tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50469069401444464282024-03-20T03:19:34.867-07:00Optical OptimismManda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-57966343491910237182014-05-10T11:08:00.000-07:002014-05-10T11:08:15.780-07:00Happy Mother's Day Mom!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>My mother is a lover of knowlege, an avid reader and a seeker of truth.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Everytime I came to her bored and whiney she would show me something new.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She always taught me to queston, to reason and to find.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She taught me to value truth and to trust in my own mind.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She taught me the joys of creating and the happiness it can bring.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She gave me my love of music so now I can play and sing.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>My mother is caring; she is sensitive, empathetic and kind.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She taught me when to stand up for what I believe and she taught me why.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She tried to teach me to choose my battles but that one just doesn't want to stick</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>(but I must admit it is not her fault my skull can be quite thick).</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>But I want her to know how I value her and appriciate all she does. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I love her and respect her and Mother's Day is special because....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Regardless of how the story goes at each chapters end</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>my mother is not only a mother she is also a true friend!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Happy Mother's Day Mom!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I love you!</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b> Love, </b></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Mandy</b></span></i></div>
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My sister, my mom, me and my Grandma </div>
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Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-53553673932067814642014-01-26T21:47:00.002-08:002014-01-27T09:29:01.948-08:002014<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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It is really amazing that a single moment can change
everything you think you know. </div>
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It starts with a spark. Something you read, something
someone says, maybe something you see. Before you know it that spark turns into
a fast burning wild fire that obliterates all truths and changes the way you
see the world. </div>
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Sometimes it is horrible and rips your world apart with a
cruel hand and you don't think you will ever recover. Every breath seems like a
war against your heart and every moment seems to push you closer to breaking.
But sometimes it is so bright and beautiful that you are blinded by it. It
enhances the senses and your soul reflects all the good there is in the world
and reminds you of how wonderful it is to be you....<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just be alive. Either way it changes the way
you see the world in small almost indistinguishable ways and in large earth
shattering ways. No matter what - you will never be the same again.<br />
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My entire world was rocked on its axis in 2013. I lost some
of the most important people I had in my life (some by their own choosing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Some of the people I trusted and believed in most turned out to be untrustworthy and even cruel. </span>It took
everything I thought I knew and burned it to the ground. I was forced to take a
long hard look at myself and at how I viewed the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From those ruins I realized that it was my own
misguided views on the people around me that put me in that situation. I was so
blinded by my belief in others that I didn't see the signs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see when I choose to trust I trust with
my whole heart, my whole being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It never
crossed my mind that things wouldn't work out because the people I cared about
most definitely cared about me and they would never hurt me. I held strong to
that belief even as time and again it was disproved. My stubbornness brought me
to this point. My inability to admit the possibility that I could be wrong. I
want to make it very clear here that it is not other people that were at fault,
but myself. I ignored facts and listened only to my heart. I have forgiven
those who have wronged me because every one of them acted out in fear.</div>
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Fear is the biggest motivator this world has to offer. It
can turn even the most well meaning individual to cruelty, to indifference. The
world thrives on fear....fear of the future, fear of the past, fear of what
is, fear of what isn't... fear of the unknown. </div>
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Don't get me wrong, it is not that I don't have fears...
EVERYBODY has fears. It is how we FACE those fears that makes us who we are. It
never crossed my mind to let those fears hold me back in any way. It just was
never an option to me. I'm not saying I am better than anyone else. In fact I
think it hinders me because I am constantly surprised and hurt when others are
controlled by their fears. I don't understand it. A good example is Christians
who teach to "love thy neighbor" and to "leave judgment to
God" are viciously attacking the lifestyle choices of others. The once
beautiful message is twisted by the fear of what they don't understand. The
goodness they are trying to embrace gets twisted into something cruel and
vicious. Suddenly anyone that is not like them needs to be
"saved".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly they need to
go on missions to teach the poor uneducated "heathens" of this world
how everything they believe is wrong because only THEIR book, only THEIR way of
thinking can possibly be right. Because if not then everything they know can be
questioned. Fear causes people to act without thinking. I don't even know if I
can blame them because I have never felt fear that was so great that it
paralyzed my brain and turned me into a creature of instinct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I want to be clear to those around me. I do not need to be
saved in any way. I am perfectly capable of saving myself. It is not
unhappiness that makes me bluntly state my pains to the world. Anyone who says
their life is perfect and they have never felt moments of darkness is a liar.
Personally I would rather be honest. Yes I have felt depression, loss and
heartache... but I have also felt joy, wonder and awe. Life is not about one or
the other but a mixed roller coaster of emotions that constantly leaves you
drained and confused and fascinated. I do not believe in God..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I believe in the core goodness of those
around me. I believe in freedom and helping those around you. I do NOT believe
in judging others for you have not walked in their shoes. I am strong, I am
independent and I am capable. I am in control of my life enough to be able to
forgive all those who have wronged me. For holding on to anger would hurt me
and change me in ways I refuse to allow.</div>
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Looking toward 2014 I see hope and potential. I will not let
myself become jaded against the world. I will still look for the good that is
buried deep within each and every heart. I will continue to try and make the
best decisions I can without hurting those around me. Those who have hurt me I
forgive you and you will always hold a piece of my heart even as I understand
that we can no longer be in each others lives. I want you to know I understand.
I forgive you everything as I hope you would forgive me. As always life goes on
and I look towards the future knowing that even though there are hard times to
come they are worth it. For every moment, every second I am here on this earth
I am learning and changing in unbelievable ways.</div>
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Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-10777667581409290682011-04-26T23:18:00.000-07:002011-04-26T23:21:48.814-07:00Nicholas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAzOsoN8hx1k5GFjVvpn1vWFvKg_QDP5oOggFaa8wB6a04_H6heveeHVRjIRoiNknY2cCv2_B5z3cV6wjY_IqMozJ9K7RobpsIEXd5C-ncXTMIke3inSOtlyY7W1-gfKiO4iNXiR-qeE/s1600/DSC_0091cr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAzOsoN8hx1k5GFjVvpn1vWFvKg_QDP5oOggFaa8wB6a04_H6heveeHVRjIRoiNknY2cCv2_B5z3cV6wjY_IqMozJ9K7RobpsIEXd5C-ncXTMIke3inSOtlyY7W1-gfKiO4iNXiR-qeE/s400/DSC_0091cr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600144634026428866" border="0" /></a>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-71715472354962201802011-03-18T21:35:00.001-07:002011-03-18T21:45:10.504-07:00Lou-boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFN5MhN3Q9zuSUVU-rDfrzyTXBEuJq5QG0KjP1IIPC_e2irxJqXbw3eEPCB7sXtHqsD4koOqEUFa0lNByQHzGM0C5hNyTATEBGFJmcca-GdHDtwWgRLoxdjXEo21XbBjaypotEXY5pRg/s1600/DSC_0018c.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVNPNb7Q8_oW5LykOlKFYOg2UYQqj36Yky0mjF8YKM2JRABR4eXRpO7uHyo97gDDLg3FPjd_jhBzPO3l74NfcyAo9ZWb0q1BcYp3JZySkvkFjSOsvCAmWfATV3xHXPqXUq7wAgL7y9cA/s320/DSC_0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521876698802571522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGMGH1zYBSJgyQBLPZLWYIlqxqYPcWP8dMl2pSz6qYZfWZzyPHXtm6kokGru1Qz4qXNmLuKL8ENfnwyWRMdsTr3MLnv7OIzvJV6gJG1qpXxwdLxxheqF4j4L2k0nZ-eR-rlYmy65biKM/s1600/DSC_0058.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGMGH1zYBSJgyQBLPZLWYIlqxqYPcWP8dMl2pSz6qYZfWZzyPHXtm6kokGru1Qz4qXNmLuKL8ENfnwyWRMdsTr3MLnv7OIzvJV6gJG1qpXxwdLxxheqF4j4L2k0nZ-eR-rlYmy65biKM/s320/DSC_0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521875459234656178" border="0" /></a></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-54637220219317966772010-08-10T02:15:00.000-07:002010-09-05T10:01:40.494-07:00Birthday Dinner Part II<div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKmk5KFw_5EpdSS_QBlkQDYKrUhW9lZBOTMQ8F8fDlW-B3Trm9swqTbcVDaKxW7OIcyL8vZAVSYrbZhhyphenhyphenBqZFi6ekBqczGwBwLgWAK-DS-BbAXzilYVHW38l-gRMGmxxcOku232k8fo8/s1600/BirthdayDinner2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKmk5KFw_5EpdSS_QBlkQDYKrUhW9lZBOTMQ8F8fDlW-B3Trm9swqTbcVDaKxW7OIcyL8vZAVSYrbZhhyphenhyphenBqZFi6ekBqczGwBwLgWAK-DS-BbAXzilYVHW38l-gRMGmxxcOku232k8fo8/s320/BirthdayDinner2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503710419102059058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(A continuation of <a href="http://opticaloptimism.blogspot.com/2010/08/birthday-dinner.html">Birthday Dinner</a>)<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">After visiting with my family and enjoying my sister's appetizers, Dinner was served!</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JS1ZKpPNSi8Bt5bunbqu9mNasoTpduuOOUVYddZ-EeP4nTe-39l8nP7tOGEL_RnVTvsIF-XOe972b6c0dbBDrv0jRLQSl6CZcKbPL4cEcVgvPbxtXg0xpez51tgmI1plc8QQ4JGi8Js/s1600/DSC_0760.