61wpag/s400/b3b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....some things we need to put away for a while....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-_ZvABqVRHYNoXQUe_-p3zVfYe93wEXDCiKjMalkjjFxKfEAmj5pudtLNqxXPMxUZmvT2NK0mSfHHMEln9RCW-tM4JPbQrqJfXfo6RRnaVr4VgV1VtBM-eLJxa5jsUNrn3By7Q/s1600-h/b4b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436380042895202" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-_ZvABqVRHYNoXQUe_-p3zVfYe93wEXDCiKjMalkjjFxKfEAmj5pudtLNqxXPMxUZmvT2NK0mSfHHMEln9RCW-tM4JPbQrqJfXfo6RRnaVr4VgV1VtBM-eLJxa5jsUNrn3By7Q/s400/b4b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....but the once so familiar place we know becomes new to us and we want to explore it again.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6GOPSkjqOooXO_DwN_KMB8n7jz5JkzrRxaO74-kKTnp906lggFjBTL5hX_g6OWI3D0ZLrOKTZXnW2Fw9t4dXxvAbQi4fDuqC37FYVU10Z-psyHhc6d7oyyzIa60VEGVGLnAkBw/s1600-h/b6b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436573625094770" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6GOPSkjqOooXO_DwN_KMB8n7jz5JkzrRxaO74-kKTnp906lggFjBTL5hX_g6OWI3D0ZLrOKTZXnW2Fw9t4dXxvAbQi4fDuqC37FYVU10Z-psyHhc6d7oyyzIa60VEGVGLnAkBw/s400/b6b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Much like the way God's love feels to our souls.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigSRPpn103C1UDWqLhdn-6iBS2B6QQ1rMW2Bz_eJj_FqYLqhHfFHmarmEhXZMKU8BVpvOM1Gq2Lzah4waydwn7DBo4YhghSE25hGcjVeAT6X9bTwDwTDK1rYFjLEhavJSp5Qn7A/s1600-h/b7b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308442474788677650" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigSRPpn103C1UDWqLhdn-6iBS2B6QQ1rMW2Bz_eJj_FqYLqhHfFHmarmEhXZMKU8BVpvOM1Gq2Lzah4waydwn7DBo4YhghSE25hGcjVeAT6X9bTwDwTDK1rYFjLEhavJSp5Qn7A/s400/b7b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">So for now it looks like blue skies!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6ITKztGBXCOCZplrhuErKFk-GaUWmiyYupvIi5wSGJl1VrYnRRqXRykCAbGg_0fl_XxGveKkvr3wcto-6CeIPv_prsc4rNy8Y5H0MLHnIVs-I1XreAdoCEkYt59r0EDcQKGpuw/s1600-h/b5b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436386846597906" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6ITKztGBXCOCZplrhuErKFk-GaUWmiyYupvIi5wSGJl1VrYnRRqXRykCAbGg_0fl_XxGveKkvr3wcto-6CeIPv_prsc4rNy8Y5H0MLHnIVs-I1XreAdoCEkYt59r0EDcQKGpuw/s400/b5b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">P.S. Counting my blessings that it isn't Leap Year!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-44817966416633654812009-02-28T10:20:00.000-08:002009-02-28T13:52:13.476-08:00Looking Closely<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Sometimes we need to </strong>slow down and take a closer look at the l</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">ittle things that we are stepping passed every day.</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This grasshopper reminds me that spring really is on its way:</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKJ2nvu42AnqRSq3YniRfpeW7Gev6TwAJdERV8YmKx6CQ9XV9JbpoJEbduXdSdo6wzaf0yt5wxgT4p1LjDXF34MGXndlhGcUWoZEPmqMCZ8jYzMo4tQ650ItOPxm4BHNW5nSuJA/s1600-h/bm14b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307912576723245138" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKJ2nvu42AnqRSq3YniRfpeW7Gev6TwAJdERV8YmKx6CQ9XV9JbpoJEbduXdSdo6wzaf0yt5wxgT4p1LjDXF34MGXndlhGcUWoZEPmqMCZ8jYzMo4tQ650ItOPxm4BHNW5nSuJA/s400/bm14b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">A bit of green moss that surprises in a sea of browns and gold.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxT7WguXbBXOvjGeMUc8eWWXH5SiXoAeyFTg8uN1ruCroDijBUMROhg4-vefzWS4_1qzNWev9pePhJc3W_nnXUmpnvvNaBH8nl89gdcvtKSR79HyMiltcZCQQSomPuWorzYI4uw/s1600-h/bm13b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307912567547979266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxT7WguXbBXOvjGeMUc8eWWXH5SiXoAeyFTg8uN1ruCroDijBUMROhg4-vefzWS4_1qzNWev9pePhJc3W_nnXUmpnvvNaBH8nl89gdcvtKSR79HyMiltcZCQQSomPuWorzYI4uw/s400/bm13b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The discoloration on the bottom of this oak tree by the creek caught my eye,</span><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwShJletIHda0KQMEkGsgsKz1vIMoR4cOrkFVXggSd3-sGVxxdpXZGyER9GJdEt1eAPnVY8dXTxLOwkAQC5Gc6ArppddekUumPxRFoNYtaiF1_wwD2uTsmnImSs66aOpEv2rdO7w/s1600-h/bm1b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307730304859163538" style="WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwShJletIHda0KQMEkGsgsKz1vIMoR4cOrkFVXggSd3-sGVxxdpXZGyER9GJdEt1eAPnVY8dXTxLOwkAQC5Gc6ArppddekUumPxRFoNYtaiF1_wwD2uTsmnImSs66aOpEv2rdO7w/s400/bm1b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...and further investigation shows that a wood pecker has been at work. That tiny little bird that may have single handily taken this mighty oak down. A practical application of the story of David and Goliath. We'll see if the oak eventually recovers.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb9p8RWlLYMNurcxpWk3YXI_9qatiYGv5EMcSKw_NE4cVOCwA9VIRJxrsg612_W9oN5Ib7n5tDUEXeIFlN3RSvmIjuUbUaNbzTeb-EeuHzqhdrythaX9A392B2FC7GrmDw3Uy4Q/s1600-h/bm2b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307730315167625570" style="WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb9p8RWlLYMNurcxpWk3YXI_9qatiYGv5EMcSKw_NE4cVOCwA9VIRJxrsg612_W9oN5Ib7n5tDUEXeIFlN3RSvmIjuUbUaNbzTeb-EeuHzqhdrythaX9A392B2FC7GrmDw3Uy4Q/s400/bm2b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then again, some things are never restored to as they once were, as this rib bone (probably from a fawn) will attest to.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfTWaLAZZAT6H5lH_zLhtygPZKngYw9B0nmcROFKaCO21hSu8fOupEJaaFt7sAYUP-Ge51ZzJUO1JI6gfmZp5qr0KBUIyw7ciKdcORtgs-Y9QQsdz2vCSgbiIEcbo5ZKUD2BS7A/s1600-h/bm8b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307731636778841266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfTWaLAZZAT6H5lH_zLhtygPZKngYw9B0nmcROFKaCO21hSu8fOupEJaaFt7sAYUP-Ge51ZzJUO1JI6gfmZp5qr0KBUIyw7ciKdcORtgs-Y9QQsdz2vCSgbiIEcbo5ZKUD2BS7A/s400/bm8b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">When you see these....</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH0OUwUsnR-XUz56eN2qwyYFI5FQLr0PY6tUfqID1F87VZ7ZH65aKsVJefeAzaPla0ow_90YqxkKQctBp3MBCnyoFzJu-EC8wTANqg1-u-F0Nb0eFQZE4MZRVdxEOz5PywEm1gA/s1600-h/bm5b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307730325766486338" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH0OUwUsnR-XUz56eN2qwyYFI5FQLr0PY6tUfqID1F87VZ7ZH65aKsVJefeAzaPla0ow_90YqxkKQctBp3MBCnyoFzJu-EC8wTANqg1-u-F0Nb0eFQZE4MZRVdxEOz5PywEm1gA/s400/bm5b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...then you know that you are near some of these Shag Bark Hickory trees.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwb-CgUi_ySYk4X2oStkT0yJNkoveagR1iCBmuPRpqaEkTFVK2fy8S8blkQF7rlNdH2sqeHjlcVCZLD49NgpxuFAW37uDHzZhfMDPRxbkumcdcwC6rFMN4Pj0v4OdPnHVCm4-2w/s1600-h/bm3b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307730323584950082" style="WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwb-CgUi_ySYk4X2oStkT0yJNkoveagR1iCBmuPRpqaEkTFVK2fy8S8blkQF7rlNdH2sqeHjlcVCZLD49NgpxuFAW37uDHzZhfMDPRxbkumcdcwC6rFMN4Pj0v4OdPnHVCm4-2w/s400/bm3b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I have some old chairs that I picked up at a Leipers Fork auction that have seats caned from shag bark hickory. It's amazing stuff.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBTnUB2b59Cfcy_G7faRjkW0uY7eFbsgTkDz7O_kpeT0MLUbQgOS4FHR-DrPFFpc27ZD4TBcGJ6kEMA7dG56q3hEBzl7CJJmOAFbqpgWMV9u3hTPR_PAMPuy5UxYXro1c1oNPkg/s1600-h/bm4b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307730329644276610" style="WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBTnUB2b59Cfcy_G7faRjkW0uY7eFbsgTkDz7O_kpeT0MLUbQgOS4FHR-DrPFFpc27ZD4TBcGJ6kEMA7dG56q3hEBzl7CJJmOAFbqpgWMV9u3hTPR_PAMPuy5UxYXro1c1oNPkg/s400/bm4b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This blue fungus is fun to look at.