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Suburban weekend.

{Photo credit} This weekend was a fairly low key one for me and the hubs, which was good in that it gave my mind plenty of time to wander and ramble and dream, but bad in that it left me far too much free time to watch the 16 and Pregnant marathon that MTV has [...]

Rockport.

Saturday found me, the husband, and my parents (visiting for the weekend) in Rockport, Mass. It was a blissful afternoon of wandering one of the North Shore’s loveliest seaport towns and these are my favorite shots from the day. I really need to make a point of getting out and about with my camera more [...]

What’s for dinner: Chicken and dumplings.

My idea of a perfect Sunday involves sleeping in (but not too late), breakfast in my pajamas while browsing the Internet for dinner recipes, grocery shopping (preferrably at multiple stores but that’s not always possible), and then spending the rest of the day cooking, blogging, and getting ready for the week. Then, if all goes [...]

Queen size me.

Today is going to be a crazy day so I’m not making any big efforts here. In fact the only reason you’re about to get a glimpse into the minutiae of my weekend is because it’s NaBloPoMo and I HAVE TO. So, we’re waking up early this morning to go to Home Depot and get [...]

What, with all the change.

Well, the second week of National Blog Posting Month has just started and just for the record, this challenge is officially kicking my butt. I mean, I’m doing it. But it’s a true challenge for me. And while I definitely believe it is a good thing, I sometimes wonder if the time I spend putting [...]

Here’s hoping there’s cake.

Coconut Cake, Hominy Grill. Charleston, SC. Taken with Nikon D60, 40 mm. Happy weekending, friends. We should be down in Maryland by now, shaking our shoulders with the friends and the family. Stuffing our faces, raising our glasses. I’m planning a full recap tomorrow but for now, here’s hoping you find your weekend full of sleep-filled [...]

Tonight.

Playing with Matches. Photographed Nikon D60, 18-55mm lens. Tonight we fly home for our wedding shower tomorrow. I’m excited to go home. Home is home and home is good. I’m excited for my Boston friends to finally see where I grew up. I’m excited to see everyone and celebrate the wedding. There is talk of [...]

Dahlias, our city.

                  I walked my bouquet of dahlias Down to the pantry to get fresh water Trailing petals through the office.                             We  walked through this city, our city On a day so achingly vivid [...]

Happy 4th, ya’ll.

Today, we’re headed down southward to Connecticut for this massive 4th of July party our friend hosts every year. Promises to be good times with good people and amazing food (filet mignon burgers, anyone?). I’m hoping to get some good shots in with my new Nikon D60 (which I still need to officially blog about, [...]

Productivity overload.

The boy and I spent the whole of yesterday organizing our hallway closet and generally cleaning our apartment/de-cluttering our life, which for us meant five hours of sweeping, Swiffering and sweating and me being all, “C’mon, faster!” and him being all, “Let me organize, woman!” It ended up being a productive day to the point [...]