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Milburnie Dam Demolition Part 1
One of the joys of being a work-at-home mom is that when events show up in my news feed, I can drop everything and go on an adventure. This happened with the cathedral dome rising back in March of 2016. I showed up