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i am grateful for the macro lens that allows my poor eyes to see such amazing tiny miracles of nature.

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one photo and twenty words

i constantly compose photos in my mind as i drive. 
wish i'd actually snapped this one before the mowers came.

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proud mommy moment finding the boy at camp in the same shorts he'd been dropped off in two days earlier.

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first swim of the summer
building castles in the sand
laying a rock solid foundation of friendship for the future

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two sisters deep in conversation.  
a baby great niece practicing her newest skill.  
texas, florida, and tennessee enjoying time together.

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a bonus day off and i cleaned the bathrooms from the baseboards to the lights. 
i know; i'm shocked, too.

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this so effectively captures his transitioning from child to tween; 
that other kid will get the doily in the scrapbook.

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sparkly pink puffballs. flamingo dancers. tropical delights. very dr. seussical. 

the perfect welcome at a florida airport where sisters reunite.

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cooler temps in the ten day forecast.  fall is on the way.  i think i might possibly be ready.  maybe.

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i flit about like a hummingbird, zooming from one bright patch of color to the next, busy in the sun.

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this is the epitome of summer vacation.  no words required.
(or work, or shoes, or getting dressed, or motivation, or . . . )


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more sunshine.
longer days.
a bit of warmth. 
his green thumb and plant obsession reemerge.
the little pots are everywhere.

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she and i share the same hedonistic feline tendencies. 

rolling in the sun on a warm day is pure bliss.

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and since i could get a bonus point in calvinball for scrapping a photo the same day i took it, i went ahead and did that with this one.  the journaling was already done for me.  bonus.  :)

using mostly leftover bits from the august jbs mercantile kits.

6 word memoir: his kitty

he is his first best friend

the fourth installment of my january photo challenge, six word memoirs.  on to february's challenge!

6 word memoir: my kitty

i am her one and only.

to finish up my final two 6 word memoirs for the month, I thought I'd pay tribute to our kitties.  this sweet thing is mine and she loves me.  (find out more about the 6 word memoir here).

b&w stories: 6 word memoir

young girl with a mother's heart

that's my dad up on the pony and my aunt nada holding him steady.  he said she was always a little mama and he was definitely a fat baby (which he outgrew and became a quite skinny kid).  the photo was taken in about 1932 and he was in the 18 month range.  i asked him who the pony belonged to, and he said people just brought them around town with cameras from time to time, peddling pony pics.  that's kinda what i thought.  i find it interesting.  life is so different now with even our tweens sporting iphones in their back pockets.  can you imagine a world where photos were a rarity?

dad said they lived in town till he was about two (and then they moved way out in the country).  the "town" was economy, indiana and sported about 100 people.  that's quite a population boom!  he said the town started out in the creek valley, but there were too many mosquitos down there and thus too much malaria.  they moved it up on the hill and renamed it economy, because it saved them money (seems like it saved them lives!).  and once again, my dad casually imparts knowledge.  i guess i never realized that we even had malaria in the united states.  it seems like such a foreign plague.  but yes, it was indeed a problem here prior to the 1950's.  in 1947, the CDC began a concerted effort to eliminate the disease in the u.s. and by 1949, "the country was declared free of malaria as a significant public health problem."

this post is part of a series on my efforts to get my dad's black and white photo history documented.

i've also used it for this weeks contribution to the 6 word memoir january photo challenge at get it scrapped!

challenge: six word memoir

 

the heart of winter holds grace.

2014 is going to be a great month for challenges at get it scrapped!  we've got a fun and varied list of photo/journaling prompts each month and i'm looking forward to all of them.  to kick things off, for january we're doing the "six word memoir."  this is my first entry.  i'll be back next week with another.  you can find lots more information about the topic HERE.  we'd love for you to join us!