Photo Hunt - Glass

Theme: Glass

I was going to use this DC building photo for last week's "high" theme but got sidetracked and neglected to post. I think it works well for this week's theme too, so it's doing double duty - high glass! ;)

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Photo Hunt - Narrow

Theme: Narrow

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Charming, historic Frederick has numerous alleyways throughout the city, many of which barely accommodate the width of an automobile. A chubby horse would have a hard time navigating this very narrow one.

Photo Hunt - Old-Fashioned

Theme: Old-Fashioned

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Back in the day, we typed the old-fashioned way - on a manual typewriter... with paper. This trusty ol' Remington portable has been sitting in its case, in my garage for decades - about 35 yrs. The keys were covered in white mold, but as you can see, amazingly it still works - even the ribbon still has ink in it!

With its sticky keys, messy ribbon, bell to let you know you reached the end of a line, and manual carriage return, it's a far cry from the keyboards we now use, but we got the job done. There's still a lot to be said for old-fashioned technology.

Photo Hunt - Important

Theme: Important

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About this time every year, it's necessary to gather up your important papers (and maybe shake your piggy bank!) in preparation for getting those pesky tax forms out of the way...

Photo Hunt - Skinny

Theme: Skinny

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One for fat envelopes and one for skinny envelopes??

OR

a really skinny evergreeen...

Photo Hunt - Delicious

Theme: DELICIOUS

As the temperatures dip down into the teens in our area, the warmth and coziness from the fire is totally delicious!

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Saturday Photo Hunt #6: Technology

TECHNOLOGY

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Opted for a little 20th century progression of technology in the recording field for this week's theme... a 78 rpm, 33 rpm, 45 rpm, a cassette tape, and a CD. Don't own an iPod, so haven't joined the 21st century yet!

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Saturday Photo Hunt #5: Memory

MEMORY

There are few surfaces, in and around my home, that these wheels haven't rolled over. Picture, if you will, a tiny little girl, happily loading her babies, stuffed animals, and other treasures into (or on top of) her dolly stroller and taking them all for an afternoon outing.

A leisurely stroll through Mommaw's kitchen, dining room, living room, foyer, and back again to the kitchen, stopping now and then for a friendly chat with the lady of the house, was routine. Or, on nice days, it would be up and down the sidewalk, the driveway, or the street outside, cheerfully waving "hi" to passing neighbors and strangers. 'Round and 'round, back and forth - miles and miles. A vivid imagination and precious, sweet memories live in this little $10 toy.

It stays parked in our garage now, still and empty - with no little girl to fill it full of dollies, and no tiny little hands to come and take it for a walk. If you close your eyes though, and listen real hard, sometimes you can almost hear a little girl giggle and see a blue-haired Madeline dolly ready for her ride ...

That baby girl, my first-born grandchild, turns 21 years old this month. In a few more years her grown-up hands will, no doubt, be pushing a real stroller, loaded with a real baby - and creating a whole new set of memories.

But this stroller, and the memories it holds, will live in my heart forever.

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Saturday Photo Hunt #4: NEW

~ NEW ~

Instead of going with the obvious and posting photos of new presents from Christmas, I decided on a different interpretation of the theme:

A sweeping view of

a NEW day dawning

in my corner of the world.

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Saturday Photo Hunt #3: Lines... lines... and more lines...

This weeks theme: Lines

This piece lives in our bedroom and contains all kinds of lines - the clean, uncluttered lines of Scandinavian furniture, wood-grain lines, drawer separation lines. The more I looked, the more lines I found - the mirror, the curtains, the table... lines all over the place!

Merry Christmas!

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Saturday Photo Hunt #2: Annoying

Annoying:

Don't you just hate when you're making the bed, and in the attempt
to tuck the sheet/blanket in, you invariably manage to tuck the dust
ruffle in too so that your bed ends up looking something like this...

...instead of like this??

Most annoying! There's got to be a better way...

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt #1: Red...

Red ReDo - Some of the new red goodies in my redone red/white kitchen - especially like my cute red teapot, little ladybug scrubby holder, and cool compost canister.

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