Tag Archives: life

Celebration time come on!

I’m taking some time off to celebrate a special day that is coming up this weekend – my birthday.  Go me! Go me! Go me!  While a part of me is stunned that my odometer is turning over to “certain” … Continue reading

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Bye for now…

Taking a bit of a break for a family gathering and won’t be back until some time next week.  Try not to get into too much trouble while I’m away and if you do – take good photos and write … Continue reading

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Lavender

Not the plant but the color; that being a pale tint of violet.  When we were dating he would often meet me at the airport with a bouquet of roses (at the time we had a midwest/east coast romance going … Continue reading

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Good News – Bad News

Good news first.  Thanks to all of you wonderful people around the globe I now have 1000 followers! Yippee – tosses confetti into the air.  While some of you are more interactive than others and I absolutely love when you … Continue reading

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A Special Message

Today I won’t be doing a wordless Wednesday because today is a special day and I have a message and request for you.  Today would’ve been my mother’s 99th birthday (I was a late in life “bonus baby” or as … Continue reading

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Missing You

We as frail human beings take too many things for granted but we shouldn’t. What we can pray for, be hopeful for, to be blessed with is another tomorrow. It is perfectly normal to miss things and people that is … Continue reading

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Los personas de Key West (The people of Key West)

There is a fantastic blog and book called Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton which chronicles through photography and writing the people of New York.  How he does it and how he has done it (by that I mean … Continue reading

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Hopefully the last day of #$%& cold

There were a few things that I learned yesterday about cold temperatures – there will always be someone who has colder temps and others who have not as cold temps but because they are not used to it they will … Continue reading

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Wakey wakey…

One sign of a devoted hobbyist or professional photographer is that they will do just about whatever it takes to get “THE” shot.  That may involve inclement weather, waiting out something or someone, getting grubby, taking many many shots, going … Continue reading

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Mr. Chapman

Duval Street in Key West, Florida runs north and south from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic and in that famous stretch of a bit over one mile road  you will find Victorian mansions, plenty of bars, restaurants, touristy … Continue reading

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