Pittsburgh Wine Festival

The Pittsburgh Wine Festival is this weekend. It's not one specific event and you can always choose where you wish to spend your time. You can listen to seminars or make reservations at restaurants participating in the fun. I do not know if we'll attend. It would be lovely to.Link: http://pittsburghwinefestival.com/content/news/news-1....

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Lullaby of Blogland

I've started a photography blog. I was torn between having a black background here or starting a different blog specifically for photographs (which always display nicely on dark backgrounds.) You can find Lullaby of Blogland at: http://lullabyofblogland.blogspot.com/. I will publish my Sepia Scenes photographs from there as well as attempt to keep current with my macro.Thanks so much...

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Musing Behind My Office Window

My head is throbbing today. This has nothing to do with alcohol. I must have clenched my teeth last night. Splendid.There is a lovely spring morning unfolding outside my window. The industrious bees were already humming around my dogwood, drifting amongst the flowers in search of choice pollen. It’s an entomophilous dance that has take place ever since flowering plants made their...

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Sepia Scenes | Sepia Spring!

The Teach inspired these. It's just a simple sepia with a little contrast boosting. Images of our home. If you look closely, you'll see Better Half (the Husfriend) and our greyhou...

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Suives moi!

She followed Uncle down the empty alley, her heart skipping beats and her knees shaky as she watched his hunched form lumbering at a fast clip. Her small legs had some trouble keeping up and he would turn back and snarl, “Suives moi!” each time she lagged. “Follow me!” and “Hurry!” and occasionally “worthless child!” were whips that prompted her to trudge on. Mama’s face floated...

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Visual Victuals

It has been a very long time since I've recommended a blog. This is in part due to real life intruding on my blogging hobby.Visual Victuals is sure to dazzle you. Please take a moment to stop ...

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Sepia Scenes: Garden of the Gods

AnnieElf introduced me to Sepia Scenes. My first entry is a photograph from Garden of the Gods in Colorado. Mind you, I don't have Photoshop programs loaded onto my new computer (yet) so this (bland) rendition is via Windows Live Photo Gallery.This was taken "on the fly" with a Fujifilm Finepix S1000 using the built in autofocus and picture stabilization. I used my steering wheel...

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Soldiers

A friend sent this to me. A 15 year-old girl produced it.To hear it properly, you must turn off my Music Player. It is currently at the bottom of this page. Click the pause button on the player....

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Email again!

This is getting ridiculous. It was cleared out since my last post on this subject and none of the gems packed into my humble in-box are spam. I am thisclose to murdering a certain "blind copy" tw...

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Roadchick Rides Again!

One of my (new!) favorite 'Chick posts. This girl has moxy! Roadtrip: Equal Justice A tale to lighten up your d...

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One of my (new!) favorite 'Chick posts. This girl has mo...

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Email

There are some things that no one should look upon at the start of their day: Dead baby ducklings that have been flattened by an asphalt truck, frock-clad psychopaths named Norman, and anything with Paris Hilton’s quickly decaying face plastered onto it would all be prime examples of Things I Do Not Wish To See.Ah Paris, that hopeless twit. How maddening it must have been for her...

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Home

Home! Home!!!I'm home. It was a surprisingly swift trip and I will try to blog about it later on. I want nothing more than to drink my coffee, eat my toast and catch up on things at the moment.Better Half kept the house immaculate (he must have hid the kegs and dancing girls) and the dogs are behaving themselves (indubitably hung over.)It feels good to be back. I'm already planning...

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Our First Tree

Once upon a time, Better Half and I lived in a very tiny house that was tucked onto a very tiny street. We planted a very tiny tree. It wasn't any higher than my thigh. In honor of Better Half, I visited the old house and found our tree.Look baby! A little bit of our love grows all the way out here in Colora...

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Olympic Training Center

A couple of pictures taken at the Olympic Training Center...

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Glen Eyrie with Dad

Can you stand one more tourist entry? This one has a picture of sheep.Technically these entries don't qualify as "touristocratic" as they are my old haunts. Dad and I stopped by here on our way home from Garden of the Gods.Glen Eyrie. The name means "Valley of the Eagle's Nest". Glen Eyrie castle was built by General Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs. You can discover the fascinating...

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Air Force Academy Stadium with Dad

I've decided to quit my day job. Now that I'm not working, will you please let me out? I don't even like football! The idiot in the window is your very own Autrice. I'm sans makeup (do I even have any?) and sporting my nifty "get ready in under 10 minutes" hairdo.I tagged along with Dad today. He pulled a service call at the Air Force Academy football stadium. I never stay out...

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Garden of the Gods

Dad and I visited the Air Force Academy, Garden of the Gods and Glen Eyrie today. Photographs from Garden of the Gods are below. Our last house was down the way from this beautiful location. I would frequently drive through the park as a means of relieving stress after a hectic day.Garden Of The Gods Official Website:"Garden of the Gods Park, with its vertical red rocks and Pikes...

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A Snowy Adventure, Update

Monday was Mum’s first post-op appointment. She was so eager to have her staples removed. We planned to leave at 9:30 AM. Nature decided to throw us a curve, of course.The temperature dropped significantly overnight. We awoke to a foreboding chill that the furnace didn’t dispel. Dad and I picked up the pace as the departure time loomed closer (it was Mum who was pokey, which is...

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