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A Spring Walk
Several weekends ago, I took a lovely walk at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Not surprisingly, I came home with over 300 photos. It was so much fun! There was so much to see and marvel over. I...
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Grow A Good Mood
This week’s theme for Six Word Friday is “grow” – as in my mantra lately: Grow a good mood by choice. I’m having an above average number of grumpy days lately. It’s for many reasons, but the worst one...
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Enjoying The Nice Weather
Our weather continues to be unseasonably moderate. It’s been reasonable temperatures – only in the upper 70’s – and low humidity for the most part. It’s been wonderful and this weekend, we couldn’t...
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Lingering In The Moment
One of my mantras lately is to linger in the moment, whether I’m enjoying going out for breakfast before work, reading my book during lunch or anything else that I’m particularly enjoying. This is...
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Rusty Leaves
This week’s Six Word Friday uses the word “rusty” - Rusty leaves signals the autumn change. This was taken along the Snickersville Turnpike in Northern Virginia. This turnpike was originally intended...
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Today Is Brought To Me By
Taken at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia Today is brought to me by: The men and women of the labor force, who work hard to make a living and support their families (today is Labor...
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I Cannot Pass Up
Taken near Brown’s Island in Richmond, Virginia Things I can’t pass up: Books – love, love, love them. I can never have too many books. Bookstores – I have to check them out whenever I see one. Each...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Humanity
Farmer’s Market outside the Trellis Restaurant in Williamsburg, Virginia One of my favorite places to people watch is at the farmer’s market. There’s such a variety of people, from young families to...
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Got Rust?
Yesterday I nurtured my creativity taking a completely different type of photography. Instead of nature, I took industrial shots – rust to be specific. I’m taking a class on close-up photography from...
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Working A Day Job – Part 3
Looking to the east in Richmond, Virginia It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent
This week’s photo challenge was for descent – “a perspective looking down”. One of the most beautiful staircases I’ve ever seen is at the historic Jefferson Hotel, in downtown Richmond, Virginia....
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Smiles From Strangers
Brown’s Island in Richmond, Virginia. The photo is processed with a colored pencil effect using Topaz labs Impressions. I’m always surprised when strangers smile at me, even more so when they say...
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Seeking Closure
Train Cars on Brown’s Island, Richmond, Virginia; Stylized With Various Topaz Filters Including Grunge Desaturated My employer (well, former employer) has had a number of layoffs over the years....
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2104 Accomplishments
Here are some highlights from last year: My Favorite Posts Some of my favorite posts from 2014 were: A Gallery of My Daughter Growing Up – this was for a weekly photo challenge on endurance, of which I...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Scale
In 2012, the Richmond Virginia Art Community joined with national street artists to create murals on the flood walls along the James River Canal (media coverage is here and here). Because it was on...
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What Is Orange?
So what is orange? Orange is warmth and sunlight, whether on my face or basking in a smile from my daughter. My daughter in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. Orange is the glory of flowers, showing off their...
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The Joy of Common Work
Visitors Center at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia . . . Do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that duties and daily bread are the...
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Walls of Creativity, Part 1
During a recent visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Art (VMFA), I came across an exhibit of 20th and 21st Century Art. Although I’m often not a fan of what is in these galleries, they changed since...
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A Late Winter Walk
Path at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia The world is but a canvas to the imagination. – Henry David Thoreau A few days before the official start of spring, I took a walk at one...
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Time For A New Story
Isn’t my husband just handsome? Even if he is a bit impatient with me taking his picture. As May drew to a close, it became apparent to me that I needed to tell myself a new story. I need a story that...
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