A Winter Wonderland…

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Getting Ready {Scavenger Hunt Sunday}

The big day is coming….and all preparations are moving along here in the Cass house.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

1. Sparkly
A wise woman puts sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. ~Helen rowland
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Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way. ~Unknown
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2. Door

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. ~Charles A. Dana
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3. Decorate
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. ~Unknown
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ~Buddha
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4. Stripes
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. ~William Shakespeare
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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~Kahlil Gibran
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5. A Few of My Favorite Things
If ballet were easy they’d call it football. ~Unknown
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If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever. ~Winnie the Pooh
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Winter Crawls In {Scavenger Hunt Sunday}

Winter has crept in slow and steady – with rain and warm temps.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

1. Season
Tis the Season for Bokeh galore
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2. Colorful
The editing phase has begun…it involves much colors & highlighting.
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3. Weather
Warm days and rain are not normal weather for December.
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4. Silhouette
Winter Silhouette’s against a night sky
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5. Calm
Nothing calms like a cup of warm milk.
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Miscellany & Sundry {Scavenger Hunt Sunday}

A few planned photos & a trip to the zoo rounded out my week.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

1. Vision
The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake. ~Leonardo da Vinci
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The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that everything was white. ~William Blake
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2. Strong
The grizzly bear is huge and wild. ~A.E. Housman
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Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from indomitable will. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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3. Buttons
I call him buttons. Buttons the fish.
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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. ~Frank Lloyd Wright
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4. Map
Home is not where you live but where they understand you. ~Christian Morganstern
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The cheetahs pace a mapwork of paths through the tall grass
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5. Favorite Fruit
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ~Thomas Fuller
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Goodness comes out of people that bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire. ~Charles Dudley Warner
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Family Time {Scavenger Hunt Sunday}

Family time is always good on the weekend.  Games, movies, pumpkins, reading time – it’s all fun and games.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

1. Orange or Pink
We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins, but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles Lindbergh
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2. Faceless Portrait
Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Do whatever you do intensely. ~Robert Henri
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3. View From the Top
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. ~William Shakespeare
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~Henry David Thoreau
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4. Cozy
The little one was so determined to snuggle with Daddy, that she sat through a scary movie to do it – after all, what’s safer than daddy’s arms?
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The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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5. Stacked

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to play the game. ~Voltaire
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Since I’m addicted to quotes w/ my images I’ve started to link to the Sunday Citar over at Fresh Mommy Blog w/ my photo posts every Sunday. It’s a great way to combine two of my loves 🙂

You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.