Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - 3 hours ago
Napping on the couch, probably after a rousing game of fetch. Or frisbee. George has it made.
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - 30 minutes ago
When I wrote the title for yesterday’s post, I had no idea at the time that I’d be doing version #2, and that version #2 was the dark side. Based upon comments, readers of this blog come here f...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Dec 1, 2009, 8:00 am
All the leaves have gone, and the berries remain. It was a deliciously beautiful day in Maryland this past Sunday. And life was good.
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Dec 1, 2009, 5:00 am
Late Sunday afternoon, I was sitting at my computer minding my own business and sipping my favorite winter drink. I was happily working on some pictures I’d taken that afternoon and then my husband ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 30, 2009, 8:00 am
Window shopping at antique shops along the main street in Chesapeake City, Maryland. L to R: A vintage candy box; butterfly canvas; silver Christmas tree ornaments; a child's antique safe. To view...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 29, 2009, 8:31 am
I went to Jersey on Saturday to visit my brother and his family. My sister Judy had flown in from Florida for a surprise 50th birthday party for a friend and was staying at my brother’s place. I had...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 28, 2009, 2:15 am
The evening light was delicious today. I went outside with the 50mm lens as the sun was setting and framed this shot. My mother loved show tunes and the title of this post is a title to a song from on...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 27, 2009, 11:10 pm
This is Chris. She’s Meredith’s mom. She’s also mom to Danny and Billy. I see her every so often, as she is the daughter of the sister of my sister-in-law’s husband. You know, those people tha...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 27, 2009, 2:16 am
I took the camera upstairs this morning to get some photos of the rain on the dogwood tree out the bedroom window. It was warm enough to open the window on this misty Thanksgiving morning and I set my...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 26, 2009, 11:15 pm
Long-time readers of this blog know that I rarely, if ever, post photos of myself. But when I downloaded my Thanksgiving shots after getting home tonight, well I couldn’t help it just this once. I ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 26, 2009, 8:00 am
Too much rain is never good. But just enough can be wonderful. Raindrops look like twinkle lights on the bare branches of this tree, taken in November 2008. To all of my readers in the States, have a ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 26, 2009, 5:00 am
This post goes to all the people who are having a rough time of it out there. You know who you are. Life has handed you a plateful of trouble, and you're doing your best to deal with it and may...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 25, 2009, 8:00 am
Taken in January at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, outside of Rock Hall Maryland. The shoreline erosion is amazing here along the Chesapeake Bay. I know it's a little dark, but it's just someth...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 25, 2009, 5:00 am
I don’t think I’ve done this little sweet treat justice with my photography. To see them all laid out, all 24 of them for a classroom and some extras, well it just makes me happy. Sometimes I t...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 24, 2009, 8:00 am
And something wicked this way comes. I think I just scared myself. SkeletalMess textures.
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 24, 2009, 5:00 am
Nothing I’ve done tonight is working out. I was fooling around with a seamless background border for my blog, but it didn’t go well. I’m going to keep at it because someday I know I’m gonna fi...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 23, 2009, 8:00 am
Another in my Mosaic Monday series, sponsored by my blogging friend Mary at Little Red House. I am so grateful for family, not only for own birth family but my husband's as well. I've known th...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 22, 2009, 4:42 pm
I’m apologizing immediately. I’m really really sorry if you came here solely because of the post title. (We’d all like to spend an evening in Paris, wouldn’t we?) However, this is just a po...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 21, 2009, 7:15 am
My husband took this yesterday in the side yard. George had been catching frisbees and was taking a well-deserved break from the action. And speaking of actions, this photo has the following: Florabel...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 21, 2009, 5:00 am
Does that sound like a good recipe for a lovely evening, or what? Well, except for the barracuda, that is. First, the sunset. My husband took all of these photos early this evening while I ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 14, 2009, 5:56 am
This caught my eye while driving in Lancaster County last month. Shot through the car window and processed using the following: Pioneer Woman's Vintage @ 50%, then her Fresh & Colorful. Two textur...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 13, 2009, 8:12 am
I took this photo last year, and this year processed it with Vintage Wine, a new action offered by Florabella. If you're into digital photography and you enjoy processing your photos using Photosh...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 13, 2009, 5:00 am
The wind is still whipping outside, but inside it’s warm and cozy and I’m sitting in the living room this evening just minding my own business. Suddenly, down the stairs barrels George, after I qu...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 12, 2009, 8:00 am
I've been thinking of Thanksgiving and have decided it's one of my favorite holidays, if not the favorite. There's lots of good food for one. And no presents to buy! And I always love a go...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 12, 2009, 5:00 am
I can hear the wind through the thick stone walls of this house tonight. The trees on the property are almost completely bare, with the exception of a few brown leaves that still cling to the branches...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 11, 2009, 8:00 am
I've posted this before but today am showing you what it looks like using a new action I just purchased from Florabella. It's called Sweet Vintage and it's included in the Vintage set. Fr...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 11, 2009, 5:00 am
I am reading the most wonderful book. I’m sure most of you have either heard of it or have already read it. I’ve had it in my cart at Amazon since mid-summer and when I bought the new camera lens ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 10, 2009, 8:00 am
Sounds like a dessert, doesn't that post title? This picture caught my eye over the weekend while I was outside in the yard. I loved how the shadows of the railing were playing on the pumpkins. Th...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 9, 2009, 6:56 pm
I often use Photoshop and fooling around with my pictures as a way to escape the real world. I enjoy taking a simple photograph and fooling with it, maybe even adding some textures, until I like the w...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 9, 2009, 8:00 am
I just wanted to do something different this week. So I went around and took pictures of some of the photos I have in frames. For more mosaics, visit my friend Mary at Little Red House.