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBDoYsq0BXQ6KZZLiXlhQQQ7Tcysw9BLeaG4wE21bosyR332H2KulLbCuvuz54w5_KIvh4zDZhC9jg5OvOH_9QbXRGtTdKh-AmplybvwqljvO9w5WB8mvqPanufFs1TFVy5OQiA/s1600-h/bm9b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307731646946915026" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBDoYsq0BXQ6KZZLiXlhQQQ7Tcysw9BLeaG4wE21bosyR332H2KulLbCuvuz54w5_KIvh4zDZhC9jg5OvOH_9QbXRGtTdKh-AmplybvwqljvO9w5WB8mvqPanufFs1TFVy5OQiA/s400/bm9b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I come across a little lost football in the pine needles. </span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o-Yyr_WfHqvaYDgJWCCEMYsnN_CO5goB8PVHhYVPoTV3MaApk-FT3aAIE2OKNG78RlS8GQOzue9cAsk27TLaSAbN31qNmEsFovlxYgvviSDQyT0vE8ALIp-_ptFF5rSIVi25bA/s1600-h/bm7b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307731633331263554" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o-Yyr_WfHqvaYDgJWCCEMYsnN_CO5goB8PVHhYVPoTV3MaApk-FT3aAIE2OKNG78RlS8GQOzue9cAsk27TLaSAbN31qNmEsFovlxYgvviSDQyT0vE8ALIp-_ptFF5rSIVi25bA/s400/bm7b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Also a pretzel that hasn't been worn away yet from countless rainstorms.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jGsSvGQRuoP_xWsdgmBVKsPY2eHy-nby1JJoTGUCaFvCfQY8jci2Q8TCHGcEnktEjEKZlC9ygMej4QGtlp0vfrYqqyo4r5q0bun8tjd3rA8-iU_vs5R9QwbDCdMegUpt175nqA/s1600-h/bm6b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307731628696801330" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jGsSvGQRuoP_xWsdgmBVKsPY2eHy-nby1JJoTGUCaFvCfQY8jci2Q8TCHGcEnktEjEKZlC9ygMej4QGtlp0vfrYqqyo4r5q0bun8tjd3rA8-iU_vs5R9QwbDCdMegUpt175nqA/s400/bm6b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">An acorn that has rooted reminds us to keep believing in the future.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlgoQNDrXG-LA4L2qvUwgn9kBACoL6ahUXQL9zect1QkkjE_Py5RJOFOKhpMuweHgRiQBjsl7DPoTZM8ZtM5kPRQsTVeuXhyphenhyphenbfeHteZDiGsC1wCFmaSygpIUm3-m6UjV1r6yuVg/s1600-h/bm10b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307731652018047250" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlgoQNDrXG-LA4L2qvUwgn9kBACoL6ahUXQL9zect1QkkjE_Py5RJOFOKhpMuweHgRiQBjsl7DPoTZM8ZtM5kPRQsTVeuXhyphenhyphenbfeHteZDiGsC1wCFmaSygpIUm3-m6UjV1r6yuVg/s400/bm10b.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">A new butterfly drying its wings is easy to ignore.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcVKMw7LooSsLPY0K6JgziSpgnyqxZn81g87KQ1REezL2LjSpYoB8wfIYga6HuZBmYYBTnwyqnLON-qZPkmYbzAM-LCHwJFZZ8Kqkl4FUXV25bPOlf6xejDMBvaSBFCy1GbJZlQ/s1600-h/bm11b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307732083319815026" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcVKMw7LooSsLPY0K6JgziSpgnyqxZn81g87KQ1REezL2LjSpYoB8wfIYga6HuZBmYYBTnwyqnLON-qZPkmYbzAM-LCHwJFZZ8Kqkl4FUXV25bPOlf6xejDMBvaSBFCy1GbJZlQ/s400/bm11b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But some little things won't put up with being ignored.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LdO12DS8QwTOjhxfdp6JlGKUSTN7x7-ob6OeC6jbLRWhvD6WpM58OSixXfIc1MIdnzT7dflVoiv2K13nd-pzKCPSbBe1zp_7_CKzn8VfrsfNtwWxaD7wk7f8z-Bql7RJft2wfQ/s1600-h/eDSC_0464anrbbd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307915569278579346" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LdO12DS8QwTOjhxfdp6JlGKUSTN7x7-ob6OeC6jbLRWhvD6WpM58OSixXfIc1MIdnzT7dflVoiv2K13nd-pzKCPSbBe1zp_7_CKzn8VfrsfNtwWxaD7wk7f8z-Bql7RJft2wfQ/s400/eDSC_0464anrbbd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">So as we fly through life, as fun and exciting as that is, it's important to remember to land every now and then, for to dry our wings that will enable us to soar even higher the next time we embark toward the skies.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-88032407642789010012009-02-27T15:30:00.001-08:002009-02-27T19:18:34.413-08:00Amanda's Day<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Yesterday Amanda and I</strong> took a little time to play outside. Even though I kept my sweatshirt on much of the time, she felt it was time to break out her "summer clothes." Here is a taste of what she is up to when she's outside.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">First some quality time with her Bitty Baby.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQhIskcEaWE8rcTm16_SfeHj_PwF7-e1KD86OAKC0ab_GWn2oymUZ3q3rKPslgo7xnDtgWtbe2R48GKes1-dATOxGw-jxh-3E-yrFuiBfThLiUqlwZbN_AO-MHnQDvxS-TLTsHA/s1600-h/aDSC_0173.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624792130448658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQhIskcEaWE8rcTm16_SfeHj_PwF7-e1KD86OAKC0ab_GWn2oymUZ3q3rKPslgo7xnDtgWtbe2R48GKes1-dATOxGw-jxh-3E-yrFuiBfThLiUqlwZbN_AO-MHnQDvxS-TLTsHA/s400/aDSC_0173.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then for a ride on the redneck roller coaster.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjj1A9WYH_qIwwY1LlOhY14-MYsXouOAjBHERYxTHACHi0moj67BiFEUiGau3ie2QNnrP4tozcpo7hc_Ebn7BEyt_oYvjqX2LpKBQPMwacV6gZb0R2n4jwyc_ofnq77FgsxZEHg/s1600-h/aDSC_0208.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624795217073522" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjj1A9WYH_qIwwY1LlOhY14-MYsXouOAjBHERYxTHACHi0moj67BiFEUiGau3ie2QNnrP4tozcpo7hc_Ebn7BEyt_oYvjqX2LpKBQPMwacV6gZb0R2n4jwyc_ofnq77FgsxZEHg/s400/aDSC_0208.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Next it's off to throw some rocks into the pond.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi3BmtSZ5ne1Pmmz4LKbBgetBdUFn65Y7zn5PEpYrqWzs_WPMqOH9l-fHUsnxxyFOKgu-uOhp4zpgixmXFJXYm2fgLW39pkVkaatrZd-60QrNqygp3k7pFdmK872MTmu-Os9B5A/s1600-h/aDSC_0233.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624801891878562" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi3BmtSZ5ne1Pmmz4LKbBgetBdUFn65Y7zn5PEpYrqWzs_WPMqOH9l-fHUsnxxyFOKgu-uOhp4zpgixmXFJXYm2fgLW39pkVkaatrZd-60QrNqygp3k7pFdmK872MTmu-Os9B5A/s400/aDSC_0233.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Climbing to the top of the logs...</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSC06YF5ZioUnKWY4785hJWrmHZaSufsePvSiWF4n4Kun9WtCp9K4VlvBv0WmCjV5WZeH3bDPGf-8NF2tE2plYdqSRof0-SEtp6oK9hetnVyjeW7GqIiV8txdccat479q7SedNw/s1600-h/aDSC_0326.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624809043033586" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSC06YF5ZioUnKWY4785hJWrmHZaSufsePvSiWF4n4Kun9WtCp9K4VlvBv0WmCjV5WZeH3bDPGf-8NF2tE2plYdqSRof0-SEtp6oK9hetnVyjeW7GqIiV8txdccat479q7SedNw/s400/aDSC_0326.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">... and then a moment to rest in some leaves.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSiU_i0Y2YGw7LjH2ufDz0nLFQIR7DuovW42HzkRWwzxPqW1F14HkAaeC_gg8Nzwn7OvnlaXcCOXKF0dLxCEgu8nvjjtvNXvIgbdny-EtPkxkFcdEHH0J3wF1wI9Al5Vf2wfhnw/s1600-h/ba1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307625706805906850" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSiU_i0Y2YGw7LjH2ufDz0nLFQIR7DuovW42HzkRWwzxPqW1F14HkAaeC_gg8Nzwn7OvnlaXcCOXKF0dLxCEgu8nvjjtvNXvIgbdny-EtPkxkFcdEHH0J3wF1wI9Al5Vf2wfhnw/s400/ba1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Time to head over to the trampoline!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvPTsCP2Pb8vK6HmcNu_rcNe3sZ998CTbSBk7uXXBJPqiAxFSC8pAshR9hJ85JQt0cBLfsemNZQbtTtYuoyKYI6f_oi3hszxQElph0r3Y8aOHWIZij9CcUOP4l3XdYLL5GcVr4A/s1600-h/ba2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307625712002552018" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvPTsCP2Pb8vK6HmcNu_rcNe3sZ998CTbSBk7uXXBJPqiAxFSC8pAshR9hJ85JQt0cBLfsemNZQbtTtYuoyKYI6f_oi3hszxQElph0r3Y8aOHWIZij9CcUOP4l3XdYLL5GcVr4A/s400/ba2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs_9gkrtH_tmFXo599H6R6cK3R-RXs3b_MlyX14aUcaEac2YG3EMi4ZosMrpgg4B9V1yQ0EJ1SGx273my9WGP5OaGqgqnSzCJisUrhuB9yLSdOfF_Gaa8vTC6YKxD1VHIk5NUyg/s1600-h/ba3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307625716916516402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs_9gkrtH_tmFXo599H6R6cK3R-RXs3b_MlyX14aUcaEac2YG3EMi4ZosMrpgg4B9V1yQ0EJ1SGx273my9WGP5OaGqgqnSzCJisUrhuB9yLSdOfF_Gaa8vTC6YKxD1VHIk5NUyg/s400/ba3.