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JS1ZKpPNSi8Bt5bunbqu9mNasoTpduuOOUVYddZ-EeP4nTe-39l8nP7tOGEL_RnVTvsIF-XOe972b6c0dbBDrv0jRLQSl6CZcKbPL4cEcVgvPbxtXg0xpez51tgmI1plc8QQ4JGi8Js/s320/DSC_0760.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503707823823986098" border="0" /></a></span></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM00dcxn8V9RvAJfRUDWpL4sNYR3jgzbx9Sb6ZqfkDdchTwaKgs_neYpVL6IIyparrhHutYlAasb4SlHD5c_g1qH46JdhZ8p9UvqySf4b2vkCfBEDWYWD2g05vbollGMyu8D5QaXrGLSQ/s1600/DSC_0760c.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM00dcxn8V9RvAJfRUDWpL4sNYR3jgzbx9Sb6ZqfkDdchTwaKgs_neYpVL6IIyparrhHutYlAasb4SlHD5c_g1qH46JdhZ8p9UvqySf4b2vkCfBEDWYWD2g05vbollGMyu8D5QaXrGLSQ/s320/DSC_0760c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503708249123387330" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">coq</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">au</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">vin</span> with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">gruyere</span> potatoes and haricots <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">vert</span></span> (Manda translation: Really good Chicken, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">onions</span>, mushrooms, creamy potatoes and green beans) It was fabulous! Greg is a fantastic cook! Here we are all sitting down to eat (my sister managed to avoid this photo somehow).<br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRF-EqB8cganAJ7Z886Mes8P5slk4PG2OWVG_4OV0eUb3LzhhIY1e6Rxnkn_gbUxXdmQP58J1hYZhe7TXsnMLo5ZZzm9h7RRz3_YDWc7imGEcPeCK-bXU9BZ0RmIX51kdeQSD5_QX5Vs/s1600/DSC_0763.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRF-EqB8cganAJ7Z886Mes8P5slk4PG2OWVG_4OV0eUb3LzhhIY1e6Rxnkn_gbUxXdmQP58J1hYZhe7TXsnMLo5ZZzm9h7RRz3_YDWc7imGEcPeCK-bXU9BZ0RmIX51kdeQSD5_QX5Vs/s320/DSC_0763.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503708615259468626" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> A toast!</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDt9jNxy11M6IC-VeKMRJ-jNiWjVIEe9PhFoNTOMpUJJEsnHQZ2qd1Mc4SKgaYXasC0ccv4qzIYsADs2-GhnDgNTuGqQRz-KHNpyQs9Vq8aYqysxlxUvY7sahLu3cHMsYftx9KoO_WmY/s1600/DSC_0765.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDt9jNxy11M6IC-VeKMRJ-jNiWjVIEe9PhFoNTOMpUJJEsnHQZ2qd1Mc4SKgaYXasC0ccv4qzIYsADs2-GhnDgNTuGqQRz-KHNpyQs9Vq8aYqysxlxUvY7sahLu3cHMsYftx9KoO_WmY/s320/DSC_0765.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503709226555234210" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a wonderful five star meal my sister presented dessert....</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0munfcgdXKvsaZSR0PCs6To9glbsOcNPPss03Ujj8i93lynUdgSZr9E4MF1d3uFlFJgRUd71Cc4rCz8bzWC4whL_e6fyMKBh3ucVtnTJoFoum2kiV_Hvg7bYsYgNubzq98xbCs2sIFt4/s1600/DSC_0789.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0munfcgdXKvsaZSR0PCs6To9glbsOcNPPss03Ujj8i93lynUdgSZr9E4MF1d3uFlFJgRUd71Cc4rCz8bzWC4whL_e6fyMKBh3ucVtnTJoFoum2kiV_Hvg7bYsYgNubzq98xbCs2sIFt4/s320/DSC_0789.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503711440180052402" border="0" /></a></span></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To top off a wonderful meal my sister had made a chocolate mousse layer cake served with creme <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">anglaise</span>. Those are nice ripe raspberries you see on top.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d-u2-725nlwob8B_J9Ml_lFltMtmjGOGdDca22YEcIfsTA-Q3Vnare_YriznHhee7E08lGYalwB7qeyFmXCMacTMpqoHJ-DgmqSLcvbdVbG0fPM1yZgD1mshEeANkefWyGIHEKP2fhc/s1600/DSC_0769.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d-u2-725nlwob8B_J9Ml_lFltMtmjGOGdDca22YEcIfsTA-Q3Vnare_YriznHhee7E08lGYalwB7qeyFmXCMacTMpqoHJ-DgmqSLcvbdVbG0fPM1yZgD1mshEeANkefWyGIHEKP2fhc/s320/DSC_0769.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503709827969571970" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just look at this cake! Isn't your mouth watering?! Let's look closer....</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://umbrella-d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1758:decadent-chocolate-mousse-layer-cake-&catid=117:food&Itemid=628"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMoC9RU-apPJilJVpCPRwOUwPgSB4J9Y2gt1M6kpfwFUUTF-GdWOYsZChKf-cs1Fy6PHcAI1lESHsVhHk6PRYw_8atxYzT1ry-0fkEMCr0s8W7EUumTrFFiiUwAIpf_SoLUqUQo0BsIg/s1600/DSC_0768.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMoC9RU-apPJilJVpCPRwOUwPgSB4J9Y2gt1M6kpfwFUUTF-GdWOYsZChKf-cs1Fy6PHcAI1lESHsVhHk6PRYw_8atxYzT1ry-0fkEMCr0s8W7EUumTrFFiiUwAIpf_SoLUqUQo0BsIg/s320/DSC_0768.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503709602195856850" border="0" /></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday to my Mom.<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUJSRGlTiKxtIoRVQpmdh1OqXqGIFw9seFeig5QqXcrQvNF7BqLOqJyc-FhhbMfEQOdWXVru-z9EP7tc0TY-D8QhDKA9pgyhgsaAI6PoAIlDs_RgCZvqlXNB2H7dM_WMvKal5Qp2fFpc/s1600/DSC_0786.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUJSRGlTiKxtIoRVQpmdh1OqXqGIFw9seFeig5QqXcrQvNF7BqLOqJyc-FhhbMfEQOdWXVru-z9EP7tc0TY-D8QhDKA9pgyhgsaAI6PoAIlDs_RgCZvqlXNB2H7dM_WMvKal5Qp2fFpc/s320/DSC_0786.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503711196826528306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbpwu30ozv6aqmtVpofMNZINm7-f98BEg9EWSkKJAqFgPEZH1VOU82Yn8eQ3xypblLc-XhB7cxeN6y1YeYD2QYIxe_6yl2hK1rdwVFs2kqE11E7fUOPmoJ_p2jZI_dvrZKLeXkPPIanQ/s1600/DSC_0781.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbpwu30ozv6aqmtVpofMNZINm7-f98BEg9EWSkKJAqFgPEZH1VOU82Yn8eQ3xypblLc-XhB7cxeN6y1YeYD2QYIxe_6yl2hK1rdwVFs2kqE11E7fUOPmoJ_p2jZI_dvrZKLeXkPPIanQ/s320/DSC_0781.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503710903232798354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WKSBcnHt1WqWQCfeuo6LLxKmXvqylwjEm_qMf0LuMEziemGHyr7KvRs7sxnyQpZ0FFF7gmd4ilqAcdZV2K72GffYzzblZvBWGtEC9e7Arcxw3r11eIhvai8Lr4p2T4wSQEUFs50QYAU/s1600/DSC_0780.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WKSBcnHt1WqWQCfeuo6LLxKmXvqylwjEm_qMf0LuMEziemGHyr7KvRs7sxnyQpZ0FFF7gmd4ilqAcdZV2K72GffYzzblZvBWGtEC9e7Arcxw3r11eIhvai8Lr4p2T4wSQEUFs50QYAU/s320/DSC_0780.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503710044737038738" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />And here is a slice of my sister's wonderful cake. Luckily I managed to get a picture before inhaling it. The perfect end to a perfect day - Happy Birthday Mom!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_cNop3FZRM4zH2f1n3y50Rn0nztfVBx53V0ZQY-dNUfM67t51OC_VZOtkGWpZZ0UaYePDXPREqt_UWGSRpAvkhzK03z7G4gwp8VxPQN7jQkC1hJr5k8NFT9fX4P-VzXb6ypNElRzJdA/s1600/DSC_0791.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_cNop3FZRM4zH2f1n3y50Rn0nztfVBx53V0ZQY-dNUfM67t51OC_VZOtkGWpZZ0UaYePDXPREqt_UWGSRpAvkhzK03z7G4gwp8VxPQN7jQkC1hJr5k8NFT9fX4P-VzXb6ypNElRzJdA/s320/DSC_0791.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503711923574186114" border="0" /></a></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">To view my sister's part two post from that day click</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://cestlaviemdw3437.blogspot.com/2010/08/madame-lindas-birthday-dinner-party.html">HERE</a></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-38925880471506602192010-08-09T23:20:00.001-07:002010-08-10T02:14:39.462-07:00Birthday Dinner Part I<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lkgWVjZ-4rKOcgKuCGUkX-EhLS0PjBMlmOvN16dlrq1c_pEHSytAipR0NdbTpVr0oi42IWTu1sDM7aoiaFw_y0e901kuLr0_kPLefI03GGtSBSaCsR_k6-F3YpcU8KwStEGYvbeauhk/s1600/BirthdayDinner.+part+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lkgWVjZ-4rKOcgKuCGUkX-EhLS0PjBMlmOvN16dlrq1c_pEHSytAipR0NdbTpVr0oi42IWTu1sDM7aoiaFw_y0e901kuLr0_kPLefI03GGtSBSaCsR_k6-F3YpcU8KwStEGYvbeauhk/s320/BirthdayDinner.+part+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503690710681294402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >For my mom's birthday in July, My sister and her husband Greg decided to do something special. They invited my mom and </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" >step dad</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >, along with me and my grandma (and her puppy) over for a French-themed dinner. They even had menus for the evening!<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoASVIQOGxPCeLbwbqpQXZdFIwQ8kpYVRXoi_q8P26Z7hJ_BzezM2HYezGQ3MMtlZvQea5ZUqGuMJuN_n9E3ECnFk95yDMAJkf3gQWVZGWdP2wHpnht71ZdX6ZwyE6MHrnqCcfgKfAfSY/s1600/DSC_0698.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoASVIQOGxPCeLbwbqpQXZdFIwQ8kpYVRXoi_q8P26Z7hJ_BzezM2HYezGQ3MMtlZvQea5ZUqGuMJuN_n9E3ECnFk95yDMAJkf3gQWVZGWdP2wHpnht71ZdX6ZwyE6MHrnqCcfgKfAfSY/s320/DSC_0698.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503689252920755586" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />My sister made wonderful homemade baguettes. She served us garlic shrimp and sliced toasted baguettes with goat cheese for an appetizer while Greg prepared dinner. It was so good I didn't even get a picture of it (I was too busy stuffing my face)! Instead I give you a picture of a baguette and my Grandma's dog Lucy staring longingly at the near-empty plates.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhKjMaBT-swTe6Dlepkz4fy8msPhEUwYnPnN-7jq46eDODDXNPCLq-4G70IJbfxhKuDlgfpr0RQ2lafdHt8H_ps_DCUdyI2BmZsQF1KV7042ppwQAFrnFtnaMKjnO_hHeqc7hXSJk5mU/s1600/DSC_0699.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhKjMaBT-swTe6Dlepkz4fy8msPhEUwYnPnN-7jq46eDODDXNPCLq-4G70IJbfxhKuDlgfpr0RQ2lafdHt8H_ps_DCUdyI2BmZsQF1KV7042ppwQAFrnFtnaMKjnO_hHeqc7hXSJk5mU/s320/DSC_0699.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503689645403901202" border="0" /></a>'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufSQ8g_oCue_9QmmOvIKSuy6DgvXdRez_9IlkhB1XvgrFWITG5Ewm4W2w5DRNpkDuIYoHRQ3FoRH4hIaxAdnq-L15G2P6qhLN0lWnmhMPft3PiO6YScu33MXm_zHQzRMo0hwx0qMDN3s/s1600/DSC_0713.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufSQ8g_oCue_9QmmOvIKSuy6DgvXdRez_9IlkhB1XvgrFWITG5Ewm4W2w5DRNpkDuIYoHRQ3FoRH4hIaxAdnq-L15G2P6qhLN0lWnmhMPft3PiO6YScu33MXm_zHQzRMo0hwx0qMDN3s/s320/DSC_0713.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503691391553569090" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />I captured this shot of my mom and step father.......<br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcJpN-3ujXQ-GHpx_wNxivX0fiLNq3AK5xmqN7L3lf9TdfUOSuKqcJgG2_GdffHzqjUFwxuk3sosXvGAOBEtdBnKJOWUOQbuPCfGCJOOx4iETnrHs-5LKYYhQzBlJEVdiU8zGUHUoL3Y/s1600/DSC_0703.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcJpN-3ujXQ-GHpx_wNxivX0fiLNq3AK5xmqN7L3lf9TdfUOSuKqcJgG2_GdffHzqjUFwxuk3sosXvGAOBEtdBnKJOWUOQbuPCfGCJOOx4iETnrHs-5LKYYhQzBlJEVdiU8zGUHUoL3Y/s320/DSC_0703.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503690931468861154" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />and my nephew was being cute (as usual). Although in this picture he is wearing a devious smile that strikes me as awful familiar.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqZQU-nat-GW7nxDoP6h-VyS2c3I3sZIpIWMf1nrECA5BfyemiyaSUssMzIZ4OhwM4MSAfPriUa7tcEh0TMqOW0Spg2fJ-FSMiSSet42yUfNvG_oza89qYPLJqqX6r59PRYIpF8VZo9s/s1600/DSC_0712.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqZQU-nat-GW7nxDoP6h-VyS2c3I3sZIpIWMf1nrECA5BfyemiyaSUssMzIZ4OhwM4MSAfPriUa7tcEh0TMqOW0Spg2fJ-FSMiSSet42yUfNvG_oza89qYPLJqqX6r59PRYIpF8VZo9s/s320/DSC_0712.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503691120962836018" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Here are some pictures of my sister ..... do you see the resemblance?