Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Feb 8, 2012, 7:47 pm
I consider myself a fairly boring person, although people tell me I’m interesting. I beg to differ with them. I’m sure a psychoanalyst could have a field day with me, my vacuum and cleaning issues, and my many annoying habits. Ok, that last one is from my husband. I think I have very few annoyin...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Feb 7, 2012, 8:38 pm
My weekly Pinterest finds is usually an easy weekly post for me, but because I wanted to change things up a little and include only black & white items, it took a little while longer. No matter. It was fun. So for what it’s worth, these are items I found interesting on Pinterest recently. Source...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Feb 6, 2012, 7:53 pm
As much as I love Fridays, the start of the work week is not my cup of tea. Mondays often find me irritable and testy, and today I felt myself getting impatient at every little thing but it wasn’t until I hung up on the husband of my co-worker that I told myself I’d better get away from my desk ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Feb 3, 2012, 8:04 pm
It’s been a not so wonderful week here, although the weather was pretty amazing for the most part. Just worries in my heart and my mind but one worry turned out to be for naught when we got good news of my husband’s recent MRI. So that was good. The amaryllis is still blooming. It has two big ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Feb 1, 2012, 7:25 pm
I don’t want my tiny space here in the blogosphere to concentrate on weight loss, but I would like to answer a question posted in yesterday’s comment section. The granddaughter of a wheat farmer asked, “so what is wrong with wheat?” Gentle reader, I do not mean to disrespect the life work...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 31, 2012, 8:34 pm
Before I begin, I’d just like to state for the record that pajama pants are an article of clothing that should only be worn in the home. Fifty percent of the population near my neck of the woods seems to believe otherwise, however. I’m sorry but I just had to get that out there. And as long a...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 29, 2012, 7:28 pm
It was beautiful this weekend. Chilly, but quite sunny – and if you sat in the just the right spot – it was wonderful. I think I got some sun on my cheeks. Here are a few photos I took using my Android phone. The view from my seat in the backyard. Taken with the camera that came with the phone...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 27, 2012, 7:45 pm
I love sharing things that I find interesting on Pinterest. It’s really not a place where I spend all that much time, but I do go several times a week. Sometimes I just want to escape, and it’s an easy way to do so for a small amount of time. The following photos are from different boards I’v...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 25, 2012, 7:21 pm
I’ve recently come to the realization that it has been over four years since I began writing this blog. I’m not going to say that I can’t believe four years has gone by so quickly because I don’t really think it has. It actually seems like I’ve been writing for much longer than that, and J...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 24, 2012, 7:44 pm
The snow has melted completely, and temps a little higher than normal are contributing to a muddy mess on the trails around the property. But at least I can get up and down the driveway again – and out into the world. It’s been extremely busy at school and for that, I’m grateful. Glad to have...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 22, 2012, 8:02 pm
I’ve been stuck here on the property all weekend, and my plans were thwarted when the driveway froze shut Saturday night. We needed a few groceries, but have been getting by just fine with what I have stored in the cupboards. It was cold here Saturday, and perhaps I could have made it down the d...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Jan 21, 2012, 1:22 pm
I was glad this morning to see that we’d actually gotten a little bit of snow. I thought it was just going to be sleet, so this was a nice surprise. It was a gray morning, and I fell back to sleep because I enjoy the luxury of sleeping past six o'clock on a day where I don’t have to get up to g...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Nov 1, 2011, 8:09 pm
In early October, my husband bought me a Canon scanner, something he’d been talking about getting for years. Maybe he had these (unrealistic) visions of me, diligently scanning all of of our old slides, negatives, and film into neat chronological order. I really haven’t had the energy to do any...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 30, 2011, 7:32 pm
I love that things are settling down and returning to a new normal around here. This weekend was a quiet one, and very nice.   The driveway, as I was leaving for work on Friday morning, taken with the camera phone. I wave to my husband as I’m driving away, and then I get to this point on t...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 26, 2011, 7:24 pm
I took these shots last week and fooled around with them in Photoshop, and then completely forgot about them until just now. I was trying not to dwell on the negative about everything that had been going on in my life, and the tiny little Queen Anne’s Lace in the little vase looked cheerful enou...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 25, 2011, 9:23 pm
Sometimes I like to visit a little place called Pinterest, although to tell you the truth, I haven't been there for months. Pinterest is a place to share interesting things, and you can save your favorites to 'boards'. This evening, wanting a little eye candy, I went to a photography board I had pin...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 24, 2011, 7:00 pm
We had a lovely visit with old friends this weekend, and my downstairs got a good cleaning, to boot. Cleaning is hard work, man. And some day, I swear, I am going to hire a cleaning person to do all this grunt work. But I digress. Because this post is about swirls. One particular swirl, at that....