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br />Then on over to work on her "King and Queen" castles, being built with real stones.</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24T2nQ7t4aFyTQ7eQoRF_TWnY4RYyrE_vI1tODt6bo1lnk18rU9LtzsxuOVlGSt5Wn8REz1sYs-lZt63A1fLKZ49DNaTR7U3PqlGaE0zBAl_u-VHeJ0uvJSg6KhawrewK5fhtlg/s1600-h/aDSC_0501.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624811881990930" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24T2nQ7t4aFyTQ7eQoRF_TWnY4RYyrE_vI1tODt6bo1lnk18rU9LtzsxuOVlGSt5Wn8REz1sYs-lZt63A1fLKZ49DNaTR7U3PqlGaE0zBAl_u-VHeJ0uvJSg6KhawrewK5fhtlg/s400/aDSC_0501.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br />Finally it was time to come into the house for a shower, lunch and a nap.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpNaaxuxFHnxCNqP7EcYlQ6HYjwUmY4uzo9P8KtFugA9l46SHw-J4XKf84kwxjKVwffqGUPnF6s7ns-ohew09Rl6g8qqrewzxHit1Re3sL5cPOMW0NB2yukl3BdsLgbHqA2k5JA/s1600-h/eDSC_0486c.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307625717631817538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpNaaxuxFHnxCNqP7EcYlQ6HYjwUmY4uzo9P8KtFugA9l46SHw-J4XKf84kwxjKVwffqGUPnF6s7ns-ohew09Rl6g8qqrewzxHit1Re3sL5cPOMW0NB2yukl3BdsLgbHqA2k5JA/s400/eDSC_0486c.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">However, she napped so well that she didn't go to sleep until 2 o'clock this morning!</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Looks like the joke's on me this time!</span> <div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-64617616263681590442009-02-26T19:46:00.001-08:002009-02-26T20:22:25.438-08:00Tennessee In February<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>I picked green</strong> as the color of our house because I knew that the winters would be stark here in Tennessee. I wanted to be able to see SOME green through out the winter.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSGBODNeBK76RgZ_PATIOtYmlwpokljIND0TZ6A9FDSMEED5HPgkPpvzI35ZymrWdZs0DSzZpN0dUdBimMcvY2GtwkiIhLWMPu0hjL0ctXRb9nG-FD24U9zC0XCep29qdQHDB1Q/s1600-h/bl6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307320493123520658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSGBODNeBK76RgZ_PATIOtYmlwpokljIND0TZ6A9FDSMEED5HPgkPpvzI35ZymrWdZs0DSzZpN0dUdBimMcvY2GtwkiIhLWMPu0hjL0ctXRb9nG-FD24U9zC0XCep29qdQHDB1Q/s400/bl6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">By the end of February Tennessee has seen plenty of freezing cold weather. So everything tends to turn into one of the many color variations of gold.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTabI9F9L0thjG-S8OmUyVQo18S1WsrCagJTwr3eBBiMHUt4BQqFOojdN_jbhi_j4V-KaGgmRYI6ShmN6TrkaMTIu2x2glTicPKwIEzEKz1K7anM_1NUU7LRZzShsOYgXs7He0g/s1600-h/bl4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307319723231580466" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTabI9F9L0thjG-S8OmUyVQo18S1WsrCagJTwr3eBBiMHUt4BQqFOojdN_jbhi_j4V-KaGgmRYI6ShmN6TrkaMTIu2x2glTicPKwIEzEKz1K7anM_1NUU7LRZzShsOYgXs7He0g/s400/bl4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkk9JORlBdjUES5ihQPM8Nl2J7t_5kJQSYy-m4EitREzu4PJOqIMY6cltcAIA7puhRH_pCE3EEqujQpJ-A6rOKchF9yaK7ElTmgTOHAdnQcJs1FgCgLM3Ou56doXv9wBgyyMNTA/s1600-h/bl12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307321038576095138" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkk9JORlBdjUES5ihQPM8Nl2J7t_5kJQSYy-m4EitREzu4PJOqIMY6cltcAIA7puhRH_pCE3EEqujQpJ-A6rOKchF9yaK7ElTmgTOHAdnQcJs1FgCgLM3Ou56doXv9wBgyyMNTA/s400/bl12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Tennessee also has a lot of trees. Trees that drop their leaves creating endless carpets in shades of brown.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Vxgj6whsFGqQNU_uDveIrOBatycXUZxJ8_lGG6DnaLbdNCNIJW8vLUEwvzPKMPSJFUKHFlTwgo_ShWtc6QwU_ORQ1NXISyCtO3fiFKVmN4e8cj7BTeDlTua6mkFbZtUdhwLGA/s1600-h/bl2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307319704123882786" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Vxgj6whsFGqQNU_uDveIrOBatycXUZxJ8_lGG6DnaLbdNCNIJW8vLUEwvzPKMPSJFUKHFlTwgo_ShWtc6QwU_ORQ1NXISyCtO3fiFKVmN4e8cj7BTeDlTua6mkFbZtUdhwLGA/s400/bl2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">The leaves get caught up in everything.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E622ImXgOxSjorukuScUXRIiOD8QdAV8z9dLtFQqxzN7tPG0v6zjKvOzNLCgZ0UIhPFxW2yDxZIzItlaVu286F5nWiBc1l-LkPoOqMePVnLo386RmBwAbsK5gFOJNExJskhqlg/s1600-h/bl1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307319688975590850" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E622ImXgOxSjorukuScUXRIiOD8QdAV8z9dLtFQqxzN7tPG0v6zjKvOzNLCgZ0UIhPFxW2yDxZIzItlaVu286F5nWiBc1l-LkPoOqMePVnLo386RmBwAbsK5gFOJNExJskhqlg/s400/bl1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even the kitty cat blends in with the landscape.</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-8ixParlpHJFLUhRiP-aX766MME-EjKc4keP5SR7ZMUFxEL3gUZTKMg4GEwnGaIfZ7x5vYA7cfgZNKA33niGEh_phyX-8rQDDCROr-y3F2Rtei9qp9_mkr1VG83Lou7D05z55g/s1600-h/bl3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307319715851211346" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-8ixParlpHJFLUhRiP-aX766MME-EjKc4keP5SR7ZMUFxEL3gUZTKMg4GEwnGaIfZ7x5vYA7cfgZNKA33niGEh_phyX-8rQDDCROr-y3F2Rtei9qp9_mkr1VG83Lou7D05z55g/s400/bl3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrs9Lq8pznPWrCEKQ3k7llczpR8nq2nOy-srotHKTTxTgVb-y2l26Tg54ERnlzvqwjVJHs5WgI7O_pnmZd-_1y1Il7HT3z9Z1NxTioNCMlH5YBOGpFLwZm6UHotdv22lZKibN6XA/s1600-h/bl11.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Although even a trumpet vine withered by frost has a redeeming beauty to enjoy.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTbbCCvC9vafkWlPYqo9F5yVc222a6Cum72BxxwRBhZ3PKySoRbME9ZwkLn1Rse0ZXYDoC59NIxBnsxcG-F587yPlLeFHtB-uuUj1AesdVcLw3G765umX-GDvtGIcJwOI9FVQZg/s1600-h/bl10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307320515686540002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTbbCCvC9vafkWlPYqo9F5yVc222a6Cum72BxxwRBhZ3PKySoRbME9ZwkLn1Rse0ZXYDoC59NIxBnsxcG-F587yPlLeFHtB-uuUj1AesdVcLw3G765umX-GDvtGIcJwOI9FVQZg/s400/bl10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The holly berries remind me that not all is bad in the doldrums of winter.</span><br /></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtEizuGMYppooaYmsijJUGSZMj2xsp86NVIFcXda-vozEQHFMj_-a30aVoV499Aaw6hBxXwSuFPNq-8LgmI7SLpSBs7kvGj9bK3Tvq6w3rUDvAv9Qi_RKqWO5RU1m_Q9wH-rvGw/s1600-h/bl9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307320511175433602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtEizuGMYppooaYmsijJUGSZMj2xsp86NVIFcXda-vozEQHFMj_-a30aVoV499Aaw6hBxXwSuFPNq-8LgmI7SLpSBs7kvGj9bK3Tvq6w3rUDvAv9Qi_RKqWO5RU1m_Q9wH-rvGw/s400/bl9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">For the promise of spring and new growth is all around if we take the time to seek it out, as blossoms waiting for warm sun so they may open await on my cherry tree.</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxp2PlmQ6dlrS8begzN5WnxbQAtxR1HqWV1paGp_GUiV09iFNlr9xlIv1Fbu3TsL68QFD9KH78hyyUw9nAtlUJyXGuD2_McIn2kLFgoZrMKdOhwcYBMX02d6iFjFh73oyJ61fMQ/s1600-h/bl8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307320505781659458" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxp2PlmQ6dlrS8begzN5WnxbQAtxR1HqWV1paGp_GUiV09iFNlr9xlIv1Fbu3TsL68QFD9KH78hyyUw9nAtlUJyXGuD2_McIn2kLFgoZrMKdOhwcYBMX02d6iFjFh73oyJ61fMQ/s400/bl8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">My daffodiles can sense that the days are once again growing longer, and also to be growing warmer.