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LOAD: Days 9 & 10

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When I finished the travel journal, I had a pile of duplicate photos laying on my desk. (Don’t ask how that happened!) I’ve been wanting to use this Sunday Sketch from the Studio Calico blog for a long time now, and these photos worked perfectly. All the supplies except the alphabet (also Studio Calico) came from the June Studio Calico kit. 

Here’s the sketch:

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I followed the sketch almost exactly, changing only the size of the layout to a 12 X 12.

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One thing I’ve forced myself to do recently is to cut up sheets of patterned paper for layouts. I used to hesitate to do that but I think it was Shimelle who encouraged using the papers you love as you need them. This time to save as much as I could I cut the 12 X 12 sheets down to 8.5 X 11 so I have a another base for a layout if I want it, and then cut the strips.

I started with a sketch for the next layout as well. One from Lisa Day’s class at BPC called “28 Days of Sketches.” It was one of many courses that I wasn’t able to keep up with, but I printed all the sketches and put them in a notebook to use later.

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The journaling which talks about the bond Caleb and Matt made during their first visit is on a journaling card tucked behind the right-hand photo.  All the supplies here came from various Studio Calico kits, most from May and June. It feels good to make use of these kits in a timely manner. 

Once I finished the layout, I had some scraps laying on the table, and got a birthday card for a friend (male) completed. I still have some more scraps, so you are likely to see another similar card soon. 

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The card base is a ready-made Hero Arts card. The rest is from Studio Calico except the twine and the sentiment (both Papertrey Ink.)

The Travel Journal–LOAD: Days 7 & 8

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Before we left for Oregon, I pulled out an Amy Tangerine Sketchbook to use as a travel journal. I decorated the cover, but didn’t do much else since the pages are already designed for you to some extent. One thing I’ve learned after two attempts to scrap as I travel:  I don’t. It helps to have it ready when I get home, but there’s no point in taking it with me. 

I found the sketchbook a bit difficult to work with. Some of the pages are so small, and I wasn’t sure what to do about the photographs. Then I found a digital template by Jennifer Wilson that had 12 Polaroid-type frames. They worked perfectly. I also found I had to work both from the front and from the back to be sure I had everything laid out in chronological order. Editing and printing the photos took the better part of my creative time on Day 7. I don’t think the photos need much explanation so here’s a photo-heavy post of  most of the project.

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This is the front cover, and the inside of the back cover. I made a pocket to hold the postcards I purchased.

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In the end, I was pleased with the project. I have another slightly larger sketchbook of the same design which I will use, but I probably wouldn’t purchase another one. 

LOAD: Days 5 & 6

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I’ve been doing a pretty good job of staying on top of my self-imposed LOAD project this month, but not such a good job of getting them posted. We’ve been busy in the yard and garden which badly needed our attention. This weekend I’ll probaby have to take a break from LOAD as I’m involved in a focus group that meets Friday night and all day Saturday. In addition, Matt is coming home for a long weekend. I’m always happy to have him here, even though most of his time will be spent with Betsy and Skylar.

So here are two more layouts. Days 7 & 8 are a travel journal I completed about our recent trip to Oregon. I have the photos taken, but not edited for the blog. Soon . . .

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I wanted to get a layout done about our weekend in Washinton, D.C. I started with a photo template by Kitty Designs. Since there were a lot of photos, I kept the rest of the layout pretty simple–just some journaling and a tag from Ormolu and two flags from Basic Grey. The chipboard alpha is one of my favorites from the Amy Tangerine line by American Craft.

The journaling reads:

The impetus for the weekend get-away was an exhibition of Annie Leibovitz’s photographs entitled, “Pilgrimage,” which was showing at the Smithsonian American Museum. No photographs were allowed at the exhibit. The photographs filled just two or three rooms, but were so interesting especially since they were such a departure from her usual portraits. I’d like to own the exhibit book someday.