<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0k31kZo-E_JjXjb4lyjuU4w88N9XwUsUAXUDVEHtJFGdDx38zkM2EZX0w75ya-x0MUKQh3jxGTb3npdh-KHSl5C2Z5BDHFC9Su-NaYR9KB3c-WHMxjcb9lU6VHJ6ztVCV0WcLqkWTII/s1600/Missy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0k31kZo-E_JjXjb4lyjuU4w88N9XwUsUAXUDVEHtJFGdDx38zkM2EZX0w75ya-x0MUKQh3jxGTb3npdh-KHSl5C2Z5BDHFC9Su-NaYR9KB3c-WHMxjcb9lU6VHJ6ztVCV0WcLqkWTII/s320/Missy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503704086759064802" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div></div></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />We will end Part I with my nephew, showing off his driving skills. He can drive with the door open, one foot on the dash and food in hand!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcrV1Dfge73DEQ9vvQxR2EGzOr7NCtQmmu7PvlpCZnwCq4PyRWELD08D-m5hs_aPz4PSQhNqKaj8raLpwC-0c5rBCuLvxja0mi1n8990DarQt9p5VaXg_Xn4sIplmBoPreOfVW4w_lfc/s1600/DSC_0721.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcrV1Dfge73DEQ9vvQxR2EGzOr7NCtQmmu7PvlpCZnwCq4PyRWELD08D-m5hs_aPz4PSQhNqKaj8raLpwC-0c5rBCuLvxja0mi1n8990DarQt9p5VaXg_Xn4sIplmBoPreOfVW4w_lfc/s320/DSC_0721.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503691745780019746" border="0" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mfp1FIYZlPvyBhPWzyGH7HBXN830NA-Xmg6kzP_bOMzCw6sZU5dMCj3EPSaIp1eHARIU2aQ-JPj7JHjPTeDzYCLBqTzp8dRuMM83zKvlCtPNMG3rV5AXJFh-dC9ER_fDXYOjwQ0JJGU/s1600/DSC_0740.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mfp1FIYZlPvyBhPWzyGH7HBXN830NA-Xmg6kzP_bOMzCw6sZU5dMCj3EPSaIp1eHARIU2aQ-JPj7JHjPTeDzYCLBqTzp8dRuMM83zKvlCtPNMG3rV5AXJFh-dC9ER_fDXYOjwQ0JJGU/s320/DSC_0740.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503691949607392946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">To view my sister's part one post from that day click <a href="http://cestlaviemdw3437.blogspot.com/2010/08/madame-lindas-birthday-dinner-part-one.html">HERE</a>!</span><br /></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><br /></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"></span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-58312112539925358892010-07-28T23:26:00.000-07:002010-09-05T10:03:22.607-07:00a Dog and a Hose<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItS8T17gsjbkPRyswpo9yvXZChTHEQ1qbu9pDf51azIdWn5hPUWF6D9x7Uj-sId3QWwvSDOBKVKKwN5ImmHa1Jac5sI2Mv9p8anPS02OUTy2W0WISirZjB6PsyZxgQHaLu9kKuyDXiow/s1600/title.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItS8T17gsjbkPRyswpo9yvXZChTHEQ1qbu9pDf51azIdWn5hPUWF6D9x7Uj-sId3QWwvSDOBKVKKwN5ImmHa1Jac5sI2Mv9p8anPS02OUTy2W0WISirZjB6PsyZxgQHaLu9kKuyDXiow/s320/title.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499213713272979554" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Meet Bo - He is going to show us what happens when you introduce a hose to a dog on a hot summer day.<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSWXhzgS3Df5uEqcKiWSK057Q9FBLeh22HWeoz3N4azG1lNItBil_Llbqu2y3zBzZwjW3aA238awc_PHnfaYRyrsn1HF6ge75oruQqK1Gtlk64nKZXfHxdKKsqoh7DP8QCXyVpwrrzlM/s1600/DSC_0327.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSWXhzgS3Df5uEqcKiWSK057Q9FBLeh22HWeoz3N4azG1lNItBil_Llbqu2y3zBzZwjW3aA238awc_PHnfaYRyrsn1HF6ge75oruQqK1Gtlk64nKZXfHxdKKsqoh7DP8QCXyVpwrrzlM/s320/DSC_0327.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499219365060833266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztn_jycOAlgZUJN7oQhkgxnS-tf5ES9IJiLllOXfXWWluEQ4W3J0xyFtpxtVrKGv3FWjfvLnt9j5-lIChWc66NPPNy_Dlcp6-uD-HbVlbtw1lxV4mGt12zvjWlRobBqc7gvovvpYzV_w/s1600/DSC_0331.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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He's not, he is a big softie!</span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmsls8TmGBD2Zq0JRthIMZeG3AOvP-Lh5NFyWgbBpFUsdn3Fx0xyOczeQGFdKaIR_w4xCLfs7cm5DCxF7MlyOxsMq0kvXJtvuDnUKcx3QOa_2kXYvRxqed8Yxi23WWxlbnbAXcKqfkFM/s1600/DSC_0313.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmsls8TmGBD2Zq0JRthIMZeG3AOvP-Lh5NFyWgbBpFUsdn3Fx0xyOczeQGFdKaIR_w4xCLfs7cm5DCxF7MlyOxsMq0kvXJtvuDnUKcx3QOa_2kXYvRxqed8Yxi23WWxlbnbAXcKqfkFM/s320/DSC_0313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499215032980665522" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictBZ0msR-xV8cLfCQm_zSa_Rhym8oRE26Ix7Yuakcpyib2-_ABf7yv2l0qdYqU9GcfUGcs6Xk3vsJRzDNi_NvXg4S30cmYlEKf7QoiksmOrUCD8f3VADIsh_qnbvQ2rVZJ_mOnfxO16I/s1600/DSC_0312c2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictBZ0msR-xV8cLfCQm_zSa_Rhym8oRE26Ix7Yuakcpyib2-_ABf7yv2l0qdYqU9GcfUGcs6Xk3vsJRzDNi_NvXg4S30cmYlEKf7QoiksmOrUCD8f3VADIsh_qnbvQ2rVZJ_mOnfxO16I/s320/DSC_0312c2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499215328472892514" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">What a way to beat the heat - Good boy Bo!</span> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZOC-JbOZvZSY5PlDGLUWiwQojraNuUwy6LdQDzuoR8PZIciuEAHP8BzalJMnTSrGYsCLVAyYArm1OBQ0zbZV4RAYvZbioGrc03bjZ5bVPwWyhmwlC8_d8zFlTRTx5KrJud1B5lN1XYs/s1600/DSC_0338.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZOC-JbOZvZSY5PlDGLUWiwQojraNuUwy6LdQDzuoR8PZIciuEAHP8BzalJMnTSrGYsCLVAyYArm1OBQ0zbZV4RAYvZbioGrc03bjZ5bVPwWyhmwlC8_d8zFlTRTx5KrJud1B5lN1XYs/s320/DSC_0338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499218441433610546" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF3tYy8doq9kA4W8xKLcn59QsYJoHK4bQXFac28hwnFrKEpRg4YIStjl89T14rdRxp65Yal6Sfb4hJhpirvhRA4JpX3mUpql4uVHqLm91_WGmyoKSR6lWND98OmyuvShfodWIeMikP24/s1600/DSC_0340.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF3tYy8doq9kA4W8xKLcn59QsYJoHK4bQXFac28hwnFrKEpRg4YIStjl89T14rdRxp65Yal6Sfb4hJhpirvhRA4JpX3mUpql4uVHqLm91_WGmyoKSR6lWND98OmyuvShfodWIeMikP24/s320/DSC_0340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499214783116713682" border="0" /></a></span></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-39819135004234542822010-07-28T17:08:00.000-07:002010-07-28T23:19:55.364-07:00Splash Park Birthday<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeys4Jb3lq1RDHtV-no-8KeZiVvEXZVID7-Ax4rgdtlzazb-grI7OUkEUSIOJJA1rX3TlYttvw6oWK6sKz11ZVqQ3jLTFIzfhwuBXmQu1cUegeBpJOxvJgYo7bi-x1vTJpc16gRdkmVT0/s1600/DSC_0451.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeys4Jb3lq1RDHtV-no-8KeZiVvEXZVID7-Ax4rgdtlzazb-grI7OUkEUSIOJJA1rX3TlYttvw6oWK6sKz11ZVqQ3jLTFIzfhwuBXmQu1cUegeBpJOxvJgYo7bi-x1vTJpc16gRdkmVT0/s320/DSC_0451.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499187322296065378" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >On Thursday my sister</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > Melissa, my nephew Nicholas and I went over to my Dad and Stepmother Patty's house to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cel</span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ebrate</span> my Dad's birthday. It was hot out so we went to the splash park.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style=";font-size:100%;" >.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUVdfniNRCE9whRWCOoqFpw19p67Sa9IbgtiT2XQ57Xs1VsHv0OECLwRrmIjp1QQ_Ay_twiN6IYFAyqbtH6O0xM-mM1pupX1yycc-KEwWdR6fjINBxq-sDGR-V2jy9Oa1ZtNTtkrhLRM/s1600/DSC_0552.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUVdfniNRCE9whRWCOoqFpw19p67Sa9IbgtiT2XQ57Xs1VsHv0OECLwRrmIjp1QQ_Ay_twiN6IYFAyqbtH6O0xM-mM1pupX1yycc-KEwWdR6fjINBxq-sDGR-V2jy9Oa1ZtNTtkrhLRM/s320/DSC_0552.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499186285767294530" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Last time we visited the Splash park Nicholas was a little apprehensive, but not this time! 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRvllh-JixhU93LRoB7NkDRfo_Ss8PVw1SrbjP4C2V5_6upcfIofuCdVJNkIeHjToTRk8FHtBPr2lL3DpWAN5DdCzOV0MbYqtu67hg_SUEt1pr61DXSVzwLwRAePRKYkLQ4Rbxzzbn5Y/s320/DSC_0587.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499186567276564338" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >We finished the day with pizza and chocolate cake (you can see Nick going after the cake in this picture).</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr8ucVfh6iHNKzjrjFetW9fEO3TJbDIhCEHmcjQm3zDwJ2SoznFx6sUz8ao6wgvakEhejY8yT8hhf8dw2jgyAh9b7AfmkZQ_jShV4-OjdlYEgbbIfFbcg0XSk4c58-Gtle6mmKjbdLUY/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr8ucVfh6iHNKzjrjFetW9fEO3TJbDIhCEHmcjQm3zDwJ2SoznFx6sUz8ao6wgvakEhejY8yT8hhf8dw2jgyAh9b7AfmkZQ_jShV4-OjdlYEgbbIfFbcg0XSk4c58-Gtle6mmKjbdLUY/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499180879284838786" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Chocolate is always a great end to a great day! Happy Birthday Dad!<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yKMVKP2vjcts5o232Fp5hM4Y_nj5obqiJbrXZIEQXDq2mFHyzReW-tE_4Ppbvnyf8ooncXUjIcPjwhMUcaPtvgDg5oDD3mmP9vJNV0y6ph44CjUk3GJMIXHbJC5tFISSisPE0wb9FCA/s1600/four.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yKMVKP2vjcts5o232Fp5hM4Y_nj5obqiJbrXZIEQXDq2mFHyzReW-tE_4Ppbvnyf8ooncXUjIcPjwhMUcaPtvgDg5oDD3mmP9vJNV0y6ph44CjUk3GJMIXHbJC5tFISSisPE0wb9FCA/s320/four.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499181435166149314" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />To hear more about our visit to the splash park - visit my sister's blog!<br /><br />http://cestlaviemdw3437.blogspot.com/2010/07/splashy-afternoon.html<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-31897096954869058762010-07-25T20:50:00.000-07:002010-07-25T23:12:15.597-07:00Notebook Noise at Dino's<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02YNOnwCgNBE64e38UVX0z8HIB67gsloVre7nEK-HMxWBr-qXmm73wgJVaVSamNZS72y-eHegYzIcn_tpJOrI1FbTwEvy_JjAulERmuoUbdFkRnfYFHV26IfwbJ0IeZdCcAqw16562aU/s320/DSC_0241.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498059259084150994" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >On July 7 I went to see Notebook Noise at </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Dinos Grill & Sports Lounge </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >(Notebook Noise, Wigum, Phillip Morris and Menace & Kash D </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Hosted by P Tugz).</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" > It was an excellent performance!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYByyQjwk367HgND-NIT4d320MC6os40WnkQ2XPQCnvBnYsJ3SwSMlW4OD6DuXEoiiu0SCO8-8vpVfIH9CS7MEjizAWapEJdi5AFDTBHkt8T8nMwiNIr1XFr_lGFET2z2Og8T2XrFbP-U/s1600/DSC_0215.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQdvAjKpN24peHBe0UT4z0Mit-UjNO6KYglXEhe3jTsgEU-EOX-5fhbAvRq-ePZnd_AcEuXKRixvLNBGVo5wSH0DNoii9PCqnNoF_8VqPnANibRNMf9saxkM3yQ2e24MRjekl7UZXi64/s320/DSC_0225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498059679747983666" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">For more information on Notebook Noise <a href="http://www.notebooknoise.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.notebooknoise.com</a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Look he gave me a nifty sticker!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfodX4IFWL1KP3CXIIC1OEA1OJTkOIzDnpz1gxJiuodaRavfkonGHhcZRH709ps2E-WrVi26RB-lFMrNSjmTpjn1L9WFPGgkUFrycX0_63N5r4oG1LWmClt6keo2vkGr_h7iLY3goVnY/s1600/smallsticker.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfodX4IFWL1KP3CXIIC1OEA1OJTkOIzDnpz1gxJiuodaRavfkonGHhcZRH709ps2E-WrVi26RB-lFMrNSjmTpjn1L9WFPGgkUFrycX0_63N5r4oG1LWmClt6keo2vkGr_h7iLY3goVnY/s320/smallsticker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498091403234845730" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And we can't forget about everyone else.... 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width: 320px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4ST2Vey7Zr1gWuO1bLyG_fv-utzEVIG4x2hOZBAdyyI21TCEyeGiWQuiV3NqtP0jB_Td4c8hG4r0t70hQWEMPv_7Z3-XLXVgMXlwiDTEwnMgK7GaKB5xO__Jz56Fh0wQOewHu6u3bL8/s320/part+iv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494210528452220146" border="0" /></a></div><br />Through no fault of my own I have missed posting the last few days. There was some kind of line trouble preventing me from getting online. Now I am back up and running and have a whole bunch of new photos to share with you - but first I will finish my focus on birds with one last post.