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBVmjJO3SnH4MzmJ_beGlwY6njY9ed6Fovj-41y7C0kKG1Hlo1Z4Ij64UwUDJrmfrLLrng5xM8oiiOlFnm0PcU_GD0LpvXyvkujd_s_80H4bqXtXr3sTxhFl3uPGw42gsf-1cwQ/s1600-h/bl7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307320501177209794" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBVmjJO3SnH4MzmJ_beGlwY6njY9ed6Fovj-41y7C0kKG1Hlo1Z4Ij64UwUDJrmfrLLrng5xM8oiiOlFnm0PcU_GD0LpvXyvkujd_s_80H4bqXtXr3sTxhFl3uPGw42gsf-1cwQ/s400/bl7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And plants that will become unwanted in the summer now give me a smile as they are the braviest of all that dare to send out blossoms so soon.</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHapyHYvtNw2iKMX32IrXnxGg1jzQJ_n7tjyg_Zm39FG6lnC9yBPYghHT9YMCmsZK5KwynAMoMpfJdGIJsxhdvDUSFNauP5I-OK8BepBquSDp-6dPNAKncvhnUCThm_oRhcy1-A/s1600-h/bl5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307319728541037378" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHapyHYvtNw2iKMX32IrXnxGg1jzQJ_n7tjyg_Zm39FG6lnC9yBPYghHT9YMCmsZK5KwynAMoMpfJdGIJsxhdvDUSFNauP5I-OK8BepBquSDp-6dPNAKncvhnUCThm_oRhcy1-A/s400/bl5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">For winter is not over but is certainly just resting.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-17314818961674974292009-02-20T19:45:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:59:27.509-08:00Tagged<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>With online</strong> comes the risk of being tagged by your friends. Tagged in photos, tagged on blogs, tagged on My Space and Facebook. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Well here in the 10-OC, tagged still means tagged. Like graffiti tagged.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">When the kids were little, they tagged like this....big happy, blatant tagging going on, right up the stair hall where ever one could see.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEWFAvk2cJjQqBZ_qp6xLtS_5jSrAKXUC2AgrRyA_oKLzcDBfefLFI2R_miE_cdQ2BdLBlCbt8-biAZOt0yBrUFN7BYZp-LpqmMkHhPLuTg_CC_PUypsBP9M99aZVfelcvBAeXQ/s1600-h/stairs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305093009140797218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEWFAvk2cJjQqBZ_qp6xLtS_5jSrAKXUC2AgrRyA_oKLzcDBfefLFI2R_miE_cdQ2BdLBlCbt8-biAZOt0yBrUFN7BYZp-LpqmMkHhPLuTg_CC_PUypsBP9M99aZVfelcvBAeXQ/s400/stairs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">As they got in trouble for that, they went underground. Tagging in little circles or X's.</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1NrGK8k23t6KPBnkfkhWUzDTDYid6hsTndyHk1T5qWbDdBsO-P7EAF3OibGRKZWiqkAZhV0BQ8lHW8tEzz6t5yQN8sWgEi9E0VHnDE8fwbBise872nMsphIMWpkvz4Cq26y6YQ/s1600-h/0DSC_0100.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305093004389702914" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1NrGK8k23t6KPBnkfkhWUzDTDYid6hsTndyHk1T5qWbDdBsO-P7EAF3OibGRKZWiqkAZhV0BQ8lHW8tEzz6t5yQN8sWgEi9E0VHnDE8fwbBise872nMsphIMWpkvz4Cq26y6YQ/s400/0DSC_0100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8r7eucEOtW5cqh5_tjJCtfqrukizmSZKanIKIuLX7G33gwuMpFB9EmjVDethT1rUpbsPsciFPSyl0aLc0IZ-B7NEQoz33JDDOLqUmHZeNz0ByRz0RhGIezZwpEjBs4yHT0TW48w/s1600-h/1DSC_0105.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then they began to learn to make real letters, and the tagging became even more irresistible. And they figured that no one would find them out. Clever little things.</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Guess who tags in sparkly blue ink pen and has the letters "A" and "M" in their name? Kudos for trying to wipe it off as soon as she wrote it though.</span> <div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RiwBGslBBqa47I_6_llEH4nglKD0RMLpEqHr2YX5v4o7_OTjk5dgrMC1Sm0-g7rje7NiM_rBLJdYkJ7yqnj3ezaN5u63wxsCDSCEshSCDK06tD7BwClN9aI89_VcbRZ1mORfdw/s1600-h/2DSC_0074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092724512447650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RiwBGslBBqa47I_6_llEH4nglKD0RMLpEqHr2YX5v4o7_OTjk5dgrMC1Sm0-g7rje7NiM_rBLJdYkJ7yqnj3ezaN5u63wxsCDSCEshSCDK06tD7BwClN9aI89_VcbRZ1mORfdw/s400/2DSC_0074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then they begin to figure out that their names have lots of letters behind their first initial. I found this tagging treatment in Jonathan's old room.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div></span><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AxX_-8W-sJNbw_Zi8BH-gVhoCMmdfFwWBQO1ly2WWCFIzYSEPEi6vMxVrfxVAvckSAY1w-9g5zxYdaCDWMBjIScZKQu9w2LY4rZTZnTL-bWN651PJCodlyDMZcVsKuTQjHUGpA/s1600-h/3DSC_0077.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092720675010434" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AxX_-8W-sJNbw_Zi8BH-gVhoCMmdfFwWBQO1ly2WWCFIzYSEPEi6vMxVrfxVAvckSAY1w-9g5zxYdaCDWMBjIScZKQu9w2LY4rZTZnTL-bWN651PJCodlyDMZcVsKuTQjHUGpA/s400/3DSC_0077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then come numbers! In mirror images! I guess the pen was running out of ink and the tagging had to be carved into the wall. You'll find this gem in Jonathan and Timothy's old bathroom.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMSeXe_nY9XLihnZMNtwcKXGFWxF_xs1nJRPmXX6UPByFFOHn_Sw1BksiAqMNmh5SEpwSa6QCBTyWcIghriYHWp5wsLlOsh_Vzyun64mP7amib4_04SFS4qmxxEaJYyrUr4j8WQ/s1600-h/4DSC_0078.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092709591298658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMSeXe_nY9XLihnZMNtwcKXGFWxF_xs1nJRPmXX6UPByFFOHn_Sw1BksiAqMNmh5SEpwSa6QCBTyWcIghriYHWp5wsLlOsh_Vzyun64mP7amib4_04SFS4qmxxEaJYyrUr4j8WQ/s400/4DSC_0078.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This one gets bonus score for neatness.....</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></div></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXnYHxUUhL63EsyR8LH2vGjPI0rlRe2xrkHzKolCYoUnL_98GP1xRRv8_HH-KiSoVeSdH8jUG7kjnrWLP5MIsXwKAZKk4Mt-VAkAc7wxbEMRYS9aXbEKYfmQYrrIjGqoeVSv-fQ/s1600-h/5DSC_0096.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092703228966658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXnYHxUUhL63EsyR8LH2vGjPI0rlRe2xrkHzKolCYoUnL_98GP1xRRv8_HH-KiSoVeSdH8jUG7kjnrWLP5MIsXwKAZKk4Mt-VAkAc7wxbEMRYS9aXbEKYfmQYrrIjGqoeVSv-fQ/s400/5DSC_0096.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">.....<span style="font-size:130%;"> a separate letter for each part of the door jam moulding.</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7guwmzzDWf7rVNLPEmb_XmFvR1bUeGEX18Hp9FZJLMdvwNrCzyp1l-NiLgp6nbYXbXNCQ5NMdqyvLYIh0HgBuLYhR6cbxUzHDPftaFZSJI_sqpX7pY4xF0ALn82dtmCkm9CL_g/s1600-h/6DSC_0098.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092700680574386" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7guwmzzDWf7rVNLPEmb_XmFvR1bUeGEX18Hp9FZJLMdvwNrCzyp1l-NiLgp6nbYXbXNCQ5NMdqyvLYIh0HgBuLYhR6cbxUzHDPftaFZSJI_sqpX7pY4xF0ALn82dtmCkm9CL_g/s400/6DSC_0098.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jonathan getting sneaky.....writing on the edges of the closet doors. Sort of subliminal because you can't see it when the door is closed....but you know it's there.</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobodxEKjF6J11-6JwSUs5zcnD3AMHGwDunsPUTF1EFfRbL7n1UYITgYQPpv9CIHBMNy5AMPPhsQxIDKbC-zl9MDTgOORzj_FNpsr6gSNFpDmrbXcNMFpx553YM1sSoWbLiI32ug/s1600-h/7DSC_0093.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092155018776418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobodxEKjF6J11-6JwSUs5zcnD3AMHGwDunsPUTF1EFfRbL7n1UYITgYQPpv9CIHBMNy5AMPPhsQxIDKbC-zl9MDTgOORzj_FNpsr6gSNFpDmrbXcNMFpx553YM1sSoWbLiI32ug/s400/7DSC_0093.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And who is getting bolder now? Like I'd NEVER figure out who wrote this one!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqgk3ecPPmH0C-u20UJlB4Bo_1gyyWEbAaRpqvA-4LgPwymeDWRjX2N1cWMRE-2k6HBj6ufbXmvX85_eN7QalaeAWfZweiiXyF-JMGKHzzBZcaqQygbhDZIwwuIeMEKmBBKjlDQ/s1600-h/8DSC_0090.