Monday, October 17, 2011

Stingy Jack’s Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we went to this festival and had a great time. Here are some photos from the event.

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Mountain Dan carving with a chainsaw!

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Awakenings…

This morning I took a quiet walk in the woods and came upon these ferns. I love seeing them at this stage. Every spring they come up… no matter how cold the winter, they always return. I like that.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

An afternoon at Connemara…


Here are some photos from the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site or as we call it – Connemara. My son and I had such a nice time. It really is a great place for families.

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Carl Sandburg’s Presidential Medal of Freedom
presented to him by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Snow

We had snow on Christmas Day. Now, how perfect is that, I ask you. The boys were thrilled and so was I. Since then we’ve had another snow storm. I’m seriously considering buying some snow shoes. Of course, once I do, we probably won’t get any more snow… there’s a thought.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

It’s the little things…

Even though I was surrounded by beautiful trees dressed in fall leaves and the Biltmore House behind me, these bright red leaves and berries trailing along the wall caught my eye.

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Friday, October 15, 2010

A little morning to myself… at the Biltmore Estate

I decided to take a morning for myself… do what I wanted to do. This doesn’t happen too often so I think it’s important to grab moments when they become available.

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diana1_sm   Diana again. She’s one of my favorites. 

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Please be gentle.

A father and his son looking at a turtle. I took this photo at work during Family Camp.

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