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| Petey the para-keet :) aka 'Flight Plan' |
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| ... youth with angst ( actually who really isn't ) in Minocqua WI, waiting for a pick up... (i know as sat and watched it all go down.... (no faces of anyone we shot) I shot the pictures, then realized, I might best put the thing away, lest he turn around and see me snapping pictures. :S Not one of my brighter moves. |
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| Noelle and her best bud, loyal pooch, Hobbes... at 13, looks like a pup... Hobbes has lost his hearing and is thus nervous a lot...but he does his best, and we do our best to make things easy for him... He's been the best pet anyone could ask for and brought us so much joy... dedicated to you Hobbsie :) We love you! |
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| ~ my dear daughter, Noelle |
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| Hobbes on the pier |
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| Ava Nicole having a moment... |
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| my sweet little Ava girl... you'll have my heart forever... |
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| my diverse daughter ;) and her photo, captioned after her favorite recording artist's band... toby mac and diverse city |
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| ava was as close to my heart as my own daughter or any daughter could ever be... a child of my heart and soul... my own daughter and i, both loved her with all we had while she stayed with us for daycare, two, too short years......we love and miss you ava nicole, and always will <3 |
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| little olivia, known affectionately as liva is too cute... whad'daya think? though aren't all little girls cute in their own rite? she was (and always is) eager to pose for a snapshot... she's one you might call a "honey baked ham"! |
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| what is it about tire swings and kids? or swings and kids in general? I remeber when I was young. we would head up to camp in the allegheny national forest. (we had a trailer on a lot there) and I would care about not much more than finding toads, capturing chipmunks (if I could) and sojourning for acres, in barefeet-- (always in barefeet) searching for a solitary rope swing (or any swing!) and the higher the better.:) i did find one once. it was so high up, it felt exhilerating to fly on that thing, like an amusement park ride in the middle of fresh air, solitude and many trees. i adored it, and visited it every week-end, till i grew up and my mind turned to other various and sundry things that were not worth anything near as much as that treasure of a swing... but i never figured that out till much later. :( what a waste it is at times... hanging around, learning inane lessons... but i know God doesn't (not) use anything... so i guess this time was not in vain either, but things were oh so much less complicated when I longed for the swings :) hannah and micah have it rigtht-- Lord, let them keep it that way... |
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| actually i didn't take this one, my daughter brandi did, it's her jacob. i was perusing photos to share with you all here on the blog..., and I came across this one--too cute ;) so i stuck it in here. he had a birthday this month. he is 8 already... and i miss him in a big way. he is a good hearted kid. he is a smart kid. he is a brave kid & i know he's gonna grow into a good man. he's got the right stuff :) |
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| micah, adding to the bonfire his dad built. This kid is a northwoods guy all the way. a good kid with a good heart and a love for camping and the outdoorsl |
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| this is ricky. he likes to be called richochet. so i call him richochet. it fits him somehow. an intense kid with a lust for life. a kid who is more at home while acting than he is in person. oh how --many of us can relate to that? he is a sensitive kid and a conscience kid who still cares. |
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