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092154325107730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqgk3ecPPmH0C-u20UJlB4Bo_1gyyWEbAaRpqvA-4LgPwymeDWRjX2N1cWMRE-2k6HBj6ufbXmvX85_eN7QalaeAWfZweiiXyF-JMGKHzzBZcaqQygbhDZIwwuIeMEKmBBKjlDQ/s400/8DSC_0090.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">At least this is on the door to his bedroom. You know, in case I forget where all his toys and clothes go. He's just helping out his mom.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQwEqiodBK-7q1lULAXjZufK3RAk3Wqvb9vDJY_W11DGtmCXwqspMw36PVJ4CtQnC1OjOADy0Iw1Tv9kr3aUY4KcNa6LOGKlvPPphIwH6ArTZeoF4UIpKxE7LvhCWwuV3Mw-T-Q/s1600-h/9DSC_0085.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092152919950914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQwEqiodBK-7q1lULAXjZufK3RAk3Wqvb9vDJY_W11DGtmCXwqspMw36PVJ4CtQnC1OjOADy0Iw1Tv9kr3aUY4KcNa6LOGKlvPPphIwH6ArTZeoF4UIpKxE7LvhCWwuV3Mw-T-Q/s400/9DSC_0085.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This it Timothy's doing. Oh ya, this wall is tagged.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlxKhDApYIwOABFOYZtjG6E4MtLnX4MkR9Y3qSPDb5ukwxBj83wKBvLZ1JYRW27xbIFAstb3mA68Ok62ehpClb6wekWr9oYuxcjTZl-cjKHmErXEex-DpLCGrBBIHhmqep-3X3Q/s1600-h/10DSC_0112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092146279098402" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlxKhDApYIwOABFOYZtjG6E4MtLnX4MkR9Y3qSPDb5ukwxBj83wKBvLZ1JYRW27xbIFAstb3mA68Ok62ehpClb6wekWr9oYuxcjTZl-cjKHmErXEex-DpLCGrBBIHhmqep-3X3Q/s400/10DSC_0112.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">You just need to shed some black light on it.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib81ZjhRms1YMXKkMaELlBrZzo7PCKPKE7tkylTOvvmZkg8vNbAF-MVO-eJN-YyMElMUxBbIufqA-kADAUu8IcB5WnQqIcfc-nDv54sOPIcgoTwuYVOMPxq3ijvMuAYmC7nVVuZg/s1600-h/11DSC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305092142364387170" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib81ZjhRms1YMXKkMaELlBrZzo7PCKPKE7tkylTOvvmZkg8vNbAF-MVO-eJN-YyMElMUxBbIufqA-kADAUu8IcB5WnQqIcfc-nDv54sOPIcgoTwuYVOMPxq3ijvMuAYmC7nVVuZg/s400/11DSC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I'm totally hiding the spray paint now.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-15519948403635007482009-02-18T22:01:00.000-08:002009-02-18T22:07:50.161-08:00Kids. Can't Tell Them Anything<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>So, </strong>Rick gets this sweet little weather station thing. It has a sensor outside and then a display inside.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFf59SP5MccqVJf5N6dxePIexf6lO9cq5hpG9Qs8nucSVjxGWXrppy4EEDdDD4DfjtIxovBcXZMQgZC-pjjIvpbl9sqWoP3GmPCNWsXuwHq4XwygkvP2fmdAOwEIKqF3vU004mQ/s1600-h/1DSC_0105.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304384745071693634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFf59SP5MccqVJf5N6dxePIexf6lO9cq5hpG9Qs8nucSVjxGWXrppy4EEDdDD4DfjtIxovBcXZMQgZC-pjjIvpbl9sqWoP3GmPCNWsXuwHq4XwygkvP2fmdAOwEIKqF3vU004mQ/s400/1DSC_0105.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">We put the display by the front door, so when the kids leave for school, they can see what the weather is instead of guessing and then getting half way to the bus stop only to find that they are freezing or ditching jackets on the front lawn.</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Well Timothy takes one look at it and I hear,</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"Dad??"</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"Yes Timothy"</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"Is that weather station thing supposed to work?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"I think it does work, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Timmo</span>."</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"Well that guy has a SCARF on and it's 49 degrees. 49 degrees is not cold."</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"You should dress how that guy tells you."</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">"That guy is crazy."</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Parents, we can only do so much!</span></p>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-26452098407798252042009-02-10T19:37:00.001-08:002009-02-10T20:08:46.350-08:00Word Art<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>There's a cute</strong> little website out, </span><a href="http://wordle/"><span style="color:#336666;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Wordle</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;">, <span style="color:#000000;">that will crawl your blog (or any RSS feed</span> <span style="color:#000000;">site) and spit out a little picture image that should sum up what your blog is about.</span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Here is what came up for mine.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolRit3zR4DxOGhF9d6BFEZBAbW1FoqXzV5TCnRINs_mE-Who6Vqxt1ACcCFmHKKzhYjuV62rTX8ITTF2VS_EhoJS2RnzHbmg3MazSbuV48VwkW60-zkUxlASBqTDkeUdOVByeCA/s1600-h/wordle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301384668011968050" style="WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolRit3zR4DxOGhF9d6BFEZBAbW1FoqXzV5TCnRINs_mE-Who6Vqxt1ACcCFmHKKzhYjuV62rTX8ITTF2VS_EhoJS2RnzHbmg3MazSbuV48VwkW60-zkUxlASBqTDkeUdOVByeCA/s400/wordle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMflVX42ZmR-noEWxlfgwS-M9mUCTH3pzFURC-wuyNKP-Z3CebhyHHDALD69LQEB5BAohz_SEUrGKTkhzICZLJmRP3X7QcC6zloQV9iNDeMBtWHfYWLsUTJGIAyKsEmpdeuAz5eg/s1600-h/wordle1.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And like the Hokey Pokey, that's what it's all about.</span><br /><br /><div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-30206285882926186612009-02-09T20:36:00.000-08:002009-02-09T21:20:07.696-08:00Gathering Kindling<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Day 3 of the best weather</strong> in a long time! We were actually only one degree from matching the record high temperature on this day of 72*.</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Which considering it was 6* in the morning only 5 days ago, that's pretty amazing!</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">So outside we went again. This time I decided to restock the kindling pile. Not hard to do, just walk around the yard picking up branches that have fallen out of the trees onto the front yard areas.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH5tCH58hyphenhyphenGQ9VGos8dU9oBcbb00oBl_ex1DYl6P_gGUthckzB4Mds3sc2xKuxWoxEZrewKwnyEUXkGDiT5TGMqUtt75KyxJcfpN2xiXX7WDh4yW58TA7-P89tOP8-P34ycwv_A/s1600-h/1DSC_0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301025004851111362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH5tCH58hyphenhyphenGQ9VGos8dU9oBcbb00oBl_ex1DYl6P_gGUthckzB4Mds3sc2xKuxWoxEZrewKwnyEUXkGDiT5TGMqUtt75KyxJcfpN2xiXX7WDh4yW58TA7-P89tOP8-P34ycwv_A/s400/1DSC_0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Amanda, however, decided that the garden was, once again, THE place to be. So to the barn for her garden tools.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AELA_ADZH2E39b8pyE0NmF73eNfXh8I3CFZY9XpavSuCLIx2XsQ58vl41RGKY8h38l7q5EHT5PZWq-nfjKiw6s2hiDieAQd2ddra61WOhME-mF6TPAXDMcHGi8LoTYuvHocukw/s1600-h/1DSC_0010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024997482527362" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AELA_ADZH2E39b8pyE0NmF73eNfXh8I3CFZY9XpavSuCLIx2XsQ58vl41RGKY8h38l7q5EHT5PZWq-nfjKiw6s2hiDieAQd2ddra61WOhME-mF6TPAXDMcHGi8LoTYuvHocukw/s400/1DSC_0010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And off to dig in the nice Tennessee clay.