<br /><br />There are many more birds that I have photographed. 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8oYP9Bc37Upg0auACZbTRs61SPEM8K2ZrAyBe8gNw6QF9KGUnaYCj3szIcLewXt0yBbv-iGCDzFRIRG9pqfLiQSy-WVhMUiXU5rXkeadMR5qJXtB6QIdsVdNpCTuYuShWldSUgyS2cc/s320/DSC_0191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492596467832791986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLNCneJQEqBTdBYZOO9ID9ukky-G7IGAA1LVtPtaSaKxASMqGj-feSySpIvSeuBWAOMsVeXpj_mX9qNW0I-fdf5hHjuX9YaIeRzRPVBfOzdlBUCUepJhyphenhyphenrsx3Hn6yffUv_jil3tld0bk/s1600/DSC_0211.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLNCneJQEqBTdBYZOO9ID9ukky-G7IGAA1LVtPtaSaKxASMqGj-feSySpIvSeuBWAOMsVeXpj_mX9qNW0I-fdf5hHjuX9YaIeRzRPVBfOzdlBUCUepJhyphenhyphenrsx3Hn6yffUv_jil3tld0bk/s320/DSC_0211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492594283860431922" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This picture depicts a baby goose from another family wandering too close.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNpXuKuYJrTn2WuOtT8-3Ae8Cq_7vviUoYUPW4ZjAE6b9woh7oGzH2iSa7WCiV8qrpuS3GjwQWkMWZW8C0E7K7ikwbpHiV9Zx5u7-SyAvR2IAySSeGwhSG-NLGg6qviocNarnDAFp0Qg/s1600/DSC_0494.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNpXuKuYJrTn2WuOtT8-3Ae8Cq_7vviUoYUPW4ZjAE6b9woh7oGzH2iSa7WCiV8qrpuS3GjwQWkMWZW8C0E7K7ikwbpHiV9Zx5u7-SyAvR2IAySSeGwhSG-NLGg6qviocNarnDAFp0Qg/s320/DSC_0494.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492597343868251426" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-38370100393066836332010-07-09T23:32:00.001-07:002010-07-11T03:15:56.369-07:00Bird is the Word - Part II - The Duck<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZObS5E3WQuogZ4_w7LhDZY7Qsq4bskfMhfG1VEczsK8BhCkd9n1T4UkJCWRFKAaMDBtVoVgd7LgiW_EHiv0NbuO__QHycvSWiA2vZkQc85tiojE1Frqk8svFXR8dfi3CzaJyN6kLMLE/s1600/part+II.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZObS5E3WQuogZ4_w7LhDZY7Qsq4bskfMhfG1VEczsK8BhCkd9n1T4UkJCWRFKAaMDBtVoVgd7LgiW_EHiv0NbuO__QHycvSWiA2vZkQc85tiojE1Frqk8svFXR8dfi3CzaJyN6kLMLE/s320/part+II.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492579397823794354" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Ducks are very skittish creatures. Even with a zoom lens it takes a while to get close enough to photograph them.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY6qAbA_FqptC06dwAhXaewHN7ojrMHm8bhu0V5B4ufrOc6-TiNbRkwgtKvqrYCrFwSfKgQY0xJldI3ETlIlC4uiWjqPL7M-zRU7pddF5DvkYy6j3ZBdgee2kQZtiqauXnXMb9IF5Wvg/s1600/DSC_0297.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY6qAbA_FqptC06dwAhXaewHN7ojrMHm8bhu0V5B4ufrOc6-TiNbRkwgtKvqrYCrFwSfKgQY0xJldI3ETlIlC4uiWjqPL7M-zRU7pddF5DvkYy6j3ZBdgee2kQZtiqauXnXMb9IF5Wvg/s320/DSC_0297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492569451515146002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTfq-tY0_g1_TBWqcDcShyj31eL2IF2ZOQ2nB3Vnxa93xnVfGaTGMu2MPolRsFEQ6F9mSOU-wgFAXI4AWUjiW9K1JCmPWZQApokygPbWsdp9YX8H8XElokjQ45Y-krJtFuvsTaUk8Wj4/s1600/DSC_0857.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaRGa36eBg25dwZ4rpOBSc7fiHqj7nCA0sluJlV75vAsqx595st-o8CSQlTe1udHI05HyjDEcMf3Hj7CJU7MeZ_5qnkWqRUjR9UWBJTTfhqc-D4uJwtc8Djo77l99_tjl5d2ZCOT-lTU/s320/DSC_0327.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492569987870091554" border="0" /></a> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Capturing ducks in flight is 50% determination and 50% dumb luck.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lFcMSTvohBmvtA_bUZ3xpfdNV0pmdcPacQR__RCTXezLmeVjcKbB95eX31uk3MFgEnbrz0hMKcYBJMM5mjDzTZModeDQCSyz1_GuDe9EyUM_1BlYwBm1fq4va3_ii8P1B67dZnvQZFQ/s1600/DSC_0175.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lFcMSTvohBmvtA_bUZ3xpfdNV0pmdcPacQR__RCTXezLmeVjcKbB95eX31uk3MFgEnbrz0hMKcYBJMM5mjDzTZModeDQCSyz1_GuDe9EyUM_1BlYwBm1fq4va3_ii8P1B67dZnvQZFQ/s320/DSC_0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492569180373057794" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfAQON2KkUNQLi662tCGPAsaIpYdBTnc-OvIFQSkTP0yYL9S_k1DcEYh-o9RT-G9h8lekkn7svH8M1Ju5Ldaf8UVyNNLvnG74tnwcsyGzEMpE2frlEP13J7MSsYgMhjW-TNr0Mo_u_i4/s1600/DSC_0578.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbYCOSIGGhiQN8IDvxxCwpzKWKY7qZk5_RjqoAI-eOewFkD0vgnEBCfBLPiIB0H_qh0SXY_-l_-cnh-66UyUg5-BeQi8kYOeBzsRGBCq5U_H99GgoyZ3pxRqjmdtrmcHC6-PGeqH_Xkg/s320/babies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492588484047160242" border="0" /></a></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-61463809780876943982010-07-08T22:01:00.001-07:002010-07-09T23:33:05.457-07:00Bird is the Word - Part I - The Seagull<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z-rWYQsIx4NPK5ViNVGmdDX9qiMfpXIJFFuf7TZb2R1o8OG6aV5fxRMTXCjPPFzXJvv-_93SH-VKpC9fHC-SXjvtfjnOpt_8NQxADPqIQmTXhOcxxsM-k8y5rNYGGaFG_3wKI2Fse7o/s1600/words.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z-rWYQsIx4NPK5ViNVGmdDX9qiMfpXIJFFuf7TZb2R1o8OG6aV5fxRMTXCjPPFzXJvv-_93SH-VKpC9fHC-SXjvtfjnOpt_8NQxADPqIQmTXhOcxxsM-k8y5rNYGGaFG_3wKI2Fse7o/s320/words.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956992310128450" border="0" /></a>My next few posts are going to be about our feathered friends. Lets start with the seagull...or garbage gull. I see these guys everywhere and I never thought much of it until I got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Shooty</span>. They may be dirty <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">scavengers</span>, but when photographed they can be beautiful. It took me awhile to be able to capture them in flight. The key is to move <span style="font-style: italic;">with</span> the bird. This usually means I'm standing in the middle of a field spinning in circles. 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIe1YxbA__vUtvQszLTbCHa6rEsYUxJJ8U69WS2lGSlkT0UDLKvGL6DSTkE970ZPHKEcZ-xqGw9uZ45WzBj5YLxfCXexHBe7VfY-u4tLAXF22Stl252WllU-b1nOB8DHrhdUAaUb9RsWc/s320/DSC_0492.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491968875061240354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrPUSE0PV5DxP2Vs6sGl149tbeldTSB4qPt7nbQ0wBxVN6FVbL0XTcH5iNeLo1s182wMzRH05LqfUJK5OR90xx9u_W7lC2vTMXKWzIJNhR6EIEd2PAR60JQxeChSm3fCvP7kXTR9CqZ0/s1600/DSC_0238.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrPUSE0PV5DxP2Vs6sGl149tbeldTSB4qPt7nbQ0wBxVN6FVbL0XTcH5iNeLo1s182wMzRH05LqfUJK5OR90xx9u_W7lC2vTMXKWzIJNhR6EIEd2PAR60JQxeChSm3fCvP7kXTR9CqZ0/s320/DSC_0238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491957739371696754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr6tzoh_f4AvpHEJvTnr3vZLG7M6XfFmcT3c0WOPxh-Ov_ZvV4CRQY7ig1-5mCiEVI85qpt-qe1SAkcl_oCZ1KDB1CjPT4ZtvjjYpyuGSR4h0zMvD08dUeBwMcwzC6ikxIEeNrgS5D2o/s1600/DSC_0392.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr6tzoh_f4AvpHEJvTnr3vZLG7M6XfFmcT3c0WOPxh-Ov_ZvV4CRQY7ig1-5mCiEVI85qpt-qe1SAkcl_oCZ1KDB1CjPT4ZtvjjYpyuGSR4h0zMvD08dUeBwMcwzC6ikxIEeNrgS5D2o/s320/DSC_0392.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491958145307860498" border="0" /></a></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-63240490259742209222010-07-07T20:05:00.000-07:002010-07-08T00:35:25.806-07:00New Puppy<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVptszyO4DEn1KWis8LmNJA5Bl9oFQRsTN68gl0QHc4oPoi4x1ufpUihjOJf3u2RzpgeMERFlA4VRItzYXDrEzbE1kQUfvmv3gklJSAoacNgNvUomCv64BTueX70_SRs1NRgVXIgyLzZM/s1600/new+pup4x6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVptszyO4DEn1KWis8LmNJA5Bl9oFQRsTN68gl0QHc4oPoi4x1ufpUihjOJf3u2RzpgeMERFlA4VRItzYXDrEzbE1kQUfvmv3gklJSAoacNgNvUomCv64BTueX70_SRs1NRgVXIgyLzZM/s320/new+pup4x6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491429641978267602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">My grandma got a new puppy back in June. She is a Yorki and her name is Lucy.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2ubm-_PJLJjBfdd1tpi48tDxkJhTsZOb_uueeFiv19HWuQr6UfHCfxWnxyZqXXR-rYTKO-h-2rkcbkRmGaJIRz16e6g5Ldd1YGdn3Rekju301EmRRLxVcypp1am9iSbnCQon03NfOtI/s1600/DSC_0176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2ubm-_PJLJjBfdd1tpi48tDxkJhTsZOb_uueeFiv19HWuQr6UfHCfxWnxyZqXXR-rYTKO-h-2rkcbkRmGaJIRz16e6g5Ldd1YGdn3Rekju301EmRRLxVcypp1am9iSbnCQon03NfOtI/s320/DSC_0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491432274307462162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lucy is a born lap dog. </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcgoIv3bAe2Yr__H-J5pOoZqJERooqAClW_BPFeN-s50uPvgvqXFPDoSIpoVcH-ApPHiYWEAuEt8CHiFoLLroLsQv6sE8gWLzGme5naCHh4z9sr5Ff1dKifFT3DYlw-e19LcqLXqyzCE/s1600/DSC_0049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcgoIv3bAe2Yr__H-J5pOoZqJERooqAClW_BPFeN-s50uPvgvqXFPDoSIpoVcH-ApPHiYWEAuEt8CHiFoLLroLsQv6sE8gWLzGme5naCHh4z9sr5Ff1dKifFT3DYlw-e19LcqLXqyzCE/s320/DSC_0049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491432502167463938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Mom's dog Tigger wasn't sure what to make of her. On Monday we took Lucy off her leash and let her run around in my Mom's backyard. Here are some of the photos.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTndii1ryMnYZTxN9Bs03w-PXZPuJM7rOg3fuDLXQFBgrijxJWv20THRlO9Gb1LiOwx7QrilYFl6Jh75Zl76hn_8rbunEDAgtoP0YmUp9PV6o0OMuX2qp-vDUUSKlXLiMM9pAFgtKce2Y/s1600/four4x6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTndii1ryMnYZTxN9Bs03w-PXZPuJM7rOg3fuDLXQFBgrijxJWv20THRlO9Gb1LiOwx7QrilYFl6Jh75Zl76hn_8rbunEDAgtoP0YmUp9PV6o0OMuX2qp-vDUUSKlXLiMM9pAFgtKce2Y/s320/four4x6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491432767394811634" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmFYTKy6zvCS8dGkWjrc_L7ZoIuW-WAI52nozLMcOMF0FGtEJsmh3Ss3U2i-TdqomsTlZND61JCajCXrvvAe4TXS5EtUBUHBKYjK5b1Qiqo7g1b_jx1j5lyBdSkF_0yFjhxGVNTm-VY0/s1600/DSC_0117.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmFYTKy6zvCS8dGkWjrc_L7ZoIuW-WAI52nozLMcOMF0FGtEJsmh3Ss3U2i-TdqomsTlZND61JCajCXrvvAe4TXS5EtUBUHBKYjK5b1Qiqo7g1b_jx1j5lyBdSkF_0yFjhxGVNTm-VY0/s320/DSC_0117.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491433028943270674" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nXhsvrKVsuvHac8d0JLg9qxi6NqEIcoGZlpRO50Wk2byI6SZ9UawkOvYN5u4ob21SZKWFq0lOkNzdjFoTcSD8pkw0fCyhVBxQBlJuXBHFWor7qwn3MNef2yiXOEjUAZWijeoimZBLzg/s1600/DSC_0132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nXhsvrKVsuvHac8d0JLg9qxi6NqEIcoGZlpRO50Wk2byI6SZ9UawkOvYN5u4ob21SZKWFq0lOkNzdjFoTcSD8pkw0fCyhVBxQBlJuXBHFWor7qwn3MNef2yiXOEjUAZWijeoimZBLzg/s320/DSC_0132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491433323517398978" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyrJunNWaCWVgjjqwPFg34VGZsDvHBMvCgQxHmyPKXpBr7jKiFOe9LrGnWh1IdfDzIKpEqnV8LOGZLSMby_dVB3cBmXxEWHwkPqsjvlVmfBhRUhnDgCMzs5xgq3G3jLMezPBC35jUESQ/s1600/DSC_0145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyrJunNWaCWVgjjqwPFg34VGZsDvHBMvCgQxHmyPKXpBr7jKiFOe9LrGnWh1IdfDzIKpEqnV8LOGZLSMby_dVB3cBmXxEWHwkPqsjvlVmfBhRUhnDgCMzs5xgq3G3jLMezPBC35jUESQ/s320/DSC_0145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491433612568154114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Isn't she just adorable?!</span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-43244941444734462362010-07-06T20:59:00.000-07:002010-07-06T23:32:15.592-07:00The Silver Lining<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70akEM4z4yFUKgHpW1X47PbbmJIlseVFL2GS0vvqKkaX7DBnq2aS_X0-Vzjxr-UE08_4SS2ZnfGpkVUxBkFEEhlKZbqk8h0R1tNQKo-ABg5tqui5d5ssEpjlnnyTUt1JPv_6U9s-HTQY/s1600/Silver+Lining.