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If I Only had a Heart!

February 10, 2014 If I Only had a Heart!    Hearts!  When I see that sweet geometric shape, my heart (the anatomical variety) does a happy little leap.  Hearts have always held a fascination with me, stemming from (I think…) … Continue reading

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Football, the Super Bowl, and John Madden’s Super Bowl Stew

January 23, 2014   Football, the Super Bowl, and John Madden’s Super Bowl Stew   Me, enjoying Monday Night Football at a cold FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland The San Francisco 49ers vs. The Washington Redskins November 25, 2013   … Continue reading

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Baby It’s Cold Outside

January 6, 2014   Baby It’s Cold Outside   “Chillin’” in the igloo in my backyard, built by my son, Chandler and his buddy, Max.   With a cold snap sweeping the U.S. this week, winter weather is utmost on … Continue reading

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Counting the Days till Christmas

December 6, 2013 Counting the Days till Christmas Don’t you just love Christmas movies? Me, too! :o) Call me a Christmas traditionalist, but I wait to indulge in all that is Christmas, including holiday movie viewing, until that final float of the … Continue reading

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Free Thanksgiving Printable

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” Arthur Carlson WKRP in Cincinnati “Turkey’s Away”  

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Annette’s Thanksgiving

Annette’s Thanksgiving Doris Lee’s Thanksgiving (1935) The Art Institute of Chicago Photo courtesy of http://mommyofamonster.com/2012/11/thanksgiving-recipes.html  This painting is a favorite of mine! It is so homey, so cozy. It reminds me of dinners at my grandparent’s farmhouse when I was … Continue reading

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London!

November 8, 2013   London!    At the London Eye chatting with “David Beckham” January 2013   England swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bicycles, two by two, Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben, The rosy red cheeks … Continue reading

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Jolly Old England

November 4, 2013 Jolly Old England   Enjoying a visit to York on a Sunny, Breezy, Sunday September Day, 2013 As I stood groggily in line at the early morning hotel breakfast buffet, the gentleman ahead of me smiled and … Continue reading

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Happy Not -So- Very- Scary Halloween

October 25, 2013 Happy Not -So- Very- Scary Halloween Not actually a Halloween costume, but dressed up for a sorority look-alike contest with my daughter in 2011.  Autumn is my favorite season, and all that goes along with it: The … Continue reading

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The Quiet Man’s Ireland-Day 2, or A Day Fit for a “Quiet Man Crazy”

  October 18, 2013   Peeking from behind a tree, a Maureen O’Hara pose ala The Quiet Man, next to the Danaher House The Quiet Man’s Ireland-Day 2, or  A Day Fit for a “Quiet Man Crazy”  I have read … Continue reading

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