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Rainy winter night
Today was one of those grey rainy winter days where I don’t want to leave the house unless absolutely necessary. And except for a dash to take trash out, I hunkered down and avoided leaving the house today. My youngest… Continue reading
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Christmas Lights
Today we took a drive around our neighborhood to look at the Christmas light displays. I didn’t get too many pictures as I was driving, but I did pull over a few times to snap a few pics. It was… Continue reading
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Inktober day 8
Today’s Inktober prompt was ‘hike.’ the obvious choice would be a person taking a hike, but as that is exactly what I did for the ‘Trek’ prompt on Sunday, I brainstormed some other options. I settled on the football snap… Continue reading
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Art and lemonade pt2
Today was another on and off rainy day for our Art and lemonade sale. After a slow first hour my son’s lemonade stand started getting a few customers. I was still without a sale until my mom stopped by and… Continue reading
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Front yard Art Sale day one
Today was our first day of our second annual art and lemonade sale during the citywide garage sale. We painted a colorful abstract painting together, as well as ourselves a bit too, to use as our sign. Leif really enjoyed… Continue reading
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Beautiful Day on the Water
We had a beautiful day today without much wind and waves, so it was a perfect day for a boat ride. The sun was out for most of our trip, but at one point on the way back home it… Continue reading
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Stormy Horizon
Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a boat ride on Lake St Clair. We were just discussing how fast the weather conditions can change on LSC, when nature decided to give us an example. On… Continue reading
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After the storm
Today was supposed to be our art club’s Paint-out at George George Park, but the weather didn’t cooperate. The rain really was coming down, about 2 inches in just a couple hours. Our street was flooded much of the afternoon… Continue reading
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Fire on my mind
Today I wasn’t sure what I was going to paint when I started, but my mind must have been thinking of the wildfires in Oregon. Last summer our sky was hazy and you could smell the smoke and fumes from… Continue reading
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Happy Summer Solstice
Summer storms and heat waves greeted us this week here in Michigan to welcome in the official beginning of summer. In addition to celebrating Summer we also took my father-in-law out for a belated Father’s Day dinner. We went to… Continue reading








