happy sad occasion

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^ ha, this has nothing to do with the happy sad occasion, which was the august 08 school of discipleship graduation (with gfa.) this is the project i’m helping with. researching selling barbies and hot wheels cars.

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^ the cake we picked up at costco

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^ during the graduation

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^ ice cream! there was ice cream! i don’t EVER remember there being ice cream for us to eat at a gfa event, except maybe at friday night prayer when there was ice cream with warm brownies, and when auntie betty had it for us at lunch.

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^ melissa dancing around with jenna

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^ rylee, jenna and asa all got balloons. i got a balloon too, but i inhaled the helium from it instead of tying it around my wrist.

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^ micah was a little present

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desk thursday

desk thursday, photos

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/deskthursday/

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warm blur

photos, stories, words

i scanned these in today… they’re all from my 35mm slr.

^ when it was really golden at sunset after a storm

^ when the guys came over for dinner

^ ponies against army men

^ melissa with her new camera

^ after tuesday night prayer

^ process of changing our room

^ cassie, sharlena, and clara at broken arrow bible ranch probably 5 or so years ago [found the rolls of film and developed/printed them]

more will be shared in the future!

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father, hear me when i call on your name, answer me now

quotes

“People try to understand me, like they try to understand science. But there is ALWAYS something they just don’t get.”
-Audra O’Brien.

Yay! Audra is coming to our house on the 9th and will stay till the 11th.

best bookstore in the world

photos, stories, thoughts, words

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^ books

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^ more books

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^ melissa. i’m realizing how amazing this picture would be if i cropped out the ceiling. i’m gonna have to do that.

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^ melissa’s favorite little room

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^ amy’s chair. yes, she is home! if only for the weekend. she brought many fun/crazy/awesome friends.

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^ my Diana F+ lomography book

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^ melissa’s dress is so perfect for taking pictures of. she is too. and, of course, there’s the guy with the cool beard.

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the bookstore, called Recycled i think, is on north locust street in denton. it’s in an old opera house. it’s really mazy, like the antique store in downtown carrollton. but more so.

so this week my aim is to take photos on a roll of film… with only my fisheye lens on. yeah.

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road map.

picnic

a day in the life, photographic journeys, photos, stories, words

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we took the wagon with all our stuff.

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swinging

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playing in the creek

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crawfish claws and body parts…

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fun pose

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i was using that pillow.

quilts and grass and rain

photos, stories, words

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^ i made a quilt for a friend who’s having a baby… and had a photoshoot with it outside.

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^ grass.

i’m so glad mom taught me how to quilt.

and, our garden seems to be doing okay after the big rainstorm we had. the ground is still rather damp, though, so i didn’t water today. and i try to miss the mud under the swing when i’m swinging.

a day in the life.

a day in the life, photos, stories, words

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^ these pants used to be… pants. like, down to the ankle pants. that must have been long ago.

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^ breakfast: cereal, cantaloupe, and brown cow yogurt.

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^ breakfast number 2: eggs.

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^ baby quilt for a friend

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^ made while babysitting: gingerbread cookies, with [homemade!] vanilla icing, and eyes.

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^ they came in from the pool to decorate the cookies. first they iced them, then the icing had to harden. and they were watching it harden. then they painted them with edible watercolor icing.

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