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    SNOW DAY!!

    March 5, 2013 - By 

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    The two best words when you are a kid.

    I don’t mind getting a call at 5:45AM when it’s that kind of news. Always makes I heart skip a beat until I know what it is though.

    We’ve been out and cleared round one of the snow but it’s coming down pretty fierce again.20130305_1483

    I had to get out the heavy machinery.  I like using the snow blower, to be completely honest.  But there’s always cleaning up to be done with the shovels anyway. Good thing I had two helpers today. 🙂

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    We tried to get Gracie to come explore in the snow but she wanted nothing to do with it after a few flakes hit the top of her head.

     

     

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    Now it’s time for a cup of tea…and hey, it’s Tuesday!

    Tea Tuesday…I haven’t been a part of that tradition in a long time.

    And then French Toast for lunch. Yum…I love breakfast for lunch.

  • Art - Blog - Creativity

    Children’s Literature

    March 4, 2013 - By 

    Children’s books are so much fun.  charlottesweb

    Silly stories, tales with a moral, social stories, nursery dairyofawormrhymes and so forth,  all have one idea in mind. To get kids reading or being read to by others.

    I volunteer in our elementary school library once a week and love to see those certain titles that are being checked out time and time again. They are sometimes tattered and torn…what I like to call, well loved.

    In my new altered book I’ll be highlighting some of my favorites. I’ve been throwing this idea around in my head for a while. Now I’ve finally gotten started.   veryhungrycaterpillar

    Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White…a classic.  I remember my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Clark, reading it to our class.

    Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin is one of the funniest kids books I’ve read. I get a chuckle just sitting here thinking about it.

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar is just one of many favorites by Eric Carle. Certainly the easiest to illustrate.

  • Blog

    Why I love Photoshop

    March 1, 2013 - By 

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    The slides I have been scanning aren’t in the best shape.

    This one was from 1951. Many of them are this blue hue. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to salvage the color and that I’d just have to make them into B&W images.

    Through the magic of Photoshop, I’ve been able to coax some of the original colors back. Now if I can just figure out how to tone down the brightness on my dad’s face without darkening the rest of the photo.