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 22, 2011, 6:19 pm
Continuing with my series on the weekly look at everyone’s favorite border collie. Ok, well maybe he’s not YOUR favorite, but I promise you, he’d like to be. After accomplishing many housekeeping chores today, going food shopping, and putting everything away, I made a cup of tea and took it ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 20, 2011, 7:40 am
In my continuing efforts to fatten up my husband, I decided to bake some bread yesterday using the recipe my sister, Judy, brought with her when she came to help us last week. I was intrigued because cooking and baking are not exactly my sister’s forte. But she insisted that this recipe, and all...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 19, 2011, 7:25 am
My sisters left yesterday. Char had been here since Oct. 7 and was originally planning on just staying for about 4 days to care for George while we were away at the hospital in Baltimore. George loves Charlotte. Judy came up from Florida last Friday, after things got bad. But hey, things are so much...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 18, 2011, 8:17 am
I am overwhelmed at the moment . . . but it’s not because of what is happening in my life right now. It’s because my inbox is full of support, well wishes for my family, and love. And I’m finding it difficult to process all of your wonderful comments. My husband is getting better. And this mo...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 16, 2011, 8:21 am
I asked myself how to begin writing this post, and then decided to just start typing and let the words take me there. Many of you may have been wondering where I’ve been, although some of you already know. In mid-August, after a routine MRI to recheck for tumor recurrence, my husband and I were ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 6, 2011, 8:09 pm
I know, I know – it’s been a long time since I’ve last written. And here I am back again, only to tell you that I’m taking another break for several days and won’t be able to write. I baked you a pie, though ~ And then I took pictures of it with my camera phone. I really baked it for my...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 3, 2011, 8:41 pm
I arrived home today as I always do, not suspecting anything exciting. And the first thing I saw was a big covered box at my seat at the kitchen table. And as I hung up my jacket in the closet, I saw this through the breakfast nook window. My husband is having fun again. The box on the table turne...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 2, 2011, 6:43 pm
I want to assure you that I am not addicted to my new camera phone; I’m only mildly obsessed with it, is all. Here’s your weekly dose of everyone’s favorite border collie, all taken with my new phone, the Droid X2. What? George isn’t your favorite border collie? {Don’t worry ~ I won’t...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Oct 1, 2011, 7:01 pm
I believe I mentioned that I got a new phone this week. And I believe I told you that it does everything but take out the trash. At school the other day, when one of my co-workers asked me what my favorite feature about my Droid was, I had to admit it was the camera. One of the first free apps I do...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 29, 2011, 8:01 pm
Oh my gosh – can you believe it? I’m posting two days in row here.  Maybe it’s because I’m just so darn excited to have seen the sunshine this afternoon, and maybe it’s because I just feel like I have something to say. The sunshine ~ after more than a week of mist and rain and humidity...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 28, 2011, 8:09 pm
Some of the weekend wedding festivities included Sunday brunch at the new home of the bride and groom in Philadelphia. The food was fantastic, as always, and the mimosas were delish. Of course, I took my camera to capture some family memories, and at one point my 8-year old nephew asked me if he co...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 25, 2011, 8:59 pm
I have had a lovely weekend – one which centered around the wedding of my niece, Emily. She and the groom put on a really cool Philadelphia-themed affair that was held at the historic German Society of Pennsylvania on Spring Garden Street. Most of the family stayed in hotels in Center City. We d...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 21, 2011, 8:06 pm
Continuing with the theme of photos taken of my border collie, George, I submit this one for your viewing pleasure. If you can find him, that is.   This photo was taken in October 2007, when George was about 3 1/2 months old. Can you see him there, just to the left of center? The sun wa...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 20, 2011, 7:54 pm
I believe I’ve mentioned the big doings planned for this weekend, when virtually every member of my family will be in Philadelphia to attend the wedding of my niece. Some of us are so excited we can barely contain ourselves, especially now that Ginny & Jay are in town for the week in advance. Whe...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 18, 2011, 7:33 pm
My sister and her husband flew out from CA to spend the weekend at our place, and the coming week visiting with relatives and friends. It will all culminate in the big wedding celebration of my niece, Emily, this coming Saturday. The wedding will be held in Philadelphia and members of my family are ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 15, 2011, 7:56 pm
I set up the tripod the other night to get some photos of the full moon. I was not pleased with my results, however, but that’s never stopped me from posting before. I completely forgot how to set the metering mode in my camera and it didn’t help that the only camera manual I have for it is in...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 13, 2011, 8:12 pm
