• Life In General,  Virginia

    I Do Not Like Spring Gnats!

    April 24, 2010 /

    I love these longer days……more daylight which equals the opportunity to take more sunset photos for me.  I apparently can’t get enough.  🙂  But I have to tell you, on this day, it was rough.  I was so excited when I pulled into the lot and jumped out of the car, camera in hand and ready to snap away.  The sky was beginning to turn these amazing colors…..the water was like glass.   I rushed down one of the piers, picked my spot and began to snap away.  I went to reposition myself, lowered the camera and OH.MY.GOD!  I can not even begin to explain the number of gnats that swarmed over me. …

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  • Gardens,  Life In General

    It’s That Time Again

    April 17, 2010 /

    If you have been visiting here for a while, you may remember I participated in The Great Sunflower Project last year.  In case you haven’t, the idea behind this project is by San Francisco State University is to gather data on urban, rural and suburban bee populations.  To participate, plant a certain type of sunflower plant and count the bees that visit during a specific amount of time.  I know…..yawn ~ how exciting.  But actually, it isn’t so bad.  Take a cold beverage and sit outside while you view and count ~ I can think of worse way to spend a day.  🙂 Because of increased participation, they have asked that you purchase your seeds…

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  • Life In General,  Miscellaneous

    Way Behind

    April 16, 2010 /

    It was my intent to catch up on uploading photos to my Flickr account while I was on vacation….that didn’t happen.  I decided I didn’t want to spend my vacation doing that….I liked visiting with my parents much better.  🙂 So I’m thinking tonight, why not work on catching things up.  It sounded like a plan so I sat down and began to go back in time to see where I left off.  I have  uploaded some random things here and there ~ but I soon discovered I am way, way behind!  I uploaded some October photos in December….and that was it.  I’m all the way back in November….the images in this post are a sampling…..yes…

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  • Life In General

    Home Again

    April 9, 2010 /

    We arrived home….safe and sound.  We traveled ahead of the storms that were heading for the east coast.  I spent a good part of the day today unpacking and cleaning…as well as resting.  Guess I’m not as young as I use to be….traveling wears me out a bit.  Hopefully I will have the opportunity to visit you all tomorrow as well as post some photos from my trip.

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