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Life in Color: A Fish Tale of Sizable Proportions

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. A Fish Tale of Sizable Proportions. As we finished dinner on Monday evening, with no baseball that held any interest on the horizon, The Kid announced that he was heading down to the dock to do a little fishing. Before long he sauntered off, fishing pole in hand looking to enjoy the peace and quiet that dropping a line in the water on a warm summer evening provides. What's going on," I asked? While I called for help, The Kid continued to wrestle the monster and keep him out in o...

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Life in Color: Come on Flickr, Give Me a Break

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Thursday, July 23, 2015. Come on Flickr, Give Me a Break. Flickr and I have had a partnership for quite some time. It works like this. I upload the photographs I determine are blog worthy to my Flickr site, copy the link, paste it here and voila you get to see the photograph as I intended. For their part Flickr provides image storage and maintains the link that allows the photo to exist on the blog. But Flickr must have discovered that I had undone what they had done and now have done it again. Come on F...

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Life in Color: And the Livin is Easy

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. And the Livin is Easy. The rain has finally stopped, or at least diminished. The sun is now presenting its warm glorious self with regularity. Summer has arrived. With it comes early morning paddles, evening dog walks down the lane, and boat rides on the lake. Of late I have found myself taking up residence under one of the large maples settling comfortably into one of the Adirondack's, book in hand. The pace of life here slows in proportion to the heat of the day.

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Life in Color: Survival

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Saturday, June 27, 2015. Have you ever noticed that in the natural world things seem to thrive in spite of extraordinary circumstances? Take for instance these flowers. They are growing with abandon on the lake shore, oblivious to the over abundance of water they have been receiving from above. And yet 200 feet to the west, nestled on the water's edge, inundated with the runoff of 30 days of rain, these sweet white flowers continue to bloom and grow, utterly content with their soggy lot in life.

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Life in Color: Sour Grapes

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Sunday, July 19, 2015. I am no wine aficionado. Nor do I pretend to be one. I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night either so that definitely eliminates me from the group entirely. I do however, enjoy a nice glass of vino around the dinner hour. Then the headaches struck and I backed off of the reds. The headaches continued so out went the chardonnay. Once again I shifted toward the lighter, sweeter wines. White Zinfandel seemed to be a good fit.for a time. I popped the cork on Friday evening.

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Life in Color: A Perfect Beginning

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Friday, July 17, 2015. The kayak slid slowly into the placid water; sparking ripples that spread without fanfare across the tranquil blue. The quiet interrupted only by the plop of water droplets trickling from the paddle as it dipped and rose in a timeless rhythm. The lake, a deep inky blue, cast back the glory of the morning sky. An eagle perched high on a leafless tree watched our every move. It's white head gleaming in the morning sun. The hour was early. The pace slow. The beauty undeniable.

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Life in Color: The Replacements

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Saturday, July 25, 2015. Whats a body to do when you have raised two boys and sent them out into the world to fend for themselves? When you find yourself missing stinky socks, good natured insults and appetites the size of a small army? You find yourself a couple of replacements and rent them for a night. Our replacements came at the low cost of two Pirate tickets and dinner at the ballpark. There were even firework involved. But I am rethinking that appetite thing. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Life in Color: Red Sky

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Red sky at night.and all that jazz. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to "Life in Color," a blend of Susan Patton's photography and random musings about life in general. Henna in the House. Youre Never Too Old. Who Gives a Hoot? Batman and Robin and Cole too! For Jim and Micky. Be yourself.everyone else is taken. Daily Walks - Diane Varner. Three Dog Studio Art and Photo Journal. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.

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Life in Color: A Throw-Back World

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Thursday, July 9, 2015. Life at Little Red is slow of pace. It is as if taking a step back in time, a "throw-back" world. It is a place where kids roam free under watchful adult eyes masked in grandparent faces and smiling neighbors. The year could be 1952 or 2015. Joy can found everywhere,. In cart rides,. And dropping a hook in the water beneath the setting sun. In dancing with sparklers flickering and sizzling in the dark,. And learning how to remove a fat "sunny" from the hook all by yourself,. Be yo...