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Outside My Window ~ 11.18.2012
Outside my window…is a cold and windy evening. The day started out with blue skies but windy and cool…the clouds moved in and it ended with gray skies, windy and cold. Right now we are about 54°F and the winds are at 16 mph with gusts up to 23 mph. There is a coastal flood advisory in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. No rain this weekend but there is some forecast for around midnight tonight with our low temperatures a couple of degrees cooler than we are right now. Tomorrow will be about the same as today, a high in the mid 50’s and lows in the mid 40’s. Thanksgiving…
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Gazebo at Sunset
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Outside My Window ~ 11.4.2012
Outside my window…is another cloudy Sunday. Fortunately there is no rain in the forecast however we are expecting another nor’easter to develop off the North Carolina coast this coming week. It is not expected to be near the strength Sandy was but it will be enough of a nuisance with the cold winds and rain…rain we really don’t need at this point. There are areas that are still quite saturated from the storm last week. At 8:00 this evening we are currently at 39°F with calm winds. We are basically at our forecast low for the night. I probably should have brought some of my plants back into the house…
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Wordless Wednesday
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September 2012 Free Desktop Calendar
I have really got to figure out a way I can get these done prior to the 1st of the month….I’m generally thinking about it, but before I know it the day is upon me and I’m not prepared. 😳 There are two free desktop calendars this month…..the first is one of my morning glories… To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. The next one is a a scene I caught in an industrial office area…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six…
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Outside My Window ~ 8.26.2012
Outside my window…at 5:45 this evening it is pouring rain, thunder and lightening…..for the last hour. We are currently at 75°F with a flood advisory until 7:00 this evening….and a pollen alert? Seriously….pollen? The rain is forecast to stop around 8:00 this evening. There is a section of my street that is already flooding again. Yesterday morning we received three inches of hard rain in three hours and it flood a good deal of our region. When I last checked early yesterday we had received 3.54 inches of rain….I don’t know what the final tally was for my area, let’s just say I have two very full rain barrels. …
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Wordless Wednesday
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Being Still
I sent out an email to family and friends recently and told them I was “amazed that it is already August…this year has just flown by as far as I’m concerned. It makes me almost dizzy when I look back at the year and remember certain events and highlights…and the summer, almost a blur! I have come to the conclusion that I don’t always have to be doing something….it is ok to be still. Sometimes it is nice to just sit…to look around and really see…to take a moment to listen to the sounds of life. I’m practicing enjoying silence….enjoying just being still.” I was recalling a night recently when thoughts were…
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Antique In Black & White
In May 2012, there was an antique car show on the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. I work not too far from there and walked over during my lunch hour to take a few photographs. While post processing the images, I opted for black and white for the majority of the images. Yesterday I included the few color images I processed, today I am highlighting the black and white. I was a little taken with the hood ornaments. 😀
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July 2012 Free Desktop Calendar
There are two free desktop calendars to choose from this month….the first ~ To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. And the second calendar…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Most of you know the drill, but just in case….click the link and choose “save” or “save as”. Make sure you take note where the file is saved. After the download is complete, go to your saved…