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Month: April 2018

Photography

Things! In! Bags!

April 30, 2018 Shelly

Things!  In!  Bags!
One in an ongoing series.

Our drinking fountain has been broken for months. They finally fixed it a week or two ago, but today it was covered with the university’s standard “out of order” trash bag.

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Pets, Photography

Hobgoblin

April 29, 2018April 30, 2018 Shelly

Hobgoblin

Will do silly tricks for cookies!

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Pets, Photography

Woe Foot

April 27, 2018April 30, 2018 Shelly

Woe Foot

At the Bad Place

Woe Foot

It must be Spring, because Thomas was stung by another damn bee. I took him straight to the vet this time. They gave me some prednisone to take home with me, in case he developed hives again. I kept him doped up on Benadryl all weekend though, so no hives.

Poor dog is a bee magnet.

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Meta, Photography

Egg

April 26, 2018 Shelly

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Found on the sidewalk on 7th Street.

And I finally paid to have the ads removed from the blog. Probably not something most folks notice, since everyone seems to read via a feed, but the ads won’t annoy ME anymore.

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Art, Bookarts

Recycled Book

April 22, 2018 Shelly

Recycled Book
4 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches
7 signatures of 4 pages each
boards and pages from recycled cat food packaging
Coptic bound with waxed linen thread

Happy Earth Day! I celebrated by making a little book from recycled materials.

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Photography

Spring Has Been Cancelled

April 20, 2018 Shelly

Spring
2015

Late Spring, No Leaves
2018

This is the same tree, same day, three years apart. I don’t think we are ever going to get a Spring this year.

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Photography

Cooking

April 18, 2018 Shelly

Cabbage

Oats Upma

Oats Upma

I made oats upma last night. The cabbage was so pretty I didn’t want to chop it up.

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Genealogy, News & Politics

Chain Migration

April 17, 2018April 18, 2018 Shelly

Chain Migration
from the introduction to Covered Wagon Women, volume 5

If you think chain migration is a new thing, or that it’s a bad thing, you’re mistaken. It’s how people have moved the world over, forever and ever.

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Photography

Best Biscuit Pan

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 Shelly

Square Skillet

I think my mom found this pan at Goodwill, then gave it to me. It’s absolutely the best biscuit pan ever.

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Pets, Photography

Squishy Foot Warmer

April 15, 2018April 18, 2018 Shelly

Squishy Foot Warmer

There are times when Thomas frustrates the hell out of me, with his constant puppy energy, but he also is the very best nap enabler, so I can’t really complain. And he keeps my feet warm, too.

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