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70akEM4z4yFUKgHpW1X47PbbmJIlseVFL2GS0vvqKkaX7DBnq2aS_X0-Vzjxr-UE08_4SS2ZnfGpkVUxBkFEEhlKZbqk8h0R1tNQKo-ABg5tqui5d5ssEpjlnnyTUt1JPv_6U9s-HTQY/s320/Silver+Lining.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491045085962200114" border="0" /></a>Today was cloudy and it rained off and on so I didn't go on any photo adventures to share with you. However I did snap a few pictures of the clouds today.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjufkJ-xzPtgZIc5UztgAn3CdNil-n11HF82BwS4bKZL6TPHqlqLNFd3SPa_e9f74wjvWSM4sm641rZsnb4_imyjoAfTjLaUp5_hkIQ7Uckf7Dk36MaQuDG1K3alJlQ2ZZf8MY9sycEoo/s1600/DSC_0207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjufkJ-xzPtgZIc5UztgAn3CdNil-n11HF82BwS4bKZL6TPHqlqLNFd3SPa_e9f74wjvWSM4sm641rZsnb4_imyjoAfTjLaUp5_hkIQ7Uckf7Dk36MaQuDG1K3alJlQ2ZZf8MY9sycEoo/s320/DSC_0207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491045345906148450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lV4U4QqLQrdaXS6wBfpWVgzBrGOECXi-xOynHPsABvlAkp8NQheYIvquW51PkJs9xabRSLeVKaoGNNOJoksy5Fc530yB_rbY9r9SfJrCEuMERaWOYvxy08Mou8onET7Vgwh7ahOVFEY/s1600/DSC_0306.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4kXpgpcGXTo6fg9O3jTLY0YFpyocZg3-1kiUrqlKXMiWW3XcV31HfJrBq_WoUP7afXh7HB-1-ZMYDp9xK1krMYa92cGJl6RohPuqPelmtvWZRXt3WeRxlTHl3a-v9cJAYAo-hGlG2a0/s320/DSC_0354.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491046302896875858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpM1qjp-0NCa3SHNbw7KkLNvaI6ha-M70q5-uh-XEQ_LHtzEe8IxfIgi-BN2n6RY3Q2AmLlX2jrmvp_0BozGyetW9LINa-X0HGFnDltKJaC63qQb-qO_ufj05TGEnenDY773l3jXvAes/s1600/DSC_0333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpM1qjp-0NCa3SHNbw7KkLNvaI6ha-M70q5-uh-XEQ_LHtzEe8IxfIgi-BN2n6RY3Q2AmLlX2jrmvp_0BozGyetW9LINa-X0HGFnDltKJaC63qQb-qO_ufj05TGEnenDY773l3jXvAes/s320/DSC_0333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491046116308622290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcgWoe_KdNBlvpwlHR4AL8i5llHT7vbS8i10cRwx5zj3EHraL_NUZbrKByz2uzNPSEbBzZ4PJyT-V2iWjtBwXR8BqN0Fdk7bji-KCeSypB8Je8D0XIGVchiNsyFIx9iS4f-k97iBn7t8/s1600/DSC_0359.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcgWoe_KdNBlvpwlHR4AL8i5llHT7vbS8i10cRwx5zj3EHraL_NUZbrKByz2uzNPSEbBzZ4PJyT-V2iWjtBwXR8BqN0Fdk7bji-KCeSypB8Je8D0XIGVchiNsyFIx9iS4f-k97iBn7t8/s320/DSC_0359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491046491706913442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnMWbbq8a7JDwMQ8Fy3u9ouB9HeMt79RcsxKZ_EioD6x_FLGGBCpD5AlDFyr0fTRTRntaqIID0nbjNOTb1HN8dRKgkWm6QFjx2dhYkHzaBpRlbvT1RZ52-044LPayFrI2ndw-T60VQMs/s1600/DSC_0360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnMWbbq8a7JDwMQ8Fy3u9ouB9HeMt79RcsxKZ_EioD6x_FLGGBCpD5AlDFyr0fTRTRntaqIID0nbjNOTb1HN8dRKgkWm6QFjx2dhYkHzaBpRlbvT1RZ52-044LPayFrI2ndw-T60VQMs/s320/DSC_0360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491046664218906898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and here is a photo from November 2006. I think the clouds that day looked similar to today.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLR_xFmJ7SnDswZMb0h-l3WZEKY6liMPYRJISoa-1tr8UIAetDP_kXARoyuIuhpGYRIQCNl2_9jYP4efX5uQw7VgsYOSKWc0V-dO8XNKbdHchgFJxPdl00ea9oMtObgJI4FcZ1dn78CY/s1600/DSCN3252.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLR_xFmJ7SnDswZMb0h-l3WZEKY6liMPYRJISoa-1tr8UIAetDP_kXARoyuIuhpGYRIQCNl2_9jYP4efX5uQw7VgsYOSKWc0V-dO8XNKbdHchgFJxPdl00ea9oMtObgJI4FcZ1dn78CY/s320/DSCN3252.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491046908424595122" border="0" /></a>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-67356606237356334862010-07-05T21:07:00.000-07:002010-07-05T21:38:36.378-07:00SunriseMuted Monday - Past Sunrises<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3WkzYwXwd6j0aU7tEyoWXhNuYbBhbZRbZBm35kqY5PmY9BWIy3tJ8XrwsBzynK29V0EcKoCdT14xbHIc-Ir005hUpuPSdYz2v48iZbirzepKVzdfDnoJQbsxm9_8ARFuNOFL_N-oYTc/s1600/sunrises.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWN3J3wyMLHDRAh3hp6wqprqGy-urscojuFkG1BWUpOZy7kCzMHRKn9TvBvCJqB_rkNsy5AnJR9lwVJepSk-8BLGz5DsKexqqBs24mjjmPqCq0tiQpRgIlbnNzj7WzgQAbF46jFU_8bY/s320/DSCN7365.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490644738928963378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprCZFrjNfME0L4ri0QL-4vB9HpwLL0EZ8U8WG6UY5jDjgY51H0G9IhS5FNKObFksIMoyxsE3Xu9iwB94-gXcO-hH4mhOVpsZt9odWfegchib2wS6CScD4A0-9jrJb9fqETSWmUguOtt8/s1600/DSCN7371.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprCZFrjNfME0L4ri0QL-4vB9HpwLL0EZ8U8WG6UY5jDjgY51H0G9IhS5FNKObFksIMoyxsE3Xu9iwB94-gXcO-hH4mhOVpsZt9odWfegchib2wS6CScD4A0-9jrJb9fqETSWmUguOtt8/s320/DSCN7371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490645992657974194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BuWd-TTjKbk60S4fU9eUxXWOTKsua_7jsVWMCsKCPyrlEtd1uVRbIeajCiNvMD8lJ23dn2C3WjfX28DdRxAPxqYizsgzYMbt7ULD3K2KpS1x13SQvVZguXNPPENaQX2o5LUmMG4O8R8/s1600/DSCN7382.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BuWd-TTjKbk60S4fU9eUxXWOTKsua_7jsVWMCsKCPyrlEtd1uVRbIeajCiNvMD8lJ23dn2C3WjfX28DdRxAPxqYizsgzYMbt7ULD3K2KpS1x13SQvVZguXNPPENaQX2o5LUmMG4O8R8/s320/DSCN7382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490646575578348514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByjnzel4hYvnbw0K7L4hMIuMlfjyx39nn3vQvElN0Ra4zy1PPASx_i_MpwSM3gxD2J7QpKn2wEkXEHG2Jb1cwWEEgIK5AqhBm2iJDAjt5qsD-CbUQTFz5MkKWnnpEIHmtRZNsQ76_epg/s1600/DSCN7368.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByjnzel4hYvnbw0K7L4hMIuMlfjyx39nn3vQvElN0Ra4zy1PPASx_i_MpwSM3gxD2J7QpKn2wEkXEHG2Jb1cwWEEgIK5AqhBm2iJDAjt5qsD-CbUQTFz5MkKWnnpEIHmtRZNsQ76_epg/s320/DSCN7368.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490644962787803074" border="0" /></a>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-49241709667819697612010-07-04T21:23:00.000-07:002010-07-05T02:44:08.865-07:00Disappointment, dampness and fireworks<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHc3Lmb4dO3le2OJYSKAx23HdqsMaY1AEg9dlNiQGWG0WTyNmaQIVEQdWC8c_oWXzP6HFrMHzu8muMcW3CGPHGwso4v4mO-Texr_Gtn7I7s2spHL0PeAQTivNNk1MjgDSj2P9mf5gesic/s1600/fireworks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHc3Lmb4dO3le2OJYSKAx23HdqsMaY1AEg9dlNiQGWG0WTyNmaQIVEQdWC8c_oWXzP6HFrMHzu8muMcW3CGPHGwso4v4mO-Texr_Gtn7I7s2spHL0PeAQTivNNk1MjgDSj2P9mf5gesic/s320/fireworks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490330511317872002" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">This 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">rth</span> of July I went to the Lisle Eyes to the Sky Festival. I was really excited to go because they launch a bunch of hot air balloons. The balloons are left tethered to the ground and after dark they appear to glow, giving their own light show. They also have fireworks. So me and a few of my friends headed up to see this amazing show. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Unfortunately</span> when we got there they had a sign posted that said the balloons would not be launch due to high winds. Determined to at least enjoy the fireworks we met up with a bunch of my family who had found a nice place at the very top of a hill. We spread out a blanket and settled in. My <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nephew</span> Nicholas was very excited to see me and my camera.<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGYu6TY1Wa7CDpbl_4vfaTr53c9-blCQNlLN6LNuXcJX0dA_nSp07GUFUox06f0hdT190wuvR004sRke7YgUbDMmAHni9KTz14ig0Wtz5qopERBXwjSfmfjWLJONrijuHqJq5P-_9fQs/s1600/DSC_0022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGYu6TY1Wa7CDpbl_4vfaTr53c9-blCQNlLN6LNuXcJX0dA_nSp07GUFUox06f0hdT190wuvR004sRke7YgUbDMmAHni9KTz14ig0Wtz5qopERBXwjSfmfjWLJONrijuHqJq5P-_9fQs/s320/DSC_0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490330221331077714" border="0" /></a>A couple of weeks ago I showed Nick how to review pictures on my camera, he has since then been fascinated by it and tries to grab it every chance he gets. Here is a close up of his little toddler hand as he grabs for it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMcRp2rcNgmdcOKsSBEKkpvHaZrA1vJHTwuLgTxbUMyULOTqUnjL66ZQ9DKdoKXVkCpnnImwm7iRll2HtRzrHejaQuOrkZSVfpmO2XPx9JUrlD5WwSAKqMWHUfTFnuJYiF42w9Dhm1kQ/s1600/DSC_0021.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMcRp2rcNgmdcOKsSBEKkpvHaZrA1vJHTwuLgTxbUMyULOTqUnjL66ZQ9DKdoKXVkCpnnImwm7iRll2HtRzrHejaQuOrkZSVfpmO2XPx9JUrlD5WwSAKqMWHUfTFnuJYiF42w9Dhm1kQ/s320/DSC_0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490331140504744978" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While enjoying a band they had playing we noticed a rainbow had formed.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOAjaUUgjsnaSp9x45q_SlLAQQ40Wdx9WVGv9l1kQHqPa1ooqgdGH4N5-M0kliv1fYI4TcqS1OWPJl_BlNoOygaoY-WPvV_2P_vyBpTLJ0cq3g8w-pZJne61W2gdf6E1ENqFXFvHOMPo/s1600/DSC_0029.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOAjaUUgjsnaSp9x45q_SlLAQQ40Wdx9WVGv9l1kQHqPa1ooqgdGH4N5-M0kliv1fYI4TcqS1OWPJl_BlNoOygaoY-WPvV_2P_vyBpTLJ0cq3g8w-pZJne61W2gdf6E1ENqFXFvHOMPo/s320/DSC_0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490331394982080658" border="0" /></a></div></div><br />Deciding we were thirsty my friends and I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">trekked</span> back down the hill to buy drinks. I also bought a chocolate fondue bowl from the Melting Pot. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mmmmm</span>! We then started shopping at the many booths they had set up. This is were I noticed the sky was getting awfully cloudy.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dBCWBRh7M47FTQGnMWH-kL563dcs_TBq0gjW5eMbLTfVhQoM0cPTIIB4iAihGgsIqUkGMCDivYACXx7qQpailUDNs4YE3SZLzhJml4tf1Wf9uP6CAat6bCa3uHFlRNJIa2fAxTcEIQM/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dBCWBRh7M47FTQGnMWH-kL563dcs_TBq0gjW5eMbLTfVhQoM0cPTIIB4iAihGgsIqUkGMCDivYACXx7qQpailUDNs4YE3SZLzhJml4tf1Wf9uP6CAat6bCa3uHFlRNJIa2fAxTcEIQM/s320/DSC_0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490331648719669058" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">When we were the absolute furthest we could possibly be from where we had spread our blanket - it started to rain. At first it was just a little but soon enough it was pouring! I would love to show you some pictures of the downpour but I was too busy trying to keep <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Shooty</span> dry. Some very nice vendor gave me a plastic bag to protect him until we could walk back to our blanket (and my camera bag). Once we got back the decision was made to go home. Everybody was soaked to the skin and feeling disgruntled. Besides Nick of course who seemed thrilled with the rain! As a result of this attempted festival fiasco I have no photos to show you of hot air balloons, and no new firework photos. Don't worry though, I will make it up to you by showing you some photos I have taken of fireworks in the past. I hope you had a very happy Fourth of July! 