 The weekend turned out perfectly: gorgeous weather and not too many crowds. I had plenty of time to capture photos of the Washington monuments. The last time we were there, I took a whole roll of photos without realizing I had no film in my camera! I’ve been waiting for another opportunity for over 20 years. The icing on the cake was meeting up with Susan and Eric whom we hadn’t seen in nine years.

 from top to bottom, left to right: Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Memorial, Pentagon Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Building from the Old Post Office tower, the Supreme Court, the fountain at the  World War II Memorial, one of the fountains at the FDR Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the C&O Canal in Georgetown

The next layout has been in a file “to scrap” for over a year, and was a lot of fun to make.

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The patterned paper is Echo Park’s “Dots and Things,” and the cardstock thickers are from American Craft. I’d forgotten I had them in my stash, but was delighted to find a black and white polka-dotted alpha. I also had an old Making Memories brad with black and white polka-dots. I made the cow embellishments with the die from On the Farm by Papertrey Ink.

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The most important part of this journaling points out how Tracy goes to great lengths for me to get a photograph. This is not out of character at all, and often it is he who asks if he’d like me to pull over so I can take a picture. Before he pointed them out in Massachusetts, I’d never heard of Oreo cows.

Ten Things: Newport, OR

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I recently took an online photography class from Kat Sloma at Kat Eye Studio. I’ve known Kat for several years through a photography site, but had never taken one of her classes. When she offered “A Sense of Place” in April, I knew the time was right. I love to photograph when we’re traveling, and we had upcoming trips to Washington, D.C. and Oregon. I hoped she’d provide some inspiration and information about capturing those places we visit more effectively. I was not disappointed. The eight week course was packed with thought-provoking information, and beautiful photographic examples. Ironically, because I was traveling, I wasn’t able to participate in the class as fully as I hoped. I did read each lesson as it arrived, however, and was able to incorporate some of it. In the next few weeks, I hope to return to each of the lessons and complete all of the written and photographic assignments Kat included in the lessons. It’s material I’ll return to again and again.

One of the things that has always interested me in travel photography are the details that make a place different from the place where I live. Newport is a harbor town, so you’d expect to see photographs of boats and fishing gear. I did capture some of those, but what really captivated me in Newport was the community artwork painted on the walls of the buildings along the main street. So without further ado, here is a look at Newport.

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Not surprisingly, Newport has many fish packing plants. I loved the way the pipes had been painted such bright colors.

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And now for the community artwork:

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This is one of my favorite shots. I love the contrast of the bright red truck with the blue boat, and the sense of scale that it lends to the mural.

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I’m linking this to Shimelle’s Ten Things. You’ll find lots of interesting posts linked up here.

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Three Cards

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I’ve been having fun with the new Papertrey Ink stamps “On the Farm.” Like several other bloggers, I thought at first I wouldn’t use this set very much, but by the time the release posts were over, I realized there were a lot more ways to use a set of farm images than I imagined. The first one is cased from K and R Designs. I made it for our friend who celebrated his birthday over Memorial Day. The inside sentiment reads:  “Herd it was your birthday!”

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I finally used a 6X6 stencil “Mini Chicken Wire” from Crafter’s Workshop that I picked up awhile ago. I sponged Tim Holtz “Antique Linen” ink over it and distressed the edges of the card with PTI’s tea dye inks (my favorites for distressing.) The patterned paper is from MME’s “Everyday Fun Day” 6X6 paper pad, and the dies are “On the Farm” and “Spiral Notebook Page.” The twine is PTI as well.

The next card uses the same set for a baby card that I based on Ashley Cannon Newell’s card posted during the release.  One of my best friend’s son and wife just had a 9.1 pound baby boy. I ended up cutting the hen and her chick with the Silhouette since the die and stamps were the wrong orientation for what I wanted. The card is from Paper Source and all the patterned paper were scraps from an old piece of Making Memories “Pitter Patter.”

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I wanted a card for my friend and her husband which I tucked into a bag with some board books for the new grandson.

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This one uses PTI’s “Bitty Baby Blessings” set, always a good standby. I used two different Spellbinder dies for the mats and handcut the onsie. The card is from Paper Source and both of the patterned papers were in my scrap file.