A thick fog blanketed my part of the world this morning and I just happened to have my camera with me. The first thing I saw when I pulled into the school driveway was this spider web along the fence line. I used the macro lens for these first two shots.   And then the school came into view. ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 12, 2011, 7:48 pm
I used to have this other blog, you know. It was called ‘A Picture A Day’ and I updated it religiously with a single photo daily from the summer of 2008 until December 2010. It got to the point where I hardly had time for this blog, let alone the other. So I gave it up. And now it sits out in c...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 10, 2011, 2:22 pm
Have you noticed that I haven’t been posting as much lately? About a month ago, I said that I was going to try this. I’m making a conscious effort to stay off the computer a little more every day. My life has been so busy lately and this seems to be working for me. Thank you for your comments i...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 7, 2011, 7:55 pm
I really don’t have a lot to say today but wanted to pop in and see how you’re all doing out there. It’s wet here in Maryland and to those in areas of extreme dry, oh how I wish I could send you some. My husband took the AC units out several weeks ago and for the most part it’s been pleasan...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 5, 2011, 8:19 pm
It’s raining as I write this on the last evening of our long Labor Day weekend. It was a weekend spent quietly and tonight’s rain is soft and gentle and we have the windows open to the scent of it. I worked on some photos for you. ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 4, 2011, 8:40 pm
It’s a three-day weekend for me, and after the hustle and bustle of preparing for a whole new school year with a new Director and a first week back, so busy . . . I was ready for the time off. And I welcome the month of September. On Saturday, I did chores. And I’m proud to say tha...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 2, 2011, 6:05 pm
A friend sent this to me today. She’s a law enforcement volunteer and wanted to get the word out to the public.   : : :   As a law enforcement volunteer, I have been approached by several people lately wanting to know how to identify a Meth Lab.  Following are four photos.   I think it...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Sep 1, 2011, 7:30 pm
I am almost at my wit’s end and I swear, I am nearly ready to resort to drinkin’ but it’s not a weekend and you know how I am with rules that I set for myself. It started after work, which by the way, was inordinately busy. I had some errands to run which took extra time because ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 30, 2011, 7:00 pm
School began today and the office was all abuzz with teachers, students, and parents. Everything we’ve been working for all summer – the closing of one year, and the beginning of another – has come to fruition. Some of our families (and teachers) are still without power, which makes me feel ...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 28, 2011, 3:13 pm
Well, I was expecting Hurricane Irene to leave a lot more damage here in Maryland at the manor house on the hill. And I’m so glad that it didn’t. The storm passed right over us and I’m happy to announce that the power is back on and the internet is finally back up. We lost power for jus...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 27, 2011, 10:23 am
I was surprised at the number of e-mails and comments I’ve had from so many of you asking if we were prepared for the coming hurricane, so I thought I’d do a quick post to let you know that we are. Prepared, that is. And thank you for you concern ~ My husband, a former boy scout, has...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 25, 2011, 7:12 pm
I received several comments from readers asking how I processed one of the photos from a recent post. It was the picture of the New York City street scene – the one with the blur. This is a fake tilt-shift action called Teeny Tiny World and I got it free from the CoffeeShop Blog. If you use Phot...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 23, 2011, 7:10 pm
For everyone in the country from Massachusetts to South Carolina and to as far west as Chicago, where were you when the earthquake hit today? I have never before felt anything like this and like millions of other Americans early this afternoon, I was shocked that it happened and that it registered...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 21, 2011, 9:52 pm
You know, I’ve always considered myself a somewhat boring person yet looking back on the pages of this blog – especially the ones I’ve written this summer, it seems like I’m the constant traveller. I’m really not, you know. But here I go again. On Sunday, I got up super early and was...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 20, 2011, 8:13 am
I've awoken to a fog so thick that I can barely see the trees at the edge of the property. The dog somehow knows when I'm awake because he scratches at the front door until I answer, and letting him in, I see that he's soaking wet from the moisture in the air and the dew on the ground.   Thi...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 17, 2011, 9:02 pm
I don’t know where these songs come from sometimes – these tunes that appear magically in my head, especially when I have a visual prompt. I’d been looking at photos I’d taken earlier this month, and believe me there aren’t many. I’m usually a picture-takin’ fool, but I’ve been goi...
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Kathleen Y. posted an article on Chronicles of a Country Girl - Aug 16, 2011, 8:26 pm
We drove to visit friends in Mississippi last week. We always drive rather than fly and it’s really not a bad trip to make. There are absolutely no tolls, unlike our jaunts to Maine where it gets a little costly. The trip takes a total of 16 1/2 hours and we break it up in two days. Some scenes ...
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