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another year older and just a smidge wiser.

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“i can honestly say i love getting older.

then again, i never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.”

-cherie lunghi

unboreable.

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the perfect great outdoors backyard birthday

for grandie f

canoe, tent, tree swing, wood planks, campfire, tree house

whistles, slingshots, treats

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sleeping bag sack races

donut challenge

kids happy and running everywhere

what could be more fun?

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“i am unboreable in the great outdoors.”

-p. j. o’rourke

next morning.

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the house

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the pool

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the wheels

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the drinks

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the fire

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the tables

the quiet calm.

“the next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.”
― sarah addison allen, – Garden Spells

liberty.

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happy 4th of july 


“the boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”

-thomas jefferson

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waiting at the cinco de mayo dance.

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i’m always hopeful.

i feel like I’m at the prom sitting against the wall

waiting for someone to ask me to dance.

-sarah dessen

may.

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may-pole

“as full of spirit as the month of may,

and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”

― william shakespeare

image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com

 

 

mardi gras.

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fat tuesday the early days.

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it’s universal children’s day. celebrate it every day.

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grandbaby b and i shared the wonder

of the magic snow that came from the ceiling 

at her very first real play,

the grinch.

i think, at a child’s birth,

if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,

that gift would be curiosity.

– eleanor roosevelt

 

a grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween. – erma bombeck

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at the halloween dance party.

happy halloween!

not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~ french proverb

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after the lively wedding, a calm morning after