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2QGlHiFPaKtx8YgEmEfejdibGEhzuAKFEesTEIeUkZCjoNSTiMhzgVUcWkKYoSMptJPlGFOs8ul5j_YiPvizQrIVUMpDTlrC1p3xz2uRtMY3pIGKfNWJJ799HyeJEFEYMrkJw1Le964/s320/DSCN0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490355100665948722" border="0" /></a></div>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-71519454160923073592010-07-03T20:44:00.000-07:002010-07-04T03:17:16.607-07:00Fluid Minds at Mad Maggie's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8I4nVvfuvA6VBgSirnaboSNgrmReOlHy5FZhNYQz7O9Vy_90uqxmTHWvAqWKA6MDiQo4a0OxvzcDDdL3jR71RFuu7Mr3xy8pSdajEIo9hps43TO8XwwIISXi1nzMSobCfev3UKPrdCQ/s1600/DSC_0092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8I4nVvfuvA6VBgSirnaboSNgrmReOlHy5FZhNYQz7O9Vy_90uqxmTHWvAqWKA6MDiQo4a0OxvzcDDdL3jR71RFuu7Mr3xy8pSdajEIo9hps43TO8XwwIISXi1nzMSobCfev3UKPrdCQ/s320/DSC_0092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489943669639570466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On Friday night I went to see Fluid Minds play at Mad Maggie's in </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Elgin</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Fluid Minds is a </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" >phenomenal</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Chicago based band whose music has been featured on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] and Q101. All the members of the band are extremely talented and can play multiple instruments. </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" >Every time</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I go see them they put on an amazing performance and Friday night was no </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" >exception</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Let me introduce you to the band....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">JOHN GRAY - LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS, DRUMS</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbmSojdZ0wAqu3pt5HqhUVtNxVHxLcSRX-GhMsAKTpsiHPEXFYnrWtKDTSWrLMuAHyA2hjUX1qqhH3rN9cUFSX8vkmk8xS4xE0KQwMw-MXad0BgRyXpkrFrDqAo5IpmG8LIfBsZH8jCo/s1600/DSC_0250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbmSojdZ0wAqu3pt5HqhUVtNxVHxLcSRX-GhMsAKTpsiHPEXFYnrWtKDTSWrLMuAHyA2hjUX1qqhH3rN9cUFSX8vkmk8xS4xE0KQwMw-MXad0BgRyXpkrFrDqAo5IpmG8LIfBsZH8jCo/s320/DSC_0250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489949725121601746" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hkvAjJCgUrBa3LZF_HeI3Rc55bGRNTkSlxjYIi1DxLf2S1XCh1dt-_mSw4t2n0fW9kcW-i8g-k3_VBS8HuIsRGo8_QwBt3csWKupfi22hXe-XAoN5nNBzVIKlUiFqKRQLbqGTtqqBOE/s1600/DSC_0060.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hkvAjJCgUrBa3LZF_HeI3Rc55bGRNTkSlxjYIi1DxLf2S1XCh1dt-_mSw4t2n0fW9kcW-i8g-k3_VBS8HuIsRGo8_QwBt3csWKupfi22hXe-XAoN5nNBzVIKlUiFqKRQLbqGTtqqBOE/s320/DSC_0060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489968624216446370" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNXwB2yI5xYoJlUMKreogX73vTLN7OxkzNxVECp1UreKqJl3Q5fScVCAeHPidyfzGmEaMrbJpX0_vwxYOu8PDYXjNPTG1SrRNrk7VL-_6LLolRoismv4VED4lON8np0eo_g4B7UG4ujU/s1600/DSC_0069.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNXwB2yI5xYoJlUMKreogX73vTLN7OxkzNxVECp1UreKqJl3Q5fScVCAeHPidyfzGmEaMrbJpX0_vwxYOu8PDYXjNPTG1SrRNrk7VL-_6LLolRoismv4VED4lON8np0eo_g4B7UG4ujU/s320/DSC_0069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489969130509161362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">FRANK CLAYTON - BASS, SAX, VOCALS, </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ABLETON</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> LIVE</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKFIOviV92nfTPIY-dW-3_yFK13McfXS7R_A4rDX_2qfp6D9hSuu2HGOkDi821bkUMT889AqDmr1oHZHjBN_etQ5P4b8lqvIxya2jbrCAT84VoVzWk2dYLjodl4rfiwQOEGfwgPd5d3U/s1600/DSC_0146close.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWk4LtpVrKErrNR46Fd7AJKIwZZoEocjsqmVFJAKFPkpwfY4AG4RftMy0nc-JpFfoJkC6SONRNQrYdVgh1IG-2vVufTMRB7daiJohZhn-iOsD87MlJpyWIV5E6sVSyQ7IG_ewq7njNX8/s320/DSC_0273.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489956187308702162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">CHRISTIAN </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ROGALA</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - DRUMS, VOCALS</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNvYMg7FYB1z0hbdC6QRjDTpVuAD47y5Qp1KuXQ642gI-gclHv3RS_SoFbkN3dtMCtTU2Exy5b-tWNV7CsiX3L5355MmjIj1RxDqqbignqvYdjxdGhRrNLU471UXnSjdwrg4IxFY9KLs/s1600/DSC_0275.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cVN3wW9S8uR590z2Nh7vtwgxpYtOZbH99L-VHkUb2KpMik1YgLjFXqkIRgyjYfgYgM1flTA5CsjkLm8t390UtN3Cg1zZflyCZwBUzfcEjSvt-alJ8I-gFb0NYNLtspnBQDxwk_6bGKY/s320/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489989077935787298" border="0" /></a></span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-85181185907177917972010-07-02T14:24:00.000-07:002010-07-02T15:08:47.749-07:00Birds - The Heron<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg_9IMX-_FRgfrIdT4uCS9l0Qrb1TiQ9JYRg92w7z8mLFsi2T5U45TAsIF8Hulmzxe_-ZobHXlcqwU9_ucYeYh8zQfbWTjehXd7aYnxyKftH042t7peTmTfSKVGfKcVKMPaOpNIsjWPU/s1600/heron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 40px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg_9IMX-_FRgfrIdT4uCS9l0Qrb1TiQ9JYRg92w7z8mLFsi2T5U45TAsIF8Hulmzxe_-ZobHXlcqwU9_ucYeYh8zQfbWTjehXd7aYnxyKftH042t7peTmTfSKVGfKcVKMPaOpNIsjWPU/s320/heron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489429310304575890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On my daily stroll by the pond today I came across this heron bird that was so intent on catching his lunch he didn't seem to mind having his picture taken. He was slowly walking along the edge of the pond watching for fish.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJGPT0miNQRDOobo06LzgqDB7mX62N-kj0qqxpZYfwosy1pC7HTO2VB2hP8m9w2qv4BYGnNxUScTGwXI-sTqbsJdRqsna0QYUOVtPBtJJkbHfA1xJfPN3-rzqx9uyHjLileaJ6ogwq4g/s1600/DSC_0421.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJGPT0miNQRDOobo06LzgqDB7mX62N-kj0qqxpZYfwosy1pC7HTO2VB2hP8m9w2qv4BYGnNxUScTGwXI-sTqbsJdRqsna0QYUOVtPBtJJkbHfA1xJfPN3-rzqx9uyHjLileaJ6ogwq4g/s320/DSC_0421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489427511118632898" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx13MUSl0Ysatb5T9tqmcpZCbZ36dAFcZ9Vs5P7KEtK-mAVrQtHHOR_rEpQa2yzBH_wxA6rKKeqJQdOnr4GglIRG2hpVCOwc_niVSluJmPwFM4zHC6QfN4AX1Ql85WzKPDR3F3hKykD38/s1600/DSC_0407.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx13MUSl0Ysatb5T9tqmcpZCbZ36dAFcZ9Vs5P7KEtK-mAVrQtHHOR_rEpQa2yzBH_wxA6rKKeqJQdOnr4GglIRG2hpVCOwc_niVSluJmPwFM4zHC6QfN4AX1Ql85WzKPDR3F3hKykD38/s320/DSC_0407.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489426623826261282" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrPibN1XHJqXXyQFCINxgHnznfE_kBi9omY-0bRXhUNXMoCjkikJPyP_CORkof3gmwullIZA63suY0aDCwFZkNrqjBiWxJQUqeqUYwSUBH5Mt23CDEPj6RpToc9uAJimx1YFFjwJ19OY/s1600/DSC_0377.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrPibN1XHJqXXyQFCINxgHnznfE_kBi9omY-0bRXhUNXMoCjkikJPyP_CORkof3gmwullIZA63suY0aDCwFZkNrqjBiWxJQUqeqUYwSUBH5Mt23CDEPj6RpToc9uAJimx1YFFjwJ19OY/s320/DSC_0377.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489425784156484322" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAN2wCgzYDGn4cWUP4nElCZOdu1e8vXInr9Aij5TkKb_pf0y9nCfjiaGkErdCnBlqroGoHo0Epuddllu99qIA75Lk5aB-ipo9ZNpSCSZJG_BsDm1HNSl2LpYLU4zpyLFPo47oYd1APaE/s1600/DSC_0368.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAN2wCgzYDGn4cWUP4nElCZOdu1e8vXInr9Aij5TkKb_pf0y9nCfjiaGkErdCnBlqroGoHo0Epuddllu99qIA75Lk5aB-ipo9ZNpSCSZJG_BsDm1HNSl2LpYLU4zpyLFPo47oYd1APaE/s320/DSC_0368.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489425070596783698" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvbGn09MHluZIjAHpFu2D0p0jlg8Ruu4IycJeV7BEISq47_T6m_-_uJdBBxNs1CKLqBgP_jKaOuI_4rkXclXm6F_fSyFCMNMKz6OeWjD-c0rKpsrVcj5o-XsY0miByJ6fuioW177wIU4/s1600/DSC_0397.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvbGn09MHluZIjAHpFu2D0p0jlg8Ruu4IycJeV7BEISq47_T6m_-_uJdBBxNs1CKLqBgP_jKaOuI_4rkXclXm6F_fSyFCMNMKz6OeWjD-c0rKpsrVcj5o-XsY0miByJ6fuioW177wIU4/s320/DSC_0397.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489426328285756514" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmHekqHYDXgyGb6qV_q24hC7edSiPYD1u3sCxf5WIVL1qA36LkiUD1o-TfRfUPcQ67536vnWuB0MBkkWWiEYzIOOtwFbksOvWwPxb8A-RD4kH24Br83deERmQyws009T_3uxyzTK18Aw/s1600/DSC_0367close.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmHekqHYDXgyGb6qV_q24hC7edSiPYD1u3sCxf5WIVL1qA36LkiUD1o-TfRfUPcQ67536vnWuB0MBkkWWiEYzIOOtwFbksOvWwPxb8A-RD4kH24Br83deERmQyws009T_3uxyzTK18Aw/s320/DSC_0367close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489424834551889810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">While stealthily creeping closer to the heron bird I almost stepped on this furry little rat-beaver. I am really not sure what he is. He was about twice the size of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">guinea</span> pig with a tail like a rat. He didn't seem to mind my presence either. He was too busy enjoying a lunch of flowers and grass.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhZfpvDfco3oEe2-ZArrjuwJxyUrJTH_Nwwl99VPmL0fw0RekuG7owRcx8-zfCVWkXvxFiPxqDzHlQwPdVwyRfcCBUUxD_jwJG8xij88-0bQH8yIk_BMePn0EqQRTQ7-T7ER8oElOEuw/s1600/DSC_0271.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhZfpvDfco3oEe2-ZArrjuwJxyUrJTH_Nwwl99VPmL0fw0RekuG7owRcx8-zfCVWkXvxFiPxqDzHlQwPdVwyRfcCBUUxD_jwJG8xij88-0bQH8yIk_BMePn0EqQRTQ7-T7ER8oElOEuw/s320/DSC_0271.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489428700742927378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a while of watching my heron friend pace along the water's edge I finally captured him snagging a fish.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd2E58O7uERAds1dasjyPM7uyBhE9Rg7c__qExFwBVvi39MetL6Xld_aU3OuO69ZApvf1mu5Sp9mXrmXb8sKUlmgU4uz6VmhqmOq9bhs6S8CIMtJhEB7HIuxYIUft7ZrqKRNGYFgWMu4/s1600/DSC_0409.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLScockbpRNasqbs9iG4LFiRWJIr04mK_Im1_TNoIfZz75NjWE5ecb2hGJujQCzwh_BVrxWxZrc_k8ADZ52ja_pjp_kBcP0VI3UG68DbKgC1E716m9l1zyaTfFbZUkAvE0QneijXVgGaY/s320/DSC_0414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489427285677970770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">After eating his fill my friend spread his wings and flew away.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWNLa03VClXU7AoDDeWJ8WPfwMUVU8hYTod2QQqqsn8CnpxF3zc3CQdvf4EjJaS0ZwZ7Ix30Vad4Z8FOenyE-zj9V7Ih-sqHfWTSWBML-DrN3EmXoyRPNUl-vdP98LqHVwcaiRv1l8gs/s1600/DSC_0372.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWNLa03VClXU7AoDDeWJ8WPfwMUVU8hYTod2QQqqsn8CnpxF3zc3CQdvf4EjJaS0ZwZ7Ix30Vad4Z8FOenyE-zj9V7Ih-sqHfWTSWBML-DrN3EmXoyRPNUl-vdP98LqHVwcaiRv1l8gs/s320/DSC_0372.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489425534373408690" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHDofHBXk1G7TtVAn8EI7mPPpXAUJy8mR1nzMPVlzVCV8uOCtzvZk2KK6Xp4eiOY-qu76XSo9qql88esP63KBkarqxGZhXK_LK02m75wu4D4eL3Kkwx8v7342qPwZF15xbS9S-e4gvSY/s1600/DSC_0382.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHDofHBXk1G7TtVAn8EI7mPPpXAUJy8mR1nzMPVlzVCV8uOCtzvZk2KK6Xp4eiOY-qu76XSo9qql88esP63KBkarqxGZhXK_LK02m75wu4D4eL3Kkwx8v7342qPwZF15xbS9S-e4gvSY/s320/DSC_0382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489426033325045890" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwX3ixq1HgblfCWL_nwy9Rahyrcudlc_DeaCltC9-uZbdEHidOZfpZuwcDrZx6BGuGEnft5aZHuaI_-JzPdPAzVDcQki89VZIS-vy5CHNjzE3VyqxoyZ3NzBXNNF4i5Mt8Yxpgus_OwM/s1600/DSC_0436.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwX3ixq1HgblfCWL_nwy9Rahyrcudlc_DeaCltC9-uZbdEHidOZfpZuwcDrZx6BGuGEnft5aZHuaI_-JzPdPAzVDcQki89VZIS-vy5CHNjzE3VyqxoyZ3NzBXNNF4i5Mt8Yxpgus_OwM/s320/DSC_0436.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489428136218024386" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVqggtoADe0DR9K-sDHXuz8qOVDxw5sLotxTVR8RZWQVXSS1bP_CZauzNfzhx16c6jPiNELMBU3EjWwcUMJmqawNcOXqdc2tYDw1uKeDMYoRcIAdjQeXFQhPNrn0EVIVq9nMBCSBe-v4/s1600/DSC_0371.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVqggtoADe0DR9K-sDHXuz8qOVDxw5sLotxTVR8RZWQVXSS1bP_CZauzNfzhx16c6jPiNELMBU3EjWwcUMJmqawNcOXqdc2tYDw1uKeDMYoRcIAdjQeXFQhPNrn0EVIVq9nMBCSBe-v4/s320/DSC_0371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489425305904990018" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-60775412023572904802010-07-01T21:21:00.000-07:002010-07-02T15:10:48.938-07:00The Pond<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeP1a_LFc6hvOXYstErtqDj-elD1r6MsjCw4XItI82rEdXP8Z5R1a9bqlm126ihqU3rCVE6ztT3XHYmJvtz4c3lKkCa10Rs0K9kEBIMwgsM3_c8E4zgx8lpN6of0GeEP1os-U_6CS-Ug/s1600/THE+POND.