Encouragement and Thanks

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I needed some encouragement cards and a thank you note. When I got home from Oregon, I made a list of some of the stamp sets I haven’t used recently and decided to pull one of them out. All four cards were made with “Four of a Kind” (Papertrey Ink), a set that was available only to people shopping at CHA a couple of years ago. Some of the sentiments came from “Floral Frenzy,” another set on my list.

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The patterned papers were from A Muse, Memory Box, and Basic Grey’s “Wisteria.” The pearls and gems from A Muse, Michael’s, and Queen & Co. 

All four cards are in the mail. It’s a sad fact that I have too many friends in need of encouragement right now. The thank you was for a very lovely birthday gift from a friend.

LOAD: Days 3 & 4

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Here are the latest layouts of the grandchildren. 🙂 

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Patterned paper:  “Pink Quatrafoil” (both sides) Style Essential (Echo Park), “Green Flourish,” Style Essential (Echo Park), and “Metropolitan” (American Craft) for the title; Silhouette, Stamps: Lawn Fawn and Papertrey Ink; punch:  Knock-out heart scallop (American Craft); Flower: unknown from stash.

We bought this hat for Skylar in the gift shop of the International Rose Garden in Portland. Her middle name is Rose, so we knew we wanted to find something for her there. This was perfect, and I do think she’s pretty cute in it.

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Patterned paper: “Everyday Moments” (Teresa Collins); Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White; Alpha: Puffy (American Craft); stickers: Pebbles.

One of Tracy’s first jobs when we arrived in Oregon was to hang Caleb’s new jumper. The jumper was a huge hit, and provides Caleb with a much needed way to burn off some excess energy! The journaling reads:

Today’s version is called “Mighty Muscle Builder,” but in Sarah and Matt’s baby days it was the “Jolly Jumper.” I much prefer the older name, and it certainly suits Caleb as he is definitely a jolly jumper. From the moment Tracy hung it up, Caleb has loved it. None of the photos here really capture his joy, but we have several videos that do. Furthermore, I think it helps tire him out. Since he’s a fussy sleeper, anything that contributes to a good night’s sleep is wonderful.


May in Review and LOAD

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I’ve kept up with a Photo-a-Day now for five months, two months longer than I’ve ever done before, and I’m  committed to seeing it through. I love popping all the photos into Ali’s monthly template and writing a review of the month. 

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I think you can click on the layout to see it better. I follow the daily prompts when they seem to fit or when I’m feeling uninspired. The rest of the time, I focus on what we’re doing. The patterned paper is Bella Blvd, the cute tags from Ormolu, the camera stamp from Studio Calico, and the chevron die for the tag from Papertrey Ink.

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Here’s this month’s journaling which I put on the “pull-out” tag. I added the little stamp “pull here” from Papertrey Ink’s “Movers and Shakers” set:

May was a fabulous month! Our trip to Oregon was as perfect as could be—two cross-country flights with no delays, Caleb’s baptism, a week with Sarah & Caleb, and along weekend with Adam & Matt as well! Mother’s Day & my birthday were celebrated with the whole family—nothing makes me happier!

We spent two days driving up the coast of Oregon & were treated with bright, sunny days. Oregon’s coast is even more stunning that California’s. We finished our trip in Portland, visiting with Jessica & her family, & dinner with Mason & Meghan. An hour or so at Powell’s Bookstore, a self-guided tour of City Hall, & a visit to the Portland Art Museum were highlights. Lots more to see and do!

We ended the month with lots of plant-buying & gardening, including a trip to Ithaca to the Farmer’s Market, always a favorite day trip. Had a great lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant, Rio Tamatlin.

 I finished two books in May:  Thinking About Memoir, & Unless It Moves the Human Heart. Mary & I enjoyed Jennifer Haigh’s talk at Arts & Lectures, and Tracy & I saw a great  Bonnie Raitt concert. Karen & I celebrated our birthdays with dinner at Bennuci’s, I shared meals with Nancy & Mary, & on Memorial Day we helped celebrate Bill Jones’ birthday.

