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Silent Sunday and Crabby Caption

October 21, 2012

These three pictures tell a story. I will let you tell it. What do you think was going on? Still tweaking my blog. Please leave a comment or suggestion on things that need improvement or you wish I was doing or perhaps I should stop doing. I know my topics are a little all over. [...]

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Birth of a Blog

September 2, 2012

By talking to myself I am ensuring my external hard drive keeps the memories that my mind sometimes cannot remember. When I looked back at my photographs I knew I needed to tell the story. My blog was born.

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She Knows I Am Laughing With Her

August 31, 2012

Someone quickly drop off a girl! I have all boys and our girl dog is suffering through me dressing her up

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Flowers for Hurricane and Lessons Learned

August 29, 2012

I grew up in the midwest and in fear of tornados that could form quickly and in the middle of the night. We moved to North Carolina during hurricane season.

It seems like such a gift that we know when a hurricane is coming, days in advance.

Katrina made me think.

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Summer Camp

August 20, 2012

I went to summer camp for the first time when I was their age.

That is what I kept chanting to myself every time I had the thought to throw them back into the car and drive them to Disney World so I wouldn’t have to leave them with strangers

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Creek Tips

July 22, 2012

  I love it when I come across something my boys have done that I didn’t know about. Here is a video our Peter shot at one of his special critter catching locations. The walk to the creek the time prior revealed a snake.  It looks like he went back with our big black rubber [...]

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An Update With Nothing Dead to Report

July 17, 2012

Our Tom Sawyer, (Peter) caught a squirrel with his live trap within four hours.

It was immediately let go after enjoying its apple.

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Frog Hunting With Kids During Summer Evenings

June 28, 2012

Sense of humor…Peter likes to take “frog orders” before he heads out. I say I would like a green tree frog and his brothers might say a bullfrog. Peter especially likes to watch people open the tote and see how many he has brought home. Below is poor Mitchell not expecting dad to pull giganto bullfrog out.

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The Father I Used to Have (and Sea Monkeys)

June 17, 2012

I finally am able to inhale enough to exhale a sentence from my hypervenhilating…
“YOU DRANK MY PET SEA MONKEYS!”
His face.
My God…his face.
His eyes were huge and his head led his body into the kitchen sink.

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The Turtle Has 1 Toe On 1 Foot, Like A Human, Wanna See It?

June 9, 2012

“The turtle had one toe on one foot, just like a human toe. Wanna see it?”

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