a lovely, blustery, turn your fingers blue, afternoon
spent with my grandson
welcoming our team home with a parade
a city full of pride and joy
for our very own
national champions
university of michigan wolverines
go blue!
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“i think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.”
-gene kranz
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image credits: brad galli, wxyz, me
“being excited by stuff on a daily basis, i’m so excited by it.”
-taylor swift
i’m on winter break
and i’d say that i’m most like
the accordian-playing raccoon on the tree stump
or
the twirling hedgehog in a forest-rave mindset.
and
later someone sleeping behind that tiny red tree door.
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“the christmas season is upon us – a time for reading, dancing and all joyous festivities!”
credits: artwork by Eelen burch.
white elephant action shot
(not meant to be artsy, more of a testament to my photographic skill level)
enjoyed a holiday party with friends
food, drink, chatter, and fun
white elephant game is always a hilarious part of this event
each and every game is different
and this year certainly did not disappoint!
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many people participate in secret santa gift exchanges. but others like to take things a step further and plan a white elephant swap. if you aren’t familiar, white elephant is a game in which everyone brings a wrapped present, places it in a pile and draws a number to determine the order in which the participants will select gifts to unwrap. as the game progresses, people have the option to unwrap a new gift or “steal” a previously opened present.
the game can get pretty heated, so naturally it offers a lot of opportunities for twitter humor. see today’s quotes below – a sampling of tweets about this very exciting game –
found these two hanging out amidst the clover
seven+ months until st. patrick’s day
they started celebrating a bit early
while they look a little worn
it doesn’t seem to matter.
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“years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
– samuel ulman
ann arbor pride fest 2023
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so happy to live in a city that takes pride in all people and celebrates everyone.
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“festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity,
they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being.
in short, they make cities better places to live.”
-david binder
a lot to celebrate
in recent days
kicking off the city’s summer festival season with a funk band
elementary school moving up ceremonies
baseball game for a birthday
wedding shower lunch
high school graduation party
happy to be a part of it all.
“the greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals.”
-siddharth katragadda
for the second time
we tried to surprise
a dear friend
to celebrate her milestone birthday
and round two came very close to not happening
when life circumstances intervened
just a few hours before.
we quickly began planning
what our third attempt would look like
when she turned the tables
and surprised all of us
by showing up
at the appointed hour.
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“new friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets.
do not forget alphabets, because you will need them to read the poems.”
*author: not shakespeare
*this is another one of those quotes that seems to have come up someplace and wandered around a bit until someone put “shakespeare once said…” in front of it and it stuck.
such a beautiful wedding celebration
lots of love, and dance, and music, and friends. and food, and flowers
and a bride i’ve known
since she walked into my school in kindergarten.
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“growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be,
and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in ‘The Sound of Music.”
-ellie kemper
this is pretty much me on any given day
for the next few weeks
as we head into the new year
all activities and adventures are on the table
some planned and most just happen.
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“it’s the mishaps that make if fun, and brings you the surprise.”
-anna wintour
I didn't have my glasses on.... 