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-571g7xUwE0xjJ8mO5Di5-DcCY2lr6S0ukwoBTWvnNbBlXqDuz6dv-bSdBTJRj4hyphenhyphengx7_2VMjhlaoYty_3NensB_GbXrU95xbKDEJi7dtF9X58hxE9-sR97QBBDjgLgEdJx4eA/s1600-h/1DSC_0027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024992469976818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-571g7xUwE0xjJ8mO5Di5-DcCY2lr6S0ukwoBTWvnNbBlXqDuz6dv-bSdBTJRj4hyphenhyphengx7_2VMjhlaoYty_3NensB_GbXrU95xbKDEJi7dtF9X58hxE9-sR97QBBDjgLgEdJx4eA/s400/1DSC_0027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This is as far as I got with the kindling pile before Amanda decided to do something else.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCElQlv4pHgBmjjwQsM28tzlpuCKDiHVn9hVrKwqBlNFztusFbDdGpr1BW_wQPLu8v48eV1VwlfnDI8iBJfD-m3GCPtS4SERBmdhNHD_CSHmM3d3DpId9Yu8-DFWffMRxIjtuXw/s1600-h/1DSC_0030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024990217955938" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCElQlv4pHgBmjjwQsM28tzlpuCKDiHVn9hVrKwqBlNFztusFbDdGpr1BW_wQPLu8v48eV1VwlfnDI8iBJfD-m3GCPtS4SERBmdhNHD_CSHmM3d3DpId9Yu8-DFWffMRxIjtuXw/s400/1DSC_0030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">She wanted to ride her redneck roller coaster.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUrjuKwd1pjfpO_TIwHkrJ9xf01Y1NnKKmFYgOxb8c79JbQ_fLVks-bxWMoh7e6uMv-zk7SS4xkMA8xLOjyK3-V3wLroWIHsyyRtm45gGoqEJ6Y8_8_Q1NdI1N03jrS6pNaMeUQ/s1600-h/1DSC_0040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024319559946066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUrjuKwd1pjfpO_TIwHkrJ9xf01Y1NnKKmFYgOxb8c79JbQ_fLVks-bxWMoh7e6uMv-zk7SS4xkMA8xLOjyK3-V3wLroWIHsyyRtm45gGoqEJ6Y8_8_Q1NdI1N03jrS6pNaMeUQ/s400/1DSC_0040.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">From the septic tank....</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzUdOuo6egY3IZMpDVAN9exxUdc86480v1k7Xzbe0ps9JZjq4-l_yvPiv7j1AosR-wdVJAt4AdqDQ21umP8LUvpzIhw8vw5kWikILZVBTUddhebuRzxKENWNb41GxNUzSEg_55A/s1600-h/1DSC_0045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024316978764018" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzUdOuo6egY3IZMpDVAN9exxUdc86480v1k7Xzbe0ps9JZjq4-l_yvPiv7j1AosR-wdVJAt4AdqDQ21umP8LUvpzIhw8vw5kWikILZVBTUddhebuRzxKENWNb41GxNUzSEg_55A/s400/1DSC_0045.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....all the way down....</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWblLBAoyqVZV_cpGANiuS7gCsVE0169rTd9AdhxHF034lyWgQddFOk3Yr262-YfNRIZQ5lVCgy8Ir7P8erG9y5yYcB9E5w_QyB9V1hDT0q90pu4Kfwor-2xDUhnVC4rTuOJ6Oew/s1600-h/1DSC_0047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024312705958066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWblLBAoyqVZV_cpGANiuS7gCsVE0169rTd9AdhxHF034lyWgQddFOk3Yr262-YfNRIZQ5lVCgy8Ir7P8erG9y5yYcB9E5w_QyB9V1hDT0q90pu4Kfwor-2xDUhnVC4rTuOJ6Oew/s400/1DSC_0047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Oops, forgot to tell ya, that ride goes fast!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo9y8a2El2LEUQhkh5E6Pzh5QeOLD5bQtxRAeX6kJ7TxEYb_Eo2TWsY2AihJf-ke6hBXdHHNrdgzxEzCIWg-s06dCMtcqNSzWN5KBlbPjxlMoSQCO2vb03rXG_btb5Uws8xaaDw/s1600-h/1DSC_0048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024305865515362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo9y8a2El2LEUQhkh5E6Pzh5QeOLD5bQtxRAeX6kJ7TxEYb_Eo2TWsY2AihJf-ke6hBXdHHNrdgzxEzCIWg-s06dCMtcqNSzWN5KBlbPjxlMoSQCO2vb03rXG_btb5Uws8xaaDw/s400/1DSC_0048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....all the way down to the pond...almost.</span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggExrVSZdUgp1T3Rr7rRx7E9RkN4z52IvHypYg3j2UxuqkGOsljxD9d5ubizYXYT4eeN_NmpLPaJTP6PuAJ2MSnn-AY7P6syPH8StXTzubjwHixmJijxFQg8-WPQ4qKeMg5WarHA/s1600-h/1DSC_0053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301024301293745218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggExrVSZdUgp1T3Rr7rRx7E9RkN4z52IvHypYg3j2UxuqkGOsljxD9d5ubizYXYT4eeN_NmpLPaJTP6PuAJ2MSnn-AY7P6syPH8StXTzubjwHixmJijxFQg8-WPQ4qKeMg5WarHA/s400/1DSC_0053.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And for you quick thinkers, the septic tank is a holding tank and the contents are pumped up and away....not leeched down to the pond. At least that's what we've been told....</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-58680237585602038492009-02-08T17:21:00.001-08:002009-02-08T18:36:48.823-08:00A Day In The Garden<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>A second day</strong> of unseasonably warm weather. Even though the forecast called for rain and a high of 61*, it was sunny and 71*.</span></span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I know that I can't plant in my garden for at least 3 months but I figured I could at least rake the dirt around a little.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_OHVN2BET7Wi4hSf4Jo4v9FJmZ6gAh3q2qhI9GDemj95Dv6SIvd8bLgTnxm5FWNjnQcCHyhyphenhyphenlsrKTNmyjgHp2eioXC8_fl8lZNzTTkvQ7b19H7enWEjPzbRMcRL8eLEuWUSTDg/s1600-h/GDSC_0040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300611139775028930" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_OHVN2BET7Wi4hSf4Jo4v9FJmZ6gAh3q2qhI9GDemj95Dv6SIvd8bLgTnxm5FWNjnQcCHyhyphenhyphenlsrKTNmyjgHp2eioXC8_fl8lZNzTTkvQ7b19H7enWEjPzbRMcRL8eLEuWUSTDg/s400/GDSC_0040.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">It has been neglected all winter.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZjgXEmduLhPlaUOswkkLJJ0QNGIsx8b1DGbJMs7ZQ3rYdelhCy-X1SGB0A9UAxAc_oPMuS9RaLLQuJRC4sBym-PDncs-QYVR0yAHgY1T2hM4kr9kpePGZq1jDuUloEHgXojWQw/s1600-h/GDSC_0046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300611137910226338" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZjgXEmduLhPlaUOswkkLJJ0QNGIsx8b1DGbJMs7ZQ3rYdelhCy-X1SGB0A9UAxAc_oPMuS9RaLLQuJRC4sBym-PDncs-QYVR0yAHgY1T2hM4kr9kpePGZq1jDuUloEHgXojWQw/s400/GDSC_0046.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">First I collect the pinecones that have fallen in the beds. They make great kindling for the fire in the fireplace and what we won't burn, the kids will use as grenade props during their Army guy battles.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6woR3lVV86-QDhkYsq-QsgtL94tAraK_W_85c7J4HfvttSLfaZH25kSRUje7JBj4PMe6PsWEpM5pRWajnzN5TFYR3za2JQ4vjF2tay69Cbplb7GIluO6EbTCkHolR3dV60OKfg/s1600-h/GDSC_0051.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300611130715504898" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6woR3lVV86-QDhkYsq-QsgtL94tAraK_W_85c7J4HfvttSLfaZH25kSRUje7JBj4PMe6PsWEpM5pRWajnzN5TFYR3za2JQ4vjF2tay69Cbplb7GIluO6EbTCkHolR3dV60OKfg/s400/GDSC_0051.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then here come my helpers. Kitty cat tries to find some catnip that may have escaped the freeze.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oW-fVhTHTiuW1G_eyqTFrrBOi8dQRiA5rhv743lWOe4dpo3l3Y5Mwr9K3pdLB0eM1pSRCs3W0je8vxpAyx8EtyshB9VBgUUpj167leA6TWGbB2YIhBHYVTVuignpwGnXhjS9qA/s1600-h/GDSC_0064.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300611127456183890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oW-fVhTHTiuW1G_eyqTFrrBOi8dQRiA5rhv743lWOe4dpo3l3Y5Mwr9K3pdLB0eM1pSRCs3W0je8vxpAyx8EtyshB9VBgUUpj167leA6TWGbB2YIhBHYVTVuignpwGnXhjS9qA/s400/GDSC_0064.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">It would appear that he has been successful.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bdf85KmfQbn_BPDq0UNQiW6VZE0Hs6nRNplbIdd6nCyTsXT2jM0b9ZcAsBZrGjjHuwmpJzAutev5q_sVd8o3KoOqVjIRpPTzSsbmET1QCKqLY-F1Zhq8c1QtJWMgbRVfAskboQ/s1600-h/GDSC_0094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300612078677948178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bdf85KmfQbn_BPDq0UNQiW6VZE0Hs6nRNplbIdd6nCyTsXT2jM0b9ZcAsBZrGjjHuwmpJzAutev5q_sVd8o3KoOqVjIRpPTzSsbmET1QCKqLY-F1Zhq8c1QtJWMgbRVfAskboQ/s400/GDSC_0094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then Amanda heads my way.