 I’m well into Ali’s class 31 Things, but I’m not sure quiet how I’ll “publish” it. Kat’s Sense of Place has been a fabulous class with lots of thought-provoking ideas about photography. The material here will keep me busy most of the summer. I still need to finish up the Cut Above cards class, & the first of two Silhouette classes with Kerri Bradford. 

There wasn’t a lot of time for creative pursuits at the crafting table, but I did manage to create one layout and ten cards.

I’ve been participating in Simple As That‘s monthly review as well, and I added some photos to that collage that didn’t make it in the POTD collage. I love the photo of Matt and Caleb watching a golf tournament on TV–the same look of concentration. Skylar Rose’s photo will be showing up in a layout sometime soon, as will a series of  Caleb jumping in his “Jolly Jumper.”

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I never posted April’s since we left early in May for our trip, so here it is as well.

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Participating in LOAD in February was a great experience, and although there was another session in May, I knew I couldn’t do it then. So I’m doing my own version this month since I have so many photos that need to be scrapped. The May layout above is today’s. Yesterday I created this one.

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This one didn’t photograph terribly well. The colors are a bit brighter than they show here. It’s much truer in the detail shot below. (Both taken at the same time with the same light; go figure.) The patterned paper is MME “Follow Your Heart,” and I added five rows of Washi tape to it to create a border. I think both rolls of Washi came in Studio Calico kits, but I’m not sure. The tag definitely came in a kit, and I backed the cut-out with cardstock from my stash file. The alphabet is October Afternoon.

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The journaling reads: Caleb was perfecting his smile while we were in Oregon, but despite many attempts, I never captured one like this. Adam posted Caleb’s five month portrait on Facebook this week, and I just had to get it in the album.

Hope you’re having a great day!

 

Memorial Day Weekend

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The weather here was absolutely fabulous for the holiday weekend. In fact, Sunday and Monday were more like the middle of July than the end of May. I thought it might be fun to do a weekend recap (warning: a heavy photo post) ala Deb at Paper Turtle.

Saturday we were up with the birds, and at the Rochester Public Market at 6 am. We bought three flats of impatiens, a flat of geraniums and a flat of Dusty Miller all slated for the front yard. (photo to follow)

After dropping the flowers off at home and having a quick breakfast we headed out for Ithaca, arriving at the Farmer’s Market about 9:15. We were greeted by this adorable “Parking Fairy” who assisted us in finding a spot to park.

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She took the time to explain that her wings were made from old stockings stretched on hangers and then painted. The Ithaca Farmer’s Market is one of our favorites, and we picked up some seeded sour dough bread, a couple pastries, and some heirloom tomato and pepper plants for our garden.

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On our way out of town we stopped at the Green Star Market, Ithaca’s natural food cooperative. I found a market basket there as well as a couple vegetables I didn’t see at the Farmer’s Market. Driving through Trumansburg I spotted a cute shop and within minutes emerged with a sun hat for the garden and the pool. I was able to put both to use later in the weekend.

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The real reason for this little excursion was a Reisling event at the Silver Thread Winery on Seneca Lake. It had been five or six years since we’d been there, but we remembered liking the white wines. We still do, and we left with a few bottles. The winery sits at the end of a long dirt road abover the lake.

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I offered to take photos for a couple on the porch overlooking the lake, and they reciprocated.

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On the way out, we stopped so I could get a photo of the grape vines as well as a fabulous old red barn at the end of the road.

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By then it was definitely lunch time, but we decided to wait until we got to Canandaigua so we could go to Rio Tomatlin, the very best Mexican restaurant in this area. I had a tamale, which is fast becoming a new favorite!

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On the way home, we stopped at two more nurseries, and now have almost everything we need for the yard and the garden.

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We played bridge Saturday night for the first time since December. Several members of our group have had (and are continuing to have) serious health issues. It was great to get together again with good friends.

Sunday afternoon we finally got to the Community Garden. It took three hours in the blazing sun, but we uncovered the plot, weeded, tilled, and got everything in the garden.

