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Christmas fun

22 December 2011
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My friend and photography mentor Christine made these, and I love the colors!

old school

15 September 2011
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do they still make these things? I saw this the other day in a restaurant bathroom, and it looked recently purchased. hmmm.

odd encouragement

17 May 2011
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this is curious on a couple different levels. do panda bears ride rocking horses and play with orange soccer balls? I have no idea. and the actual definition of independent, which may have been inspiring in the original language, doesn’t translate so well here. another fab random photo from Rachel. thank you!

yummy packaging

29 April 2011
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Fabulously packaged soaps made by Leap Organics. Thank you Cara for sending me these pics! xoxo

mommy and babies

28 March 2011
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Eden (age 3) drew this portrait of her mom, Bronwen, the other day.  In real life Bronwen has two kids, but Eden imagined many, many more babies — including one that Bronwen inexplicably manages to balance on her face. Sounds a bit tricky to me, but Bronwen’s quite talented; I’m fairly certain she could make [...]

roadside barn

20 October 2010
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always like driving past these on the way to the airport in Erie, PA.  Well done, PennDot!

cool turkey

20 October 2010
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isn’t he cool?

orange n’plum

18 October 2010
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This is a music box I saw in a thrift story in Oil City.  It’s inscribed with the phrase: Lil orange n’ plum, what chums they’ve become. Huh.  I wasn’t aware that they weren’t chums, but I’m glad they’ve patched up their differences.

wire panther

30 September 2010
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Nothing says, “Welcome to our home” quite like a wire-sculpture panther, pacing the yard.

by the river

28 September 2010
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At the park by the Allegheny river in Oil City.  Photo by my dad!