Tag Archives: Scoot

~:: Rest of the Springy Thing ::~

We have always kept a line between the candy eggs on Saturday and maybe real eggs on Sunday, though why dyed eggs, real or not, should count as appropriate on such a deeply significant holy day, I’m not sure I … Continue reading

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~:: The Spring Thing ::~

Rewind: Easter Part 1 – Outside Chaz came home with a surprise for me—plush peeps. Even though these will NOT dry out and become a crusty delight, they are dang cute. And here we are: an ancient scene somewhat reduced. … Continue reading

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~:: The Payoff ::~

This weekend is one of my two favorite ones on the year.  My very favorite weekend is the first one in October.  These are the times when my faith celebrates its general conference, when folks all over the planet listen … Continue reading

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first spring –

I always wait till there’s not enough light to shoot decently by, and then neither one of these wiggly people will hold still enough.  But you really do have to shoot forsythia in spring – it’s heart-healthy.  Traditionally, I shoot … Continue reading

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Two-fer

In honor of the fact that Gin is HERE, or has been (who has time to post things when they could be hanging with the angels?), and that it was kind of her birthday, we hauled out the ancient garland … Continue reading

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Vanishing act

 [And now, a political message from our sponsor]              I need Jimmy Stewart.  I need him bad.   You remember him in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?  Just a regular guy, a Boy Scout leader, who finds government thrust upon him … Continue reading

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