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Sunday night we had a real treat:  tickets to the Bonnie Raitt concert. It was a strictly “no photos allowed” show, but I did get a shot of the stage before the concert began. She did not disappoint, playing for nearly two straight hours. The white slats you can see in the photo were lit with different colored lights as the show progressed. Fabulous staging.

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Yesterday Tracy played 18 holes of golf and I got a chance to visit with a friend who’s been ill for nearly a year. They don’t know what’s wrong despite many, many tests. She’s experiencing severe nausea nearly every day. Yesterday was a good day for her, and we caught up sitting on her beautiful porch. When Tracy got home, we met friends at the pool, had supper together, and celebrated Bill’s birthday a day early. When we got there the pool was mobbed, but by the time I remembered to take a photo most people had left for the holiday barbeques and parties.

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You might notice a watermark on some of the photos. I recently came across a blog post on how to export your photos from Lightroom with a watermark, and made a quick one to see how it might work. Not all these photos were in Lightroom yet, so some have them and some don’t. I think I’d like to do a more sophisticated one, and I need to work on the opacity a bit, but it’s another great feature of Lightroom.

Hope your weekend was a good one, and if you stuck through to the end today, you deserve a pat on the back!

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

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It’s time once again for the monthly blog hop at Paptertrey Ink. As soon as I saw the inspiration photo, I knew I wanted to participate. I love this color combination.

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Although I had a vague idea of what I might want to create, it wasn’t until late last night that it all came together. Luckily my May order with the On The Farm stamps arrived the day before so I had the perfect checked border for the cards. After I finished the first card, I had some reject pieces laying on my desk and reconfigured the card to make use of them. That’s good because I have two June 1st events for which I need cards. These will be perfect.

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Both cards use Select White cardstock, Simply Chartruese ink, the Rosie Posie stamps and dies, a circle punch, and the On The Farm checked border.

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This card uses Simply Chartruese cardstock, a sentiment from the Fillable Frames Additions: 2 and two tiny gems from KaiserCraft

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Here I used True Black cardstock and a sentiment from Round and Round. 

You can find more inspiration here.

Back to the Crafting Table

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It’s taken us a few days to adjust to the new time zone and get settled in on our routines at home. It was a fabulous two weeks in Oregon, and there’ll be more to share here soon. But almost as soon as we got home I needed a “quick recovery” card for my sister-in-law who suddenly needed a pacemaker implanted. The surgery was yesterday, and she’s due home today. I took the opportunity to combine two challenges:  The Embellish Bicycle Color Challenge, and the most recent Retro Sketch Challenge. I rotated the sketch to fit my image.

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And here’s my take on them. The inside message reads: Hope the road to recovery is short.

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Supplies:  Memory Box card; patterned paper:  Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky (MME); stamps: bicycle (Hero Arts), sentiment (Papertrey Ink); twine (Divine Twine); cloud die (Papertrey Ink); washi tape (Studio Calico kit)

Happy Mother’s Day & Twelve on the Twelfth

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Happy Mother’s Day! My very best present is being with all of my family on Mother’s Day. After church we got a few Mother’s Day photos.

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Yesterday was the perfect day for 12 on the 12th:

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(You can click on the photo to read the journaling–finally figured that out!) We had a great day. When Caleb got up from his morning nap, we headed to the Farmer’s Market, and then to an Artisan’s Market. After lunch at The Standing Stone Brewery we took a walk and “played” at Lithia Park. Matt and Adam tried climbing a huge jungle gym made from cables. It was a hot, sunny day—just perfect! 

Ten on the Tenth: May

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It’s very easy to lose track of the days while you’re on vacation, and even easier when you are beguiled by your grandson, so I was a bit surprised this afternoon to open up Shimelle’s blog and see that today was the 10th of May. Since I have hundreds of new photos of Caleb what better subject for this post? Here are 10 photos of a real cutie!

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Tracy put up a jumper for Caleb on Monday, and it is a huge hit. When Sarah had one, it was called the Jolly Jumper, and Caleb certainly is a jolly jumper!

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We spent most of the day today shopping and sight seeing in Jacksonville. Caleb and Grandpa walked the streets while Sarah and I browsed.