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 7, 2009, 2:52 pm
I bought this rug a few weeks ago from blogging friend, Hilary at Crazy As A Loom Weaving Studio. I tried it in a couple of places in the house before it settled in this place, which was chosen by my ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 7, 2009, 11:42 am
Okay. Heads or tails. Heads, you win. Tails, I win. Wait a minute, was that a squirrel? Heads it is. You win then. (And yes, it was a...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 6, 2009, 5:00 am
I wasn’t going to write today. The post I wrote before publishing this one actually made me cry when I read it back. So I deleted it because we can’t have that. Good Lord! Sometimes it’s b...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 5, 2009, 8:00 am
One day a couple of weeks ago, I went to the front door and looked out. We have a little broom that sits by the door on the porch out here and sitting on the top of the broom handle was this little cr...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 5, 2009, 5:00 am
Without the internet working last night, I felt lost. Disconnected. Bored. Lonely. Scared. I’m lying about the last two. And I went to bed early. Lying in bed, after mentally choosing my wardr...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 4, 2009, 6:48 am
Comcast is down and has been for 24 hours at our place. I'll be back when I can. See you then.
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 3, 2009, 8:00 am
Yesterday I put some bittersweet vine in a vase and set it on the windowsill in the kitchen. The afternoon light was coming in and it caught my eye as I walked by it today. I applied two textures, one...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 3, 2009, 5:00 am
I went outside late this afternoon with my husband. “The sun is setting,” he said, “so bring the camera”. He then proceeded to tell me what pictures to take with the camera. To appea...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Nov 2, 2009, 8:00 am
Call me crazy but here I am posting this lovely healthy grapefruit on my Picture A Day Blog while I have a decadent dessert on my Chronicles blog. I usually do a Mosaic Monday here but am on a self-im...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 2, 2009, 5:00 am
I had a very relaxing weekend. It was rainy and gray for most of it, but finally this afternoon, the sun made an appearance. I would love to relate all the wonderful cleaning I did, but I’m afraid t...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Oct 27, 2009, 8:00 am
The view of the house from the edge of the property. I went back for the camera after glancing this way during a walk over the weekend. I loved the color of the sky and the trees as well as all the fa...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 27, 2009, 5:00 am
As I write this, it’s Monday night. The Survivor Dancing Show (as my husband calls it) has just begun, my lunch is packed for tomorrow, my favorite white blouse is ironed and I am very tired. Tomorr...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Oct 26, 2009, 8:00 am
I like ladybugs and I like to think they like me. That's a whole lotta likes in one sentence, but the truth remains. I made this mosaic using a free blog-it board sample offered at MCP Actions. I ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 26, 2009, 5:00 am
All of the photos here were taken on the property with the exception of the bottom right two. The pain au chocolate was taken in my former kitchen and I’ve got the recipe on PW’s Tasty Kitchen sit...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Oct 24, 2009, 4:19 pm
I'm trying something new today. It's a slideshow embedded in this post and I learned how to do it from fellow blogger, Bush Babe, from Down Under.. I think she was really surprised that I am s...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 24, 2009, 12:22 pm
Every 3-4 months or so, my husband plans a big grocery shopping trip to Shady Maple Farm Market in East Earl, PA. This is where we buy our meats and the produce there cannot be beat. Well, it can I’...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on A Picture A Day - Oct 23, 2009, 11:02 am
I saw these leaves while I was walking today and had to go get my camera. I loved how dark the background was against the golden tones. I ran two actions from Totally Rad on them: Rusty Cage 40% and O...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 23, 2009, 5:00 am
Well, on a dock by a canal, actually. After our brief excursion to Chesapeake City yesterday, we drove east and then came back along the canal roads, stopping here to take in the view. This...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 22, 2009, 8:04 am
The wonderful integer generator at Random.org was used to draw the winner for the texture photograph giveaway. I used it twice because the first number chosen was someone who had won one of my contest...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 21, 2009, 7:29 pm
Today was incredibly beautiful. Although I’m still under a bit of a fog and moving slowly, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. This morning, I took a walk using the hiking poles we bought fr...
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