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My Youngest-Last Daughter Graduates & My Life Is Taking A Different Direction

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 29, 2011, 11:10 am
My youngest daughter graduates this June and my homeschooling journey will be over. It seems like only yesterday that we started and the time has flown by way too fast. So much that has been a part of my life is changing, leaving me that I am filled with mixed, bittersweet emotions. It is once again...
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Spring & New Beginnings

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 21, 2011, 11:23 pm
Spring has finally arrived although cooler and rainy but there is the promise of warmer weather and new beginnings in the air. This is a beautiful free image from Graphics Fairy. Easter Blessings!
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The First Snow

DJ H. posted an article on - Dec 10, 2010, 10:06 am
The first snow of the season always brings an excitement. As long as the roads aren't too messy and unsafe I enjoy a white winter and having the ground entirely covered. We've only our first real snow of the season in the past week -- a few inches with more possibly this weekend.  The First ...
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Lovely Advent Calendars - Inspiring Projects

DJ H. posted an article on - Dec 6, 2010, 12:25 am
We've started getting ready for Christmas and are enjoying putting up the treasured decorations, some of which have been around for a long time and the same for years. This year we've started with the indoor decorations first. At last it's snowed, our first real snowy day. It's also got very cold, s...
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Free Printable Snowy Village Ornaments

DJ H. posted an article on - Nov 27, 2010, 4:25 pm
Use cardstock to print out these free templates for making three Snowy Village Ornaments to decorate. Image and template from Better Homes and Garden magazine. Registration is required to download but it is free.
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Can You Guess What This Is?

DJ H. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2010, 12:20 am
This is a first for me, some thing new to me. I had never heard of these OR seen one until this autumn season when we went to the Pumpkin Patch a few weeks ago. Can you guess what this is?
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Farewell To My Mom, My Dear Mother-In-Law

DJ H. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 10:57 pm
This has been a rough year, especially the past couple of weeks, some of which I wasn't expecting, some I knew was coming but was not ready for. How do I adequately describe my mother-in-law and put a 30 plus year relationship into words? I can only try: Dear Mom, You came into my life over 28 year...
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Good Books At My Seven Pillars Book Nook

DJ H. posted an article on - Aug 24, 2010, 7:10 am
Well, the summer has flown by faster than any other it seems. It's been a rough year so far but things are improving a little bit at a time. I've been working all summer, hibernating in my air conditioning, organizing my boxes of books, sorting, scanning images, writing descriptions .... AND ....
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Missing Lake Michigan

DJ H. posted an article on - Aug 14, 2010, 10:20 pm
I've been watching the PGA Championship Tournament at Whistling Straits Golf Course, Kohler, Wisconsin where Lake Michigan can be seen on all 18 holes -- I'm missing Lake Michigan! I would much ratherwalk right up this path... stop at the top, take a long look and deep breath, the sky and lake ar...
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Surviving and Growing

DJ H. posted an article on - Aug 11, 2010, 2:41 pm
This has seemed like a long scorching, sweltering, suffocating summer. I've hibernated in the air conditioning. With little rain and plenty of heat, at the end of July, we've already had 14 days of 90 degree temperature, high humidity but only 2.5 inches of rain. Not like the two previous su...
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My Mom's Birthday Party & Family Get-together

DJ H. posted an article on - Jul 17, 2010, 1:49 pm
Mom's birthday party was a wonderful time with her and all the rest of my family together. My family isn't as large as it use to be so this was indeed a special time for all of us. Her brother, my uncle, who will be 91 at the end of this month was there. Dave's mom, my mother-in-law, who is 85 was a...
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My Mom's 80th Birthday

DJ H. posted an article on - Jul 7, 2010, 5:11 pm
My Mom had her 80th birthday this past Monday, July 5th. We're having her birthday party this coming Saturday. We're hoping to get as many of the family members together as possible. Orangeblossom, my youngest, is going to make the cake and I've been working on a collage project for her. She let me ...
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First Day of Summer & THE Best Broccoli Salad - Paula Deen's Recipe

DJ H. posted an article on - Jun 21, 2010, 8:58 pm
WE LOVE Paula Deen. Her Broccoli Salad recipe is a favorite. It's so good and just right with all the hot weather we've been having. I would never have thought of putting raisins in a salad like this or that I would like it BUT it is delicious. Paula Deen's Broccoli Salad Salad:1 head broccoli6 to 8...
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Slow Motion & Very Little Gardening

DJ H. posted an article on - Jun 15, 2010, 6:28 pm
I've been in slow motion the past five months and I'm in slow motion still, literally walking slow. I was not planning for bursitis to settle in my knees but this is where I'm at. I go back to the doctor tomorrow for a recheck and possible different medicine. My garden has never looked worse as I ha...
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Summer Nature Study - Free Printable Nature & Science Color Pages

DJ H. posted an article on - Jun 3, 2010, 1:10 pm
Check out lots of Free Printable Nature & Science Color Pages at my nature blog.
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Join Me With My Project At Mocha Club

DJ H. posted an article on - Jun 2, 2010, 2:23 pm
My family and I are supporting the Orphan Care + Vulnerable Children project through Mocha Club. From Mocha Club - "My Project": HIV/AIDS, disease, and war have taken the lives of so many parents in Africa, and that has left orphans for us to care for. These orphans have no form of child services o...
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Joy and Peace -- Truth and Beauty

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 30, 2010, 12:09 pm
“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12 Truth is the vital breath of Beauty; Beauty the outward form of Truth. ~Grace Aguilar~ Spring has arrived here and...
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More Playing - Photo Editing Pics - My Garden Tulip

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 28, 2010, 5:14 pm
This is the original picture of my tulip "Esther Negrita". After editing, some variations: Once unseen and still   Below the surface buriedNow holder of spring sun
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Playing With Photo Editing - Antique Look Spring Violas

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 27, 2010, 12:59 pm
Thus came the lovely spring with a rush of blossoms and music,Flooding the earth with flowers, and the air with melodies vernal.~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~ Tales of a Wayside Inn, Pt. III.
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Within the Seed Life Waits The Appointed Time To Bloom

DJ H. posted an article on - Apr 19, 2010, 4:36 pm
And with childlike, credulous affectionWe behold their tender buds expand;Emblems of our own great resurrection,Emblems of the bright and better land. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~ Walking around my backyard the past several weeks looking for signs of Spring didn't offer much to look at until ...
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Our First Week Of "Eat From The Pantry Challenge"

DJ H. posted an article on - Jan 8, 2010, 9:31 pm
The first week has gone fairly well with the "Eat From Your Pantry Challenge" using the items we have on hand in our "pantry". What's really helped get us off to a good start is the left over New Years food which carried us through last weekend into Monday or so: Orange Cranberry Macadamia Brunch St...
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PUR Water Pitcher Giveaway

DJ H. posted an article on - Jan 7, 2010, 10:39 am
Our tap water doesn't always taste very good so we spend a lot of $ on bottled water to have some on hand. I don't drink enough water especially in winter so I working on drinking more water and I have a hard time doing that when the water tastes and smells weird. At the same time I've been concerne...
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Eat From The Pantry Challenge - I've Joined!

DJ H. posted an article on - Jan 5, 2010, 3:53 pm
Growing up in the time of convenience, pre-packaged food my exposure to a "pantry" or any one who kept much of one came from knowing my Grandmother and Aunt who cooked from scratch. It was a special occasion any time they prepared food. Not many of their recipes were written down so when they cooked...
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