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Photo Challenge Days 14-20

Erika June 19, 2018

Taking a thoughtful, skilled, themed photo for every day is proving to be a task. When the theme for the day is easy, not a problem; but when it requires a little more thought and creativity, it’s harder to come …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 24

Erika June 17, 2018

Right now I really feel like taking a nap, but it’s 6 in the evening and probably too late for a nap so I will catch up over here instead. This 24th week of 2018 was a very hot and …

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A Cactus Dress? Why Not

Erika June 15, 2018

I don’t usually follow the theme of, Everyone else is doing it so why don’t I, unless it has to do with a cactus dress, it seems. I grew up around sage brush and cactus, but never really liked them until I …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 23

Erika June 14, 2018

I bring to you today another week of my life. I told you last time this week wouldn’t be as exciting, and I was right. Pretty much the bulk of my week was about deep cleaning the house. That started …

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Photo Challenge: Days 9-13

Erika June 8, 2018

Really the best way to learn to use a camera is to use it all the time. And I am not talking about point and shoot situations, I’m talking about figuring out all the settings and shooting in manual mode. …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 22

Erika June 4, 2018

Hello, hello! This was week two of summer break and it was far from a break. It started with a three day weekend and that was wonderful! The boy was off this week as well and we took advantage of …

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Canon D Photo Challenge

Erika June 3, 2018

2018 started out as the year I would, once and for all, get my camera totally figured out. I started the year with a bang. I was tagging along to the boy’s photography class, I was into a 52 week …

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A Spring Vineyard and the Firecracker Dress

Erika May 30, 2018

About a month ago, the vines were just barely leafing out. Also about a month ago, we were feeding new bees and after our best dressed day of the week, we were in the vineyard checking on them as the …

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One Month With Bees

Erika May 29, 2018

We are really liking those bees! I only wish that we would have done this sooner, but now is better than never. So far things are going great. We’ve been thoroughly checking on the hives weekly and checking on sugar …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 21

Erika May 28, 2018

The first week of summer break for us, and I started it off feeling lousy. Sunday, May 20th: We had to bottle wine. I wan’t feeling so bad, just stuffy enough that it was annoying. A head cold I’m pretty …

Dear Diary 2018: Week 20 continued…

Erika May 24, 2018

Morning! I got hit with something Sunday and it left me feeling lousy for a couple of days. I’m just now getting round to where I left off. Sorry for the delay. Back to catching up: Saturday, May 12th: Saturdays …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 19 and 20

Erika May 19, 2018

I have some catching up to do, don’t I? I didn’t intend for such a blogging absence, but the days just kept getting away from me. This evening is pretty much the first time I’ve even gotten on my computer …

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Buying, Trying, and Eyeing

Erika May 10, 2018

I haven’t really done a review post in a little while. I guess you could say this is kind of like a review post, or maybe a review post in progress. Today I am going to talk a bit about …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 18

Erika May 6, 2018

This last week revolved a lot around school. It was the last week meeting with our school group for the year and just about the last week for my English classes. I had lots of papers to collect and some …

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Mail Order Bees

Erika May 4, 2018

It was back in January that I ordered bees. Tractor Supply sent out emails for pre-ordering and we jumped on it. There were two kinds: Carniolan bees or Italian bees. We picked Italian after asking around – Google knows a …

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Love Letters for Sale

Erika April 30, 2018

I’d say good morning, but it’s well past that now. A good afternoon to you instead. How is Monday going for you all? It’s been a typical Monday for me. I wasn’t ready for it and I woke up cranky. …

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