</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTkjHrVd9HonN-wV_L2sT5fLXcxCHPyQUL_WnvCsEqpgrobUEWyNLjc5118KfwkFFuDTlq8P4W_6GRFOezndRfjivgVU1uNn_UW-_JfesWRI7lCiRDaYtzWBhA8mzAPW0SRFeYQ/s1600-h/GDSC_0075.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300611122178002546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTkjHrVd9HonN-wV_L2sT5fLXcxCHPyQUL_WnvCsEqpgrobUEWyNLjc5118KfwkFFuDTlq8P4W_6GRFOezndRfjivgVU1uNn_UW-_JfesWRI7lCiRDaYtzWBhA8mzAPW0SRFeYQ/s400/GDSC_0075.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And yes. As a matter of fact that IS her normal gardening attire. This is what she wore last year when we broke ground.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBhmQg7EwsYZAU4zyQJTfjFt-GWULyglBRVfLjxFLjr_033S9hruakqaje-kBknj6hIFMCybqGLWwhW_ZLeUV_zOc00IQflZGIfIqHS487BsbEfJ86c-qe_Wi-tst_w1jcbkY8Q/s1600-h/garden46.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300612571210540258" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBhmQg7EwsYZAU4zyQJTfjFt-GWULyglBRVfLjxFLjr_033S9hruakqaje-kBknj6hIFMCybqGLWwhW_ZLeUV_zOc00IQflZGIfIqHS487BsbEfJ86c-qe_Wi-tst_w1jcbkY8Q/s400/garden46.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">We found a few little surprises. So if I had to do the Scarlet O'hara turnip scene, I wouldn't have to fake any parts.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5Gl4fIdA369YdhJJ1DG1yQGl-KKvph1Z7xg3or_u8BHXQAwOdMhs_z7d9gTgKOdoA-wTG9N3iPF4ansCHqs-fayGEaUFWpLNS4O1LuotGv7XCphtuLqrzPK7toze-w6cDm-jCg/s1600-h/GDSC_0095.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300610145581515234" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5Gl4fIdA369YdhJJ1DG1yQGl-KKvph1Z7xg3or_u8BHXQAwOdMhs_z7d9gTgKOdoA-wTG9N3iPF4ansCHqs-fayGEaUFWpLNS4O1LuotGv7XCphtuLqrzPK7toze-w6cDm-jCg/s400/GDSC_0095.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">When Amanda got bored raking, she found the camera.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjvbQ-lqmC1NvfLnNja8DvUMNr0JooaQ0iWKAMEyy0CtAPiTJomxtxcQpK5hqpe11j6LzeH9yYPi6HlQTYRxBzlx9dUQW-k4Av7eXz3OLpHvCOsGBSCa-gxjJ-jJ7SKue4dZoZw/s1600-h/GDSC_0111.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300610144952352530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjvbQ-lqmC1NvfLnNja8DvUMNr0JooaQ0iWKAMEyy0CtAPiTJomxtxcQpK5hqpe11j6LzeH9yYPi6HlQTYRxBzlx9dUQW-k4Av7eXz3OLpHvCOsGBSCa-gxjJ-jJ7SKue4dZoZw/s400/GDSC_0111.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I bribed her with garden tools to hand it back over before it got dropped in the dirt.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr8eHfeZdFnS6BdpBYGN5IqSkagizR-gSzSrTixHHi1IvxFUAV5WLQ2pMtSE_st-IplwfGe0iWMFSdmY5WbiHMXfZ_kGl9KrQ9o3Kx5_kJwDH5v1jPH6NqgZDEsjz50XY6W8q4w/s1600-h/GDSC_0115.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300610138615834114" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr8eHfeZdFnS6BdpBYGN5IqSkagizR-gSzSrTixHHi1IvxFUAV5WLQ2pMtSE_st-IplwfGe0iWMFSdmY5WbiHMXfZ_kGl9KrQ9o3Kx5_kJwDH5v1jPH6NqgZDEsjz50XY6W8q4w/s400/GDSC_0115.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But not before she got a picture of Derick working in the dirt in the front of the house. We may even have a lawn there this year.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></div></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyBPUf6c9cWQ_oow1mR30hAXdh2ILbuBwq-qfDTk4K0IGXVWe1auIArzpGuLjmU52npz5zw5BiB7OvulY4uOFOcSeBIn5apVp3v5k6hOo2zZRUIn1mUN0YHynh5KVsDsxeBgseA/s1600-h/GDSC_0118.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300610133072105042" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyBPUf6c9cWQ_oow1mR30hAXdh2ILbuBwq-qfDTk4K0IGXVWe1auIArzpGuLjmU52npz5zw5BiB7OvulY4uOFOcSeBIn5apVp3v5k6hOo2zZRUIn1mUN0YHynh5KVsDsxeBgseA/s400/GDSC_0118.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">But then we were tired and called it a day.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhHRr0BtkT3O6PsTrAsh9vjw-V8olXu5GXpeJ_RNCB5eN60PH7YbaMr1mYlg3PaDGC-y90og1zrvY-ginXW-GSd20mPvc5ubx8rH0GdMhesPPvvdBC6-KhceC3JeH7p41PAmAAw/s1600-h/GDSC_01055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300610129185266530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhHRr0BtkT3O6PsTrAsh9vjw-V8olXu5GXpeJ_RNCB5eN60PH7YbaMr1mYlg3PaDGC-y90og1zrvY-ginXW-GSd20mPvc5ubx8rH0GdMhesPPvvdBC6-KhceC3JeH7p41PAmAAw/s400/GDSC_01055.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And even though the garden is still sleeping, at least we got to make the bed a little nicer until spring.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-63199020660429418252009-02-07T20:27:00.000-08:002009-02-07T20:52:17.892-08:00A Drive About<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>Our first </strong>nice Saturday in a while, so we decided to take the '57 Bel Air out for some fresh air. We did a little drive about our Tennessee countryside.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">This picture is going down our road. Now I was trying to get a picture of the telephone poles, because down every country road here, you slalom around telephone poles, it cracks me up. But these cyclists got in my way. There were a lot of bikes out today, too.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ83ZW5KdCuwgobqBGoFL8Km9ouBAc1bufr3HW-qYxah0rox-KUWsShtOrDzpmFT-Dk9qH97Pl1qZozRQQovPNwlgkpqaIZxGZiFEVQhH5DK-G2b3GRLHoYPbqrZsOQxgbctmlBg/s1600-h/dDSC_0003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279138701904194" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ83ZW5KdCuwgobqBGoFL8Km9ouBAc1bufr3HW-qYxah0rox-KUWsShtOrDzpmFT-Dk9qH97Pl1qZozRQQovPNwlgkpqaIZxGZiFEVQhH5DK-G2b3GRLHoYPbqrZsOQxgbctmlBg/s400/dDSC_0003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Here we're heading into down town <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Leipers</span> Fork. Looks like cyclists of another sort were taking a break at Puckett's. We see a lot of those kinds of bikes, too.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2qYPyaVPDbd8Mmke1piTXAl6dx_lHgd-qHTZRzfigP8ruEwCys7T7euRouNx9SfXGqfEsMDH0hBzYsLafiSGWYFmINz5jbpNxImbcuiD0Tx30_SrVB-rzJWqrqBuTpVg_heaVg/s1600-h/dDSC_0007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279144290197122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2qYPyaVPDbd8Mmke1piTXAl6dx_lHgd-qHTZRzfigP8ruEwCys7T7euRouNx9SfXGqfEsMDH0hBzYsLafiSGWYFmINz5jbpNxImbcuiD0Tx30_SrVB-rzJWqrqBuTpVg_heaVg/s400/dDSC_0007.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And on passed farm houses. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Big....</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSDSjRmFa9_U9MMiahZjqW-PQo61A48qPYt0eF4NL2MfqLS5rkDErfD466nKJoerjakvfGKsryQIxWp1-wDbXtl8c1hXkYLQ8f27WHsqqqJJ9AcCauXAFc1_LUV6DzdYhapC68g/s1600-h/dDSC_0010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279148452055122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSDSjRmFa9_U9MMiahZjqW-PQo61A48qPYt0eF4NL2MfqLS5rkDErfD466nKJoerjakvfGKsryQIxWp1-wDbXtl8c1hXkYLQ8f27WHsqqqJJ9AcCauXAFc1_LUV6DzdYhapC68g/s400/dDSC_0010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....and small.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaZl92ASDprlrRXEBiVkYU-4RZaxJJHI22QJt8U733rc0sthUXFJyURj4PVB6kZB-OTqFmb0VQlj37eaWfvWnZm8ReYbliYFNxS7E7FJQSbUr1xNVGoq0Wtf2OXJPPJq8-VUBcg/s1600-h/dDSC_0013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279154098261234" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaZl92ASDprlrRXEBiVkYU-4RZaxJJHI22QJt8U733rc0sthUXFJyURj4PVB6kZB-OTqFmb0VQlj37eaWfvWnZm8ReYbliYFNxS7E7FJQSbUr1xNVGoq0Wtf2OXJPPJq8-VUBcg/s400/dDSC_0013.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">We make our way to Bending Chestnut, where the temperature at the general store reads about 64*.