3~11~16 My Favorite Backroad Pond

"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.

 It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

~Ashley Montagu

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Thanksgiving 2013

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Left to Right Starting with Top Row:

Eloise and Buster

Eloise with Mom and Dad Waiting for Santa to Arrive on Fire Truck

Genie (Baga) with Buster

Eloise at Fire Pit by Chester River

Eloise Close-Up

Eloise and Baga

Eloise Fixing Place Cards for Thanksgiving Dinner

Eloise on Dock

Uncle Steven’s House on Chester River at End of Dock

Bridge over Chester River at Chestertown, MD

Sky over Chestertown, MD

View of Chestertown, MD, Walking out on Uncle Steven’s Dock

The Fire Pit and Williamsburg Style Benches

Next Door Dock~Bridge over Chester River in the Distance

Dock on the Other Side of Uncle Steven’s Dock

Fence and Woodpile at Uncle Steven's

Another View of the Sky over Chestertown, MD

Taking Flight

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James River Foot Bridge

James River Foot Bridge at Snowden, Virginia.

The James River Foot Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only bridge

 on the Appalachian Trail, according to the Appalachian Conservancy. 

Sometimes when we are there, we are lucky enough to see a train crossing 

the river on its tracks. It is in pretty rough condition.

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Sunday Bridges

Surprise! Surprise!

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Shadows from the Frosty Toe 10K

Today Buddy ran in the "Frosty Toe 10K Run" in Roanoke, VA. It was a bright, nippy, and shadow filled morning. The neatest part of the race was the number of young children who participated with their parents. This was a very family friendly run.

(This is the last minute Port-a-John visit before the start of the race.)

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Stairwell

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My Little Corner of the World ~ DP 10-29-12

I am starting a month long online class this week with Kim Klassen on how to work back and forth between Lightroom3 and Photoshop Elements 10 so I am trying to get ahead of the posting game this weekend. I know nothing about my Lightroom3 so it is going to be tough. Working all day and then coming home to fix supper and then trying to watch the videos and do the assignments is going to be about all I can handle. I will visit y'all as best I can. These well used tools are in my workroom spot where I create my crafts and do my quilting. I use them all as you can tell. The last shot is special because of the "4" and the "6." When my family came to celebrate my 70th birthday at Douthat State Park about 4 years ago, my daughter told me since "70" was so special, I needed "7" presents. She put a number on each. I cannot throw them away because they are some of my special little treasures. It is wonderful how the simplest things can mean so much when they come from your children and grandchildren.

 My light weight hammer...one I can handle with arthritis in the old hands. 

I am always hammering tacks and nails on which to hang thread and other necessary items.

I use my plyers all the time...especially in wreath making. One of my favorite things to make for gifts are knotted seasonal fabric wreaths.

So many sissors...every size and every variety...even some that belonged to my mother like her old Weiss pinking shears. Quilters and crafters can't ever have enough scissors, tweezers, and those scissors doctors use to pull out stitches. They don't cut, but boy do they lock in on what I am wanting to remove. You name it, and I have it in the pile.

Finally, the wire cutters are one of my most important tools. I finally figured out I was ruining my good scissors trying to cut small wire with them. So many of the things I make require bits and pieces of wire. I think with my crafting, quilting, and photography I am going to have lots of things to do for entertainment when I finally close the door on my 50 year teaching career in June. Oh, happy day :-) It cannot come soon enough to suit me.

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