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I Heart Faces – Best of March

This is a photo I took last month of my grandson, Kole, at the beach. We had an unseasonably warm day and it seemed like the perfect chance to let Kole run off some energy. We’re teaching him early on … Continue reading

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Describing Wilmington, North Carolina

Today’s topic on The Daily Post is to describe the town where you grew up. I was born in, and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, where I still live today. I wrote about how much I love my hometown … Continue reading

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Yee Haw, Y’all!

I’m so thrilled, so flabbergasted, so excited  cain’t hardly BREATH, y’all! Today was one of those Red-Letter-Mark-Your-Calender Days –  I got chosen to be on the front page of WordPress’s Freshly Pressed! What makes it so gooses-bumpy excitin’ is that … Continue reading

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Signs in My City

I chose these images for Sunday in My City, a photo forum that has folks posting pictures on Sunday of their cities. To visit other cities, click on the button and link up with photos of your own town. Yesterday I … Continue reading

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Aha! My First Slide Show

Today’s topic on The Daily Post is to post something about an Aha! moment. I was going to ignore that and post a few pictures I’ve been saving  instead. But then I had a genuine Aha! moment. On New Year’s … Continue reading

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How I Spent My New Year’s Day

After enduring over a week of temperatures in the 20′s at night, we woke up Saturday to a wonderful, warm day with a high of 70F. We worked New Year’s Eve, our usual 12 hour shift, until 7am. That means … Continue reading

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My Favorite Place in the World in Sepia

Do you have a special place that you love, more than any other spot in the world? Maybe you are like Dorothy in the Wiazard of Oz, and think that “there is no place like home.” Or maybe you are … Continue reading

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Capturing Bits of Red in Wilmington, NC

The HENRIETTA III, an authentic tour and dinner riverboat,  is a constant and familiar part of the scenery on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, NC. She is docked at the foot of Dock and Water Streets, on The Riverwalk, … Continue reading

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A Tour of Photo Forums, not Memes

This week’s Spin Cycle topic is “Memes.” I’ve been participating in various photo memes forums, almost from the first weeks I discovered blogging. As my son Kyle said, it gives me a place to showcase the thousands of photos that … Continue reading

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Sepia Scene

I’ve just discovered that Mary the Teach has another photo blog, besides Ruby Tuesday. It is called Sepia Scenes. Every Thursday, she post a picture in sepia, and invites everyone else to do the same. She also has a tutorial … Continue reading

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