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It’s Not A Bug, It’s A Feature!

Dirty lens… or feature?

Busy Bees

Far away, there is a land where it is warm enough for these bees to be hard at work! That…

Today I Felt Like Flowers

…and so I finally am getting around to some more of my macro fun over the holidays! Sunshine in Petals…

First Cabbage White?!?

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Cabbage white butterflies have been a constant *almost* wherever I go. Usually, they're among the first butterflies I see in the spring, and not coincidentally, they're also among the first…

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The Summer That Wasn’t

Summer has a certain song. Its own lilting, intoxicating melody as the days lengthen into a river of gold. A fast driving rhythm, because everyone knows those days disappear fast…

Service Dog Saga Update!!

A Mutt for Mel

It was time. I've been thinking for around a year about applying for a service dog. I've been pretty quiet the last several weeks. There's been a lot happening and…

Summer Butterflies

All right, technically it is still spring here! A lovely, mild spring with frequent thunderstorms and long evenings golden with humidity. But I've just finished going through the last of…

Fundraising Update!!!

I have fabulous, amazing, stupendous news. I don't have enough adjectives for it! FUNDRAISING FOR MY SERVICE DOG IS OVER. I'm ashamed to admit it was several months ago now…

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Waiting

Waiting. Just waiting while time slides by like oil and stretches in sticky ropes like taffy, waiting while it pours out like water and then freezes in bright crystalline sharpness.…

Non-dairy, Egg-free Wacky Berry Muffins

This last weekend, we all wanted muffins. The hitch is that I can't have anything with dairy or eggs (or coconut, soy, peanut, and a whole host of other mast…

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Meeting Sara!!

A couple of days ago, I met with the Sara of Sara Spins, the organization that has done so much to help me fundraise for a service dog! Thanks to…

Holiday Food!

My aunt's marzipan cookies I love food. And if you love food, then my family's homes near the holidays is where you want to be. There's food everywhere. I'm horrible…

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The Camera Shy

I almost never do portraits. My nearest and dearest have learned to flee at the sound of the velcro tabs ripping apart on my camera case. My brother has the…

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