Weekly Winners – Outdoors Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

The weather this week has been gorgeous so I’ve been outdoors most of it. Unfortunately many of my pictures did not come out. Still struggling to get used to my new camera and lens. However, I did manage to get a few I was happy with.

Look at you, madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water. ~Kabir
Water for a Dying Plant

“O Tiger-lily,” said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, “I wish you could talk!”
“We can talk,” said the Tiger-lily. “When there’s anybody worth talking to.” ~
Lewis Carroll
Drinking Deep

His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star. ~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
On the Hunt

Jellicle cats come out tonight, Jellicle cats come one come all, the Jellicle moon is shining bright, Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball. ~T.S. Eliot
Jellicle Moon?

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Clouded

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence. ~George Eliot
Nibbles

When I am happy, a sparrow’s chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet. ~John Ruskin
Perched

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ~Mark Twain
Daytime Bright

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fluttery-by

 

You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

 

That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!

 

Weekly Winners – Curves Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

Our neighbor asked us to store another car for a few days, one that he’s going to be painting. As long as this gorgeous car is hanging around, I figured I should get some pictures. It’s a ’67 Camaro. One car I would kill to have.

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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

 

That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!

 

Weekly Winners – Summertime Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

One week after my complaints about rain and cold, we got summertime. We played outside, drank kool-aid, and got dirty. Welcome to summertime!
And of course was my sons high honor of a batallion coin.

Jump Rope?
Jump Rope?

Roses
Roses

My Riley – ANTM cycle 22 will be hers.
Born Model

My Angel – ANTM won’t be calling w/ her on-camera antics
Punchy

KOOL-AID
Mmmm...kool-aid

Homemade Lemonade
Lemonade

Honorable
*Given to Brandon by a Scout Leader (also an army Colonel).
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

 

That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!

 

Weekly Winners – Rain Rain Go Away Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

So ready for it to feel more like summer than spring. Much rain and horrendous storms this week. Hail, tornadoes, all sorts of craziness. Oh, and we had a long day at the hospital thrown in there for good measure.
Have I mentioned? OY.

Budding Toward Summer
Budding Toward Summer

Seedlings
My Dill seedlings taking hold and growing faster than any of my other seedlings…
Seedlings

Drops
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Drops2

Drops1

Favorite Activity
Favorite Pasttime

Already Done
We were only waiting on the FIRST test of a very long day here. Angel was already VERY done.
Already Done

 

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That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!

 

Weekly Winners – Taking Great Strides Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

Today we walked in the Great Strides walk to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation…All of my pictures today are from and in honor of the walk. We’re still accepting donations, so if you have even a spare dollar to help us find a cure, click my button over there. Even though CFF is getting closer to a cure every year, even today we had a moment of silence in honor of a 17 year old that had lost her battle with the disease just last week.

Purple for the Cure
Purple for a Cure

Ready to Walk
Ready to Walk

Dropped
Dropped

Twisting to Throw
Twisting to Throw

Bracelets of Hope
Bracelets of Hope

Blow it Away
Blow it Away

Walking for a Cure
Walking for a Cure

Sunglasses Please
Sunglasses Please

Sprinting Ahead
In my small little team, the two that were my CF babies decided to race on ahead of the rest of us…and literally ran right out of sight.
Sprinting Ahead

 

You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

 

That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!

 

Weekly Winners – Greased Lightning Edition

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All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

For one night we got to keep a gorgeous beauty in our garage as a favor for our neighbor. Very few cars bring to mind the famous lines from “Grease”…but this car did for me. You are supreme, the chicks’ll

Rear View
Rear View

Lights On You
Lights on You

The Horse
The Horse

GT
GT

Hind Quarters
Hind Quarters

Details
Details

Shining Back
Shining Back

The Star of the Show
The Star

 

You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

 

That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!