Tag Archives: family

No Travel Posts This Week

Hopefully by next week I should be back to posting about our travels on the Blue Ridge Parkway and two other national parks. But this week I am in my happy Nana zone with a certain six year old artist. … Continue reading

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View from the 12th floor

I’ve just returned from my first trip back to my hometown and my family (and on an airplane) since October of 2019. It was a much needed and welcomed visit but also a bit strange. I had lost my packing … Continue reading

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New Life

I’m a great great grand Nana to five cuddly squeaky adorable American Bully puppies. My grandson’s dog gave birth yesterday to the fiesty bunch and I wish I could be there to hold them. We are in the process of … Continue reading

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Memorial Day and memories sparked by the movie Battleship

(This is a repost from 2012 with some editing) Today is Memorial Day;  a day when we here in the states honor and remember those men and women who have served in the various branches of the military and ultimately … Continue reading

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What is love?

Is it really one of those philosophical metaphysical questions or is it really simple when you don’t try to quantify it too stringently?  This week our home has been “invaded” by a horde I call my family.  Also known as … Continue reading

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Sleep in heavenly peace…

I could easily have put him in his crib when he fell asleep in my arms but I wanted to absorb every single moment of time I had with him.  There is nothing in this world so precious as a … Continue reading

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Something different

This weekend I did a different kind of photo shoot and now I’m in the depths of editing.  So what kind of shoot was it?  It was a maternity session!  First maternity shoot for me with first time parents to … Continue reading

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Special Delivery

Did you know that UPS delivers babies now? Fancy that!  But really, I am back (although not quite organized yet – the email I have to sort through is unreal) and missing the family greatly.  Especially this sweet little four … Continue reading

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Happy and Melancholy

This weekend has been very busy around Casa de Dashfield.  DH celebrated another trip around the sun which we celebrated by taking him out to dinner at his favorite restaurant and surprising him with a birthday cake – and no … Continue reading

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Babysitting

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much.  That’s because I’m busy being a very happy Nana helping take care of the little 3 week old sweetie that’s in my lap here.  I may pop in occasionally but … Continue reading

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