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On Sunday, Caleb was baptised, and Adam’s parents were also here for the service.

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April POTD

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I’ve managed to take a photo a day for four months now. Some days it was pretty late by the time I got to it, but lots of times the prompt from Capture Your 365 has sent me out with my camera to explore new views and new techniques. I’m dedicated to sticking with it this year. I managed to carve out a few minutes to scrap the April layout before we leave.

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Patterned paper:  Teresa Collins; cardstock:  Bazzil; dotted paper, ribbon and tag from stash; sticker:  Echo Park

The journaling on the tag reads:

The weather in April was dreary and chilly, but the days flew by. 

 It was a photo intensive month. A RPEG photo shoot at Artisan Works, and a four day trip to Washington, D.C. and Frederick, MD. I also worked on my Sense of Place class and took a group of photos of Rochester icons. Matt was here for a weekend and so there are lots of family photos, too, although Skylar won the place for the POTD! A photo of mine that won a prize at Camera Rochester is hanging in the current Image City exhibit this month.

In addition to starting Sense of Place, I finally finished Finding Your Photo Flow, and now have a beginning work flow that incorporates Lightroom. Lots left to do to get the older photos into LR. Other classes this month were Kerry Bradford’s “Getting to Know You” (Silhouette), “Black & White Photography” here with Cole Thompson, and a card making class, “A Cut Above.” All were excellent! I still have work to do with both Kerry’s class and the card class.

 I finished four books this month: The Marriage Plot, Mrs. Kimble, Photographing Washington, D.C., and Wild. Tracy and I saw one movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

 Shawn Wallace was the April speaker at Arts & Lectures, and I enjoyed a panel discussion with the Magnum Photographers at the Eastman House followed by a viewing of their House of Cards exhibit at the Visual Studies workshop.

We spent Easter with the family at Randy and Susan’s and lunched with Dan and Jeannie. We enjoyed dinner with our book group and I had dinner with Mona and Jessie, and lunch with Barb & Ev, and Jane.

My OLW for this year is Balance, and I did a pretty good job this month, although scrapbooking took a back seat again to photography and card making, and I’ve yet to institute the daily practice with Copics. 

I didn’t add the information to the tag but for the numbers record, I made 18 cards and 2 layouts. Most of the cards are already sent or in envelopes to be mailed in May.

Washington, D.C.: Part 2

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Saturday night we ended up in Georgetown. It was extremely crowded . . .

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(the line at DC Cupcakes)

and we were tired so we opted out of any shopping, and had a lovely dinner alongside the C&O canal.

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After dinner we walked along the Potomac and across the Key Bridge back to Rossyln, VA where we were staying.

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On Sunday, we met our good friends and spent the morning at the National Museum of the American Indian. It is a beautiful building that was designed after long conversations with many Native American groups. You can read about its design here.

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We spent the afternoon at the American Art Museum. I was particularly interested in the Annie Leibovitz exhibit, “Pilgramage,” but also enjoyed a wonderful exhibit of models built in the early 1900’s that were a requirement of the patent application at that time.

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After Susan and Eric left, we walked back to The Mall since we had not yet visited the World War II Memorial which had been built since we were last in Washington.

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We walked over to the Washington Monument as well. 

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By this time we were more than tired, but managed to get ourselves back to the Metro to return to our hotel. We had dinner in Arlington, and then drove to the Pentagon Memorial which was one of the most moving experiences of the trip. Each bench is named for a victim of the 9/11 disaster. If the victim was on the plane, the bench faces the Pentagon. If the victim was in the Pentagon, their bench faces outward. The benches are arranged by the age of the victims starting with the youngest (three years of age) and ending with the oldest victim (seventy-one). All the benches are illuminated at night.

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I’m still working on some photos from our last day of this trip. We spent several hours in Frederick, MD and had a wonderful time. But we’re leaving tomorrow for two weeks in Oregon. I’m hoping to do a bit of blogging from there, but most of my reading of blogs will be on my iPad, so my comments may not be as frequent. I expect to spend a great deal of time holding a baby!