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNXA-3NBTG5Ml8yWMoUHQyHvYNwExf5L7JiqOep5mUQy6PFKKpWgf6ukO48f8tn5QrkHmm90dASJQ8DS2U-c9SF22fXrGU89XD6WeJDXmFBBhzjN8Y8inr39r462m302hZao4Yg/s1600-h/dDSC_0016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279712700776402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNXA-3NBTG5Ml8yWMoUHQyHvYNwExf5L7JiqOep5mUQy6PFKKpWgf6ukO48f8tn5QrkHmm90dASJQ8DS2U-c9SF22fXrGU89XD6WeJDXmFBBhzjN8Y8inr39r462m302hZao4Yg/s400/dDSC_0016.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Plenty warm enough to go hard top mode.</span> </div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzc2foczhoGbovSQ39ssWDtMLbTd7xAfjbTDnYNP1yHOG6lwW6wa-a15jW7p8HPBdasHGtTKe85Q5kIVZqot124tpJS0PJY0LguZBxjPVCOOq6TVtKPoe8HLHYCvB5iGVNiDpMxw/s1600-h/dDSC_0015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279158282103106" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzc2foczhoGbovSQ39ssWDtMLbTd7xAfjbTDnYNP1yHOG6lwW6wa-a15jW7p8HPBdasHGtTKe85Q5kIVZqot124tpJS0PJY0LguZBxjPVCOOq6TVtKPoe8HLHYCvB5iGVNiDpMxw/s400/dDSC_0015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Then continuing on our little loop....</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9_VVt7RxdfVM0urYqrENflBHfa8Fz00fuGwBQkMJbP_qiuBr3DK0FBezjwfL14c84QGm4zYK02UolwbeuyxKQ-c-2L_JsWC26SsnvsFWJ701Cpkq6iEzzX25LPg0jvm3P1qBcQ/s1600-h/dDSC_0020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279723300259458" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9_VVt7RxdfVM0urYqrENflBHfa8Fz00fuGwBQkMJbP_qiuBr3DK0FBezjwfL14c84QGm4zYK02UolwbeuyxKQ-c-2L_JsWC26SsnvsFWJ701Cpkq6iEzzX25LPg0jvm3P1qBcQ/s400/dDSC_0020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">....passed fences, barns and woods.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKVt15aDClFD8_t0w5UsrfLow_prNoBWE6w1bWT2CvlnUGsIgUlb5tHWIWoX_HkTLmWD1ah29W1k7uGofIcl1y2FVEz4wJDWgkg25ycNFgvDquhbe_wQ5zqu6T8_TCHLiud2g3A/s1600-h/dDSC_0023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279728187672786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKVt15aDClFD8_t0w5UsrfLow_prNoBWE6w1bWT2CvlnUGsIgUlb5tHWIWoX_HkTLmWD1ah29W1k7uGofIcl1y2FVEz4wJDWgkg25ycNFgvDquhbe_wQ5zqu6T8_TCHLiud2g3A/s400/dDSC_0023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Until we arrive home again.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiK64BMjK2byfDYPS9iuY0SmBnbNgFEbz-6A9tddwAyJW-NOf0VKkxzn4FDrMtJPQzE_BzBAjsdtjQMtAv9YjJYx2MTQctWM-ja0GWz1F8CFzyIzEfYvYNIpZYFKz4CJ1MiV_GQ/s1600-h/dDSC_0028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279729172854658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiK64BMjK2byfDYPS9iuY0SmBnbNgFEbz-6A9tddwAyJW-NOf0VKkxzn4FDrMtJPQzE_BzBAjsdtjQMtAv9YjJYx2MTQctWM-ja0GWz1F8CFzyIzEfYvYNIpZYFKz4CJ1MiV_GQ/s400/dDSC_0028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And await for the next unseasonably warm day to arrive.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-31489098473387415752009-02-05T21:01:00.001-08:002009-02-05T21:17:10.145-08:00Warm Sunny Days<span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The other day I decided that I wanted to make a .gif file. I found out that my old Paint Shop Pro software did not come with animation software. So I browsed my programs file for my OLD OLD version, like PSP 4, because apparently that did contain an animation script. While looking through my program files, I come upon a photo editing program that I didn't even know I had, and have become side tracked playing with it. Now granted, I'm pretty sure that this program came bundled up with Paint Shop Pro X2, which I just got for Christmas this year, so I'm not a total loser.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Anyhow, in celebration of our 6* temps this morning, I decided to have some fun with some pictures we took a Gulf Shores last year.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXA5vV0Ou3p0ScoWpZQBD5BO9zfSuqqmwkQsDfKUkWe4M4decoEpoKVmGLJampPRkA8XlF8toMwjvO5TTXjtzUBc6-ohd6wC14IWJ4KV8CyYDKvOqFKK_3_MVCIsiLFaHpbcMEg/s1600-h/amandaoil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299547109972470450" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXA5vV0Ou3p0ScoWpZQBD5BO9zfSuqqmwkQsDfKUkWe4M4decoEpoKVmGLJampPRkA8XlF8toMwjvO5TTXjtzUBc6-ohd6wC14IWJ4KV8CyYDKvOqFKK_3_MVCIsiLFaHpbcMEg/s400/amandaoil.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Amanda's starfish hair clip actually came in a McDonald's Happy Meal toy!</span><br /><p> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FVKScWpUDFwDdfjoOsCRLcvd9RYzx7qchmXYc9Xv6C_9aTePwQtxOYcycSP90oN2bh-d3JiYPBt02jXQxGXebhy7rilTi3H-QNOhDlejGY6FtwqEDygNtJs0PjtUiY49LxtKnA/s1600-h/trioPaintingb3b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299547102794862450" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FVKScWpUDFwDdfjoOsCRLcvd9RYzx7qchmXYc9Xv6C_9aTePwQtxOYcycSP90oN2bh-d3JiYPBt02jXQxGXebhy7rilTi3H-QNOhDlejGY6FtwqEDygNtJs0PjtUiY49LxtKnA/s400/trioPaintingb3b.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The Gulf was too rough to swim in this day, but it was awesome watching the waves and hearing them crash upon the sand! </span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintdesF21RgKJr6jk3QM6Ntv6RuWANT_l_S2xGQDkn_0m8g4pkhueRWgIQ-iyyw6ktBnVVjHM0fibT7JSJXRbCJFlDYBxNPg5aYMDI1igf2AJrSkRJVcdfF-Rb608ZxbpsmbYptQ/s1600-h/Gulf+shores+057_Painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299547102289997458" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintdesF21RgKJr6jk3QM6Ntv6RuWANT_l_S2xGQDkn_0m8g4pkhueRWgIQ-iyyw6ktBnVVjHM0fibT7JSJXRbCJFlDYBxNPg5aYMDI1igf2AJrSkRJVcdfF-Rb608ZxbpsmbYptQ/s400/Gulf+shores+057_Painting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Too sweet!!</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">And I haven't checked yet to see if Paint Shop Pro X2 has an animation application or not. I'll think about that another day. After I've "painted" every photo I own!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </p>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984492.post-66956514738460757262009-02-04T14:02:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:19:28.086-08:00Super Bowl Fun<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Super Bowl Sunday was a fun time had by all.<br /><br />The boys were cheering for the Cardinals, but it was an exciting game none the less.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBYL0oyE14Ei4-F6KE5q98ef5CKdxFRRuBPtU4kaeFJwtIOGu0y-IKhItoXYtdAib_bmzwBPX6ORsJQktnRIMYJyKQmzjbDz1DbPK6m3qcdEMPtbvqbVU3eK4kIyUDDV_B5lRrQ/s1600-h/bDSC_0477.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299066657934531202" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBYL0oyE14Ei4-F6KE5q98ef5CKdxFRRuBPtU4kaeFJwtIOGu0y-IKhItoXYtdAib_bmzwBPX6ORsJQktnRIMYJyKQmzjbDz1DbPK6m3qcdEMPtbvqbVU3eK4kIyUDDV_B5lRrQ/s400/bDSC_0477.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lots of snacks and minimal fighting. Always a plus.</span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Of course we kept an eye out for commercials. Everyone was looking forward to the 1 second ad spot. I liked it and considered it ground breaking and unique.</span> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1_VK66PPW6qKypwWdkkJdsRqYUNybA0-XjJnkLAy3y-T_MRGs4VUL9NJj-BHY-ntJrT8TgnHXczbQvM-HuXDuj6bTTZBXz_6I5Uu6je8jHPP1JpFPIyk2ahedCqQbBmE_VdsLA/s1600-h/bDSC_0472.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299066654641318882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1_VK66PPW6qKypwWdkkJdsRqYUNybA0-XjJnkLAy3y-T_MRGs4VUL9NJj-BHY-ntJrT8TgnHXczbQvM-HuXDuj6bTTZBXz_6I5Uu6je8jHPP1JpFPIyk2ahedCqQbBmE_VdsLA/s400/bDSC_0472.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Derick saw the commercial and laughed saying, "The guy yelled BUD LIGHT!" Seeing how it was a Miller commercial, I would have to change my opinion from ground breaking to epic fail.</span><br /><br /></p><div></div>CA Girl in 10-OChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18092134329675293375noreply@blogger.com0