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Independence Day, 2008

July 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As my blog readers know, I’ve been having some equipment problems recently. For Independence Day, however, my camera raised a flag and celebrated the long-overdue Unity — out of 446 photographs Friday (taken in about three hours of straight shooting), I kept 309, starred 185, and multi-starred 90. Remarkable. More: The first four-star images in, [...]

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Rest of White Lightning

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Have been working back through photographs, and wanted to post the rest of these photographs on the road to catching up back gallery posts.
Especially love this photo of Trish:

Moment of Contemplation
Beautiful moment from a beautiful woman, perhaps thinking about some more beautiful things in her life. Glad to have caught it — thanks, Trish!

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On the One Hand….

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m caught up … with the design projects. Everything on the design “to do” list is current. Su-weet!
On the other hand … I’m like a month behind with photos. The list below is still pretty accurate, just not yet posted…;)
The “pretty accurate” refers to the Cherry Blossom stuff. Those who know me know that I [...]

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Catching Up.

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Been a “hella few months,” as they say around here.
Thankfully, finally, beginning to catch up. Here’s the to-post list, in order:

[the rest of] Conner’s Birthday
David’s Cocktail #1
David’s Cocktail #2
Sipsey (RI)
Cherry Blossom (TK, especially next Saturday’s street fair)

Should be done and posted within a few weeks, I’d say. Thanks for your patience.
Meanwhile, need to admit: been [...]

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Two Videos

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

…in honor of Carey’s 40th.
The first is from the party itself, and the subject of the “post of regrets” earlier — and funny. The bzzzzzzt-oooooHHHOOO sound will be with me for a long while — in a good way…;)
Also, check out the clip on HGTV regarding the WaterWorks. Very cool.
Thanks, Carey!

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