Spring

Love the newness. Love the warmer weather. Love the beauty! AmyNature Girl. Mom. Wife. Friend. Photographer. Sewer. Crafter. Artist. To borrow a phrase – “Yeet Ye Riche” seaofestroge... Read More

Productive

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Productive as defined by Merriam-Webster: a : yielding results, benefits, or profits This is the first weekend in months we haven’t had to travel at least one day, so I had a plan.  I HAD a pl... Read More

La Grande

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Post-A-Day 2011:  Describe the town where you grew up. La Grande, Oregon   The official description of  La Grande from the Union County Tourism website: Nestled at the feet of the Blue Mountains on... Read More

Harley Hoops

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Katelyn decided she didn’t want to play basketball this year, so Harley is the only one who played.  She ended up having a pretty short-lived season for numerous reasons, and by the time all wa... Read More

I Have Will Power, I Swear!

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Post-A-Day 2011:  What can’t you say no to? Everyone has an addiction or a weakness of some sort – the inability to say “no” to something.  For me, there are two things I have n... Read More

Oink! Giggle! Oink! Giggle!

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My neice, Kayleigh, loves pigs.  She has for as long as I can remember.  When her mom, my sister, told her that my brother-in-law’s sow just had babies, she went nuts!  Kayleigh convinced her... Read More

Take It Off!

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Take it all the way off! Get your mind out of the gutter – I’m talking about camera lenses! I read an article last week about a photography technique that I found to be really really neat... Read More

The Locket

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Today was Reagan’s 9th birthday.  I had such a hard time expressing what it felt like to me when Emma turned 16, but it was nothing compared to this.  Realizing that this is the last year my l... Read More

The End

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Basketball season is over for these lovely ladies. They overcame youth, doubt, and tragedy to make the season their own. Today they lost their bid for the State Tournament to Scio 64-57. It was arguab... Read More

Cheeeeeeeeeeese . . . CAKE!

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Wednesday night the parents (read: MOM’s) held a taco-feed team & family dinner at Heppner High School for the varsity girls’ basketball team.  Each mom brought something to contribut... Read More