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 43px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeP1a_LFc6hvOXYstErtqDj-elD1r6MsjCw4XItI82rEdXP8Z5R1a9bqlm126ihqU3rCVE6ztT3XHYmJvtz4c3lKkCa10Rs0K9kEBIMwgsM3_c8E4zgx8lpN6of0GeEP1os-U_6CS-Ug/s320/THE+POND.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489163045355221074" border="0" /></a>Here are some of the other pictures I took out by the pond yesterday.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeR2yYT6VcSVbLemBfQfiogOxgj_u3IAK2rP96MwUpO_iB60y9LCeGxm-4tCMQtYfA6s8R-vw8XE6hxi39mRwLmYNxSNPWwbiEpt14YnLsHdn7SLW2PmsbalkrwZNOWYmByswGD12uDk/s1600/DSC_0427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeR2yYT6VcSVbLemBfQfiogOxgj_u3IAK2rP96MwUpO_iB60y9LCeGxm-4tCMQtYfA6s8R-vw8XE6hxi39mRwLmYNxSNPWwbiEpt14YnLsHdn7SLW2PmsbalkrwZNOWYmByswGD12uDk/s320/DSC_0427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489162264359140210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5itod0gHE3QlSr_PwQthyphenhyphenTFgxb7HwYN4z0_thGT2SjrwCYeKG4gyN9N70IrfVxckhJbxGfQAq-Qo0inmmUADVSKDjH1m1Pw6loY-vNhkBgFRrCSCOVNuvnxdWuwqmUGqBnG8pztTRsbc/s1600/DSC_0432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5itod0gHE3QlSr_PwQthyphenhyphenTFgxb7HwYN4z0_thGT2SjrwCYeKG4gyN9N70IrfVxckhJbxGfQAq-Qo0inmmUADVSKDjH1m1Pw6loY-vNhkBgFRrCSCOVNuvnxdWuwqmUGqBnG8pztTRsbc/s320/DSC_0432.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489160932553521602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMVuolhFxU1wg-hcR3_v4Di-LLsVnXRuYUZVHCl48VnVyXYFq33sHyZQM9-3m8b-yUqs_O45u4CZO0_q_h-xOTMQzSykm6MW9A0U8Zr802h4JmXDxNfENzQgXWFMzm0VDF5pcBCZBfXI/s1600/DSC_0390.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMVuolhFxU1wg-hcR3_v4Di-LLsVnXRuYUZVHCl48VnVyXYFq33sHyZQM9-3m8b-yUqs_O45u4CZO0_q_h-xOTMQzSykm6MW9A0U8Zr802h4JmXDxNfENzQgXWFMzm0VDF5pcBCZBfXI/s320/DSC_0390.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489161927227050482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TLlBHFzVWVIyNyRyZHlOThNXMaZdfydDTE2ZJrrYAlTmxrlXX23Q4mi82tBCY0eu09ERB7dnJw8_u-oGShpzdxxaxTmzIqIBL6qSj6zM2c4OP0bhH1ojC8yAjH-4s3qTO5YnIHnloR8/s1600/DSC_0387.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TLlBHFzVWVIyNyRyZHlOThNXMaZdfydDTE2ZJrrYAlTmxrlXX23Q4mi82tBCY0eu09ERB7dnJw8_u-oGShpzdxxaxTmzIqIBL6qSj6zM2c4OP0bhH1ojC8yAjH-4s3qTO5YnIHnloR8/s320/DSC_0387.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489161684830332082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wADq3ORYG9otzADruy_MOFUhZW1JFhikaS2aVHZLxP3OG7V_RHEgtB45Xek3S3xY4FsCe3QuE20Yvqe6oRi2BGa-rjRbBlx8VpGOOFiQWvAoMnRmr-ppGD5T_2rk7rkhhF1lujT_dGw/s1600/DSC_0200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wADq3ORYG9otzADruy_MOFUhZW1JFhikaS2aVHZLxP3OG7V_RHEgtB45Xek3S3xY4FsCe3QuE20Yvqe6oRi2BGa-rjRbBlx8VpGOOFiQWvAoMnRmr-ppGD5T_2rk7rkhhF1lujT_dGw/s320/DSC_0200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489161441482916546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc2y2fYkNuVTkEpbEkjeb9ohTm760IDfHqi0S3PPMF3lF-D4xfW5QcOKddpTkk5BifkV9ld6_eDjxagBruVKXYA2skKWd34DDRBMrHeyLcpPyAMD2mc-IU2qL_S3r7JQVmRzrJxTZAWI/s1600/DSC_0313.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc2y2fYkNuVTkEpbEkjeb9ohTm760IDfHqi0S3PPMF3lF-D4xfW5QcOKddpTkk5BifkV9ld6_eDjxagBruVKXYA2skKWd34DDRBMrHeyLcpPyAMD2mc-IU2qL_S3r7JQVmRzrJxTZAWI/s320/DSC_0313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489161206629929058" border="0" /></a>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-88225996246162588282010-06-30T18:47:00.000-07:002010-06-30T19:34:10.718-07:00The Dragonfly<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhswc8qgTvtQZRlxoiW6zdE1Le1-dCb8Dfsb9Swp4oQWmJkKG77lfJ9xd4zZAzv3TLQGDbibxZ644JhLLnfCH5Na8YFvAG3x8ZEWbq4TCsP2uUZwTDTCz_pJ4xyiMFw3a7m3YkgWQkYYI/s1600/DRAGONFLY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 43px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhswc8qgTvtQZRlxoiW6zdE1Le1-dCb8Dfsb9Swp4oQWmJkKG77lfJ9xd4zZAzv3TLQGDbibxZ644JhLLnfCH5Na8YFvAG3x8ZEWbq4TCsP2uUZwTDTCz_pJ4xyiMFw3a7m3YkgWQkYYI/s320/DRAGONFLY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488752571098794642" border="0" /></a>Today was a beautiful day. I went for a stroll by the pond this afternoon and stumbled across some amazing dragonflies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIY6rO1dmpi9ugdy_-thxADeTVhZdFn1lZfcl2CZWZgTY5JYM2g90MOqpwAcC9gQgstfNtVQYR0vofNlH1EukdUSNGbK9XQxN-4oYBhPyrc86meTK3D5VbOapN1he7l1DU_RNRWGKtZc/s1600/DSC_0257close.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIY6rO1dmpi9ugdy_-thxADeTVhZdFn1lZfcl2CZWZgTY5JYM2g90MOqpwAcC9gQgstfNtVQYR0vofNlH1EukdUSNGbK9XQxN-4oYBhPyrc86meTK3D5VbOapN1he7l1DU_RNRWGKtZc/s320/DSC_0257close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488750662716812482" border="0" /></a>This was the first time I had the opportunity to photograph a dragonfly with my SLR. Have you ever tried to photograph a dragonfly with a regular point and shoot camera? It's not easy. Dragonflies do not sit still for very long. In the past I would sit very still and when I saw one land I would try to creep up on it as quickly and quietly as I could. If I succeeded I then had to try and get the camera to focus on the dragonfly so I could take a decent shot before it flew away. I hate auto-focus! Here are some pictures I took in Tennessee in 2006 with my Nikon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Coolpix</span> 5900.</span> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Vt8wtwGfdw4RgEnmbkJ9QjvIuXU5wlZhCAQTCBFrN_KmGKOhrq-Gfm3loTMB3d5AqN08xNlzaqei_rnSEhScAvOzJrastf0ebsWFIJYU6pqTuc-sSEwvCzsPDvFA9MfleNcd2rNjpKw/s1600/DSCN9568.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Vt8wtwGfdw4RgEnmbkJ9QjvIuXU5wlZhCAQTCBFrN_KmGKOhrq-Gfm3loTMB3d5AqN08xNlzaqei_rnSEhScAvOzJrastf0ebsWFIJYU6pqTuc-sSEwvCzsPDvFA9MfleNcd2rNjpKw/s320/DSCN9568.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488749737938101074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MwsMMvdnr7cEo5IVB2N5MYf2CNxqqp4e9OiGBp_C8mtKGDydEb_H1ObLk-0_K0lol7_kA4JHOoxzTMls7T7fi95nqgaOL8noOBhrziMTJQKSlWI3o46e-udVXD5PJS6pMGfhhM2AFb8/s1600/DSCN9387.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MwsMMvdnr7cEo5IVB2N5MYf2CNxqqp4e9OiGBp_C8mtKGDydEb_H1ObLk-0_K0lol7_kA4JHOoxzTMls7T7fi95nqgaOL8noOBhrziMTJQKSlWI3o46e-udVXD5PJS6pMGfhhM2AFb8/s320/DSCN9387.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488749505154950242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigjKATz3XGScnS20m1mPT7CFzlA5RbJOuxU-Ws3iCaX6UoCY5cVBBDe_qh2_Ey5J2U-YTbBVppEXaOX1ptRa-as3nzoICHkbpApfZpC5Cwrdr5wdNiRCByuBgDgQkmXvsNpvpeE-FiI4/s1600/dragonfly3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigjKATz3XGScnS20m1mPT7CFzlA5RbJOuxU-Ws3iCaX6UoCY5cVBBDe_qh2_Ey5J2U-YTbBVppEXaOX1ptRa-as3nzoICHkbpApfZpC5Cwrdr5wdNiRCByuBgDgQkmXvsNpvpeE-FiI4/s320/dragonfly3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488749273706998690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZYcrTJMZ_S3FD_gtIF7gRyK9g8VjmLpIPAecgfAkTFH8QBrDeoTgIQn0s2tKJjcinjr1QN0dKPtLjI4-wTlvUmrTHeXTCoMBqjj_SnF0Y8yZwiXaDVD_awfbHIr3CBY90mGuCQdWqTw/s1600/dragonfly2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZYcrTJMZ_S3FD_gtIF7gRyK9g8VjmLpIPAecgfAkTFH8QBrDeoTgIQn0s2tKJjcinjr1QN0dKPtLjI4-wTlvUmrTHeXTCoMBqjj_SnF0Y8yZwiXaDVD_awfbHIr3CBY90mGuCQdWqTw/s320/dragonfly2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488749072374805506" border="0" /></a>And here is one taken in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Illinois</span> the same year with the same camera. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFWRE2fMh-rgKCzKyc9DOqiSTLk_UaPuSJVonK6kEgwXIOE_k0VJuVeFZHFGslHfBlRILHeKc3xSijjZ8ptpjszikosz3XFEsmFbwHwQiLdI70F3nuqg0wX72B8TBVhl-c-QxKP0Qi50/s1600/DSCN8310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFWRE2fMh-rgKCzKyc9DOqiSTLk_UaPuSJVonK6kEgwXIOE_k0VJuVeFZHFGslHfBlRILHeKc3xSijjZ8ptpjszikosz3XFEsmFbwHwQiLdI70F3nuqg0wX72B8TBVhl-c-QxKP0Qi50/s320/DSCN8310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488748857587007394" border="0" /></a> I have a 55-200mm zoom <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lens</span> for my Nikon D60 SLR camera. I no longer have to spend hours sneaking up on insects! The zoom <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lens</span> allows me to take nice close up shots from farther away so I don't scare the dragonflies. It also has manual focus. Here are some more of the photos I took today. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-ecdR_c4ADOS2RIQlwuh3rl-9tjv_2er10CINTiQmveoJbsyUap4ng2q6O26OFbh5P-Juo6KBm_Nqs00Ecj8oi8oFGZ1wbOqAx0Y57-atIdNfqNvW19GFdDHyyVOdEO_J8_MPq9MD_c/s1600/DSC_0289.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-ecdR_c4ADOS2RIQlwuh3rl-9tjv_2er10CINTiQmveoJbsyUap4ng2q6O26OFbh5P-Juo6KBm_Nqs00Ecj8oi8oFGZ1wbOqAx0Y57-atIdNfqNvW19GFdDHyyVOdEO_J8_MPq9MD_c/s320/DSC_0289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488752143286114626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAZmx1536aj5p0Ai1gEzAcmiMX_Sso5KvhMcn9IQDvz5YfAD6hbL0grnzV_V8pxPsxFh4XGSpwtTrxHz3HEqH_ZBgL6FdKy3rMCoCR-AXRqCHL9sA8rYc87lnvBZLDtz9RBKQ_R96HBM/s1600/DSC_03822.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAZmx1536aj5p0Ai1gEzAcmiMX_Sso5KvhMcn9IQDvz5YfAD6hbL0grnzV_V8pxPsxFh4XGSpwtTrxHz3HEqH_ZBgL6FdKy3rMCoCR-AXRqCHL9sA8rYc87lnvBZLDtz9RBKQ_R96HBM/s320/DSC_03822.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488752397790771266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wuKAzZZxPorbSyf-mGR06yKAUk3W5fPS-Dyur-NKUZXYth-KNLKB4pSux3f06na-TAcoFkSIteBcBovoPly6nneGFS16npDt5xoIWswc0wHz7ZRjqJVdUqSJANJwj0c87aAtUSkfc6E/s1600/DSC_0276.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wuKAzZZxPorbSyf-mGR06yKAUk3W5fPS-Dyur-NKUZXYth-KNLKB4pSux3f06na-TAcoFkSIteBcBovoPly6nneGFS16npDt5xoIWswc0wHz7ZRjqJVdUqSJANJwj0c87aAtUSkfc6E/s320/DSC_0276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488751808697778162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdknMpyx7raE6zWNd92YnKXewgUwwQSHODbwsEefwlJuXrKbiaV7L8sivgoFZ090WO-IMM4DwQNgMmG8tzc7IOJiY92FqDoDBn3gq6GCC31u5XMFqafISYVjNoPXE2sHPG9HiFq4Yhg0/s1600/DSC_0273.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdknMpyx7raE6zWNd92YnKXewgUwwQSHODbwsEefwlJuXrKbiaV7L8sivgoFZ090WO-IMM4DwQNgMmG8tzc7IOJiY92FqDoDBn3gq6GCC31u5XMFqafISYVjNoPXE2sHPG9HiFq4Yhg0/s320/DSC_0273.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488751316372613474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FQyPs04Uf2Xl_LmqEfcDQMPRFpghdd79RNmrInKY8eWlLLLTmD2BKsN8awVjGEO0dbh5FyqAioCNUvy3EZ9FKxog_DP8zYx8ilsK5_6bHZ7bfBW0dw0iv96p-ZJT4MVg4v5sq8D0a5A/s1600/DSC_0257.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FQyPs04Uf2Xl_LmqEfcDQMPRFpghdd79RNmrInKY8eWlLLLTmD2BKsN8awVjGEO0dbh5FyqAioCNUvy3EZ9FKxog_DP8zYx8ilsK5_6bHZ7bfBW0dw0iv96p-ZJT4MVg4v5sq8D0a5A/s320/DSC_0257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488750418432388034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7iZ2K7oY4s5ZpovSE_3lv2m7aZC-z5Vb1Xe5KsfFjbRZqmSm0fhB9LmgwlQiWXPeYj4w6-2Xu2o37kjsZuMn54th3j-rI60hsB6gjeNCow2rKykgLwpVQMGsY5hJgAxBVxqx5rpf3t8/s1600/DSC_0264.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7iZ2K7oY4s5ZpovSE_3lv2m7aZC-z5Vb1Xe5KsfFjbRZqmSm0fhB9LmgwlQiWXPeYj4w6-2Xu2o37kjsZuMn54th3j-rI60hsB6gjeNCow2rKykgLwpVQMGsY5hJgAxBVxqx5rpf3t8/s320/DSC_0264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488751063966914850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq_O7_9A6inhbL0H3qXlstuhwtg8igdhJh9BZh0ZzcYL0_y3I6atJxo4qkyu6Spi4Q9Si-pnpoz2b8_1AKDpGve5bF1M8PER8pKf830ggT7NPW3VsN-Eon9rjSs_Ck2ABNPXqhRLRSps/s1600/DSC_0236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq_O7_9A6inhbL0H3qXlstuhwtg8igdhJh9BZh0ZzcYL0_y3I6atJxo4qkyu6Spi4Q9Si-pnpoz2b8_1AKDpGve5bF1M8PER8pKf830ggT7NPW3VsN-Eon9rjSs_Ck2ABNPXqhRLRSps/s320/DSC_0236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488750045255130210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5zrOLhRQLlUcnqK3BoH605crlEvS7B8Tb4-IzFzTXG3kaLj6DnUlyrAWzu6J-2xgm_3RrZ6By8LYh2WY7EjM5k2ibWABcwRDypJje2hChbIxjfo3W47vHA76mR9FYhfCaKuMtGWWM7A/s1600/DSC_0273close.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5zrOLhRQLlUcnqK3BoH605crlEvS7B8Tb4-IzFzTXG3kaLj6DnUlyrAWzu6J-2xgm_3RrZ6By8LYh2WY7EjM5k2ibWABcwRDypJje2hChbIxjfo3W47vHA76mR9FYhfCaKuMtGWWM7A/s320/DSC_0273close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488751551904108338" border="0" /></a>I love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Shooty</span>!</span>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-58710312694490727752010-06-29T21:32:00.001-07:002010-06-30T01:04:13.133-07:00Magnets and Markers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeKqIrbwKZf2EoWC4pXJUj1ZVpLdxlZ5-IUENCoxx2R1LNdxv98mV77kZfOREdFt_kQ1LZTBj2xyOWS-b2Etf8gcirqhY80gMrNz_fnJKtoRTjjekxR0gncAdwfizXq7labi_xfRi3cc/s1600/magnets+and+markers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 32px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeKqIrbwKZf2EoWC4pXJUj1ZVpLdxlZ5-IUENCoxx2R1LNdxv98mV77kZfOREdFt_kQ1LZTBj2xyOWS-b2Etf8gcirqhY80gMrNz_fnJKtoRTjjekxR0gncAdwfizXq7labi_xfRi3cc/s320/magnets+and+markers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488459932685879090" border="0" /></a>For my birthday I got a 24 color pack of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Blick</span> Studio art markers. I figured I would give them a try and see how they compared to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Prismacolor</span> art markers. Both these brands offer two different tips on each marker. One tip is fine and one is chiseled. They are spectacular for coloring, blending and sketching. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Blick</span> Studio markers worked <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">surprisingly</span> well considering they are over a dollar cheaper per marker. Discovering this I ran out and bought another 40 colors individually. After purchasing all those fantastic colors I returned home to the realization that I had no where to put said markers. I am very particular about how my art supplies are kept. They must always be in color order and preferably I should be able to see every color all at once. Compulsive much? To feed my compulsive behavior I took a box and a bunch of wood pieces and created this......<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFfVpO174TgCSq4qbliP7Sa1oui3uODgRQcJklOVo4o05Mbjk109EfzdCfD0uK6fMx20ElmYMWB2pLm_-ffHXAaCVLUHMO4SGXUdLYqpLFcSAMRSvBP2OvJcm3-gUlveF9oiAwFEcl5E/s1600/DSC_0149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFfVpO174TgCSq4qbliP7Sa1oui3uODgRQcJklOVo4o05Mbjk109EfzdCfD0uK6fMx20ElmYMWB2pLm_-ffHXAaCVLUHMO4SGXUdLYqpLFcSAMRSvBP2OvJcm3-gUlveF9oiAwFEcl5E/s320/DSC_0149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488456667777006738" border="0" /></a>Just look at all those wonderful colors - 64 to be exact - all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">visible</span> in color order and waiting to be used. This is the kind of thing that makes the artist in me drool.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpAWUFseb0C3LkGqz4R6-k76LsJhv_b1s4p7BS5Vc8r9oFeHMbKNz7z9h2s1NyvS5upMYigyLURqox6YiUQu6C_J7Ah-pRbHCb1hZRb1QZM3vuhawqeJQtTxVdREOdCF7F5s0xRTgbFU/s1600/DSC_0154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpAWUFseb0C3LkGqz4R6-k76LsJhv_b1s4p7BS5Vc8r9oFeHMbKNz7z9h2s1NyvS5upMYigyLURqox6YiUQu6C_J7Ah-pRbHCb1hZRb1QZM3vuhawqeJQtTxVdREOdCF7F5s0xRTgbFU/s320/DSC_0154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488456455640353058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzTCvll642BukLArXoHLv6qL8eso9f5dHWYviEsTXHshou_8HyY17c7a6rpXHMf4wGPv0xK3t88LhoJWgBlW0A6V4KyWGEocw1L3AleaLZuiRqlI51hnty3IR6_yUwhISb906Euc3kd4/s1600/DSC_0167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzTCvll642BukLArXoHLv6qL8eso9f5dHWYviEsTXHshou_8HyY17c7a6rpXHMf4wGPv0xK3t88LhoJWgBlW0A6V4KyWGEocw1L3AleaLZuiRqlI51hnty3IR6_yUwhISb906Euc3kd4/s320/DSC_0167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488456156173060050" border="0" /></a>You may notice there is also space for 11 more markers - one day soon I hope to fill this space. When I'm not using them the markers fold down and the box can close.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Nnwd2iCKgYMNtv1uBlte3rRPpEbxmDmlrHFWiP1feBj2WnPhKbJ5yNqwHVx2jxyUvkrhU7dtZMX2YoXY4zyUOqNDLojcIE0DyUtuuKMLmkRZb7kMntvdH5G7745j8xsPC_VxK-UCpY/s1600/DSC_0185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Nnwd2iCKgYMNtv1uBlte3rRPpEbxmDmlrHFWiP1feBj2WnPhKbJ5yNqwHVx2jxyUvkrhU7dtZMX2YoXY4zyUOqNDLojcIE0DyUtuuKMLmkRZb7kMntvdH5G7745j8xsPC_VxK-UCpY/s320/DSC_0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488466418366963058" border="0" /></a>Speaking of creations in wood - here are two kitty magnets I made using wood pieces.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e1EcEayfE0rsS6ndWaI47FVUXD0fCezndZWdbpRrBBUg8OqrMo84nHe-86uuIRlqUHTlyLPWyThz56trfoJuhwsmTlc7bkbc4Z_8YRV63AFFbNpaoEREZ-bboNElQ4pM72oQB8d5Z1s/s1600/DSC_0177.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e1EcEayfE0rsS6ndWaI47FVUXD0fCezndZWdbpRrBBUg8OqrMo84nHe-86uuIRlqUHTlyLPWyThz56trfoJuhwsmTlc7bkbc4Z_8YRV63AFFbNpaoEREZ-bboNElQ4pM72oQB8d5Z1s/s320/DSC_0177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488455788182890706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ5ru64busoO4I9_rUV55oe0gJRN277uoKfEkbdF2ixXoGelyOFlVgfPjx14RCjKwB-MN17XdBqwPdRBJ832VmSMtLP3SJs_VDD08OlfTPLteV1N5ioaU6XDMnKGb3RkzqmaeuPT4NrI/s1600/DSC_0175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ5ru64busoO4I9_rUV55oe0gJRN277uoKfEkbdF2ixXoGelyOFlVgfPjx14RCjKwB-MN17XdBqwPdRBJ832VmSMtLP3SJs_VDD08OlfTPLteV1N5ioaU6XDMnKGb3RkzqmaeuPT4NrI/s320/DSC_0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488455215409722786" border="0" /></a>Inspired by my magnet idea my friend Cherice Campbell created a few magnets of her own while I was building my marker box. (I really like the pig!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7F6ChUUhU46aXqjeW-0V3hmc1IMhi2gFuzt52bnAZQdSUx7Ag10JjQ3B9SZ1qQxys5P1q9gcPaMPuwsHgZIDCAcI9XkhUf3Lgs2lP5Wl2P_CkDu8aELoY4TT5vT88WXubTfe3T9vz6K4/s1600/pig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7F6ChUUhU46aXqjeW-0V3hmc1IMhi2gFuzt52bnAZQdSUx7Ag10JjQ3B9SZ1qQxys5P1q9gcPaMPuwsHgZIDCAcI9XkhUf3Lgs2lP5Wl2P_CkDu8aELoY4TT5vT88WXubTfe3T9vz6K4/s320/pig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488454960198337682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZioZlW8aim3iNHUV8N7UReUUA8MD8NAIOK4t7vREvolHvIZNkkun1s1FEL61H1Sf3PznTQ0riPtpGIIWknEM7MNFeIluK6wQ3L0WvWRq5hYnGdkdgnW5z2_FnG461T1JR_l-IGzqE_4Q/s1600/dinosaur.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZioZlW8aim3iNHUV8N7UReUUA8MD8NAIOK4t7vREvolHvIZNkkun1s1FEL61H1Sf3PznTQ0riPtpGIIWknEM7MNFeIluK6wQ3L0WvWRq5hYnGdkdgnW5z2_FnG461T1JR_l-IGzqE_4Q/s320/dinosaur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488454695268911826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-l-HSWwjku4gnPUDAaBYgEDV6wY5jQR42Utqe8rr8aKMliNSoeI1EUd7_zsPq5Jax7UXYPqfZA2sF9xJWrgj76b6bVMPh9u2Sum3rpSwjqhBoMv4cW9EdMbbFPSuaB3LU-OWMAJbNpo/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-l-HSWwjku4gnPUDAaBYgEDV6wY5jQR42Utqe8rr8aKMliNSoeI1EUd7_zsPq5Jax7UXYPqfZA2sF9xJWrgj76b6bVMPh9u2Sum3rpSwjqhBoMv4cW9EdMbbFPSuaB3LU-OWMAJbNpo/s320/DSC_0140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488454455117877410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yQkzfOdA1x4YyOhSwcmhzMYdJ98hcd14MA0ZqdleY7Vqdq_1W_QdUXF_WfDTri6K8I419bdN5YnXK3YVnGYK9cUFW1qNgRStOKw4TH_pQING-ZMwkfznkhqqUKDBC24-8oKG28K7POw/s1600/DSC_0143.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yQkzfOdA1x4YyOhSwcmhzMYdJ98hcd14MA0ZqdleY7Vqdq_1W_QdUXF_WfDTri6K8I419bdN5YnXK3YVnGYK9cUFW1qNgRStOKw4TH_pQING-ZMwkfznkhqqUKDBC24-8oKG28K7POw/s320/DSC_0143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488453989749898770" border="0" /></a>So needless to say I did not get out and take any fascinating photos to show you. Which is odd because the weather was wonderful! It does occur to me that this is a photo blog and the only photos I've shown you are of creations.....so I will distract you with something shiny and bright.... (The sun shining through the trees)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh894Kyo-fEPABeW1oaTXPcQ4ZxMt4_fwkVQoa1hckhroV_IqSyTWJSPChJ01hnYjWKizihNKvBl_bHdwTZKKgEvakBt-FTR79n4WPV0MzwUYGwq5fF0hKxhn8l2_v_xHYcgPmwK516gcA/s1600/DSC_0107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh894Kyo-fEPABeW1oaTXPcQ4ZxMt4_fwkVQoa1hckhroV_IqSyTWJSPChJ01hnYjWKizihNKvBl_bHdwTZKKgEvakBt-FTR79n4WPV0MzwUYGwq5fF0hKxhn8l2_v_xHYcgPmwK516gcA/s320/DSC_0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488459085115105570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplCn_fhSP2IAJbu58g6W6r2ia64WijRuQbOS6deQLUWNEVVaUCaWcmekYt3W-V_sdKEwYEZxP5Q3mQa5xxczFOgI-E8XeGqU3PN-Cgx5kK85TGr0lttbdoVa4-EhIN4cWdmb95MGSlms/s1600/DSC_0340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplCn_fhSP2IAJbu58g6W6r2ia64WijRuQbOS6deQLUWNEVVaUCaWcmekYt3W-V_sdKEwYEZxP5Q3mQa5xxczFOgI-E8XeGqU3PN-Cgx5kK85TGr0lttbdoVa4-EhIN4cWdmb95MGSlms/s320/DSC_0340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488474261686581074" border="0" /></a>and something cute! (Giraffes at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Brookfield</span> Zoo)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLaCzbz6h6MM7R6gMs9jeGw-ntZGPW8g4UqSY7cwkT7mV97uQXrrFt-qBHCGpupEryplWnWoWMmCyK6gq7bTnfv0oI4T-tWU6ykD7vTCyMZPrf6Mu2lRSMnH82V2DG8u2MELb40LcZgI/s1600/DSC_0131.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLaCzbz6h6MM7R6gMs9jeGw-ntZGPW8g4UqSY7cwkT7mV97uQXrrFt-qBHCGpupEryplWnWoWMmCyK6gq7bTnfv0oI4T-tWU6ykD7vTCyMZPrf6Mu2lRSMnH82V2DG8u2MELb40LcZgI/s320/DSC_0131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488459313352377682" border="0" /></a>Manda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188884420943071351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046906940144446428.post-34422455740973309412010-06-28T19:19:00.001-07:002010-06-29T11:30:56.404-07:00Sunsets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7fabCXXKAvM5MxDw72qNm9QatpajsJckDPsaU1xZhMgnxkAFWNo6vHrQLWQhyphenhyphenmpg-i-_h5nsoBQaIoQpqNdhhEztoaWWQFfR6CyF1Sg-s4oCGG9D7fWnl7BGmZVr2FvYfeS1_L0rEvY/s1600/sunsets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 82px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7fabCXXKAvM5MxDw72qNm9QatpajsJckDPsaU1xZhMgnxkAFWNo6vHrQLWQhyphenhyphenmpg-i-_h5nsoBQaIoQpqNdhhEztoaWWQFfR6CyF1Sg-s4oCGG9D7fWnl7BGmZVr2FvYfeS1_L0rEvY/s320/sunsets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488022863979403730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wordless Monday - Past Sunsets</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohWFaLOF_39FIt1bbLbkGVxmYoUUPu600mbkS0dkp3AXvkNXNuWM8mtfQs5272YsEr-evobbr_D0kCydllsDGx6DR3BV7zcC5ArtUzqcBh4KYP34ftj7unEBnqQy5Y8BvGJf1_c1-4BM/s1600/DSCN1096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohWFaLOF_39FIt1bbLbkGVxmYoUUPu600mbkS0dkp3AXvkNXNuWM8mtfQs5272YsEr-evobbr_D0kCydllsDGx6DR3BV7zcC5ArtUzqcBh4KYP34ftj7unEBnqQy5Y8BvGJf1_c1-4BM/s320/DSCN1096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488022706896845394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMCEtoyUtgf6p3Tlbhl1_F6fw2hnLJRDfnrGyGjRfk7lpoRoFMmFOmJ4qj_n7n97PbtnAGiFPMP2TGmbd45N9oh47fX5PwdRmrkeLgeaZZWFYDVd6Uxvxai1CVeC0aiQZ8H6Nybm3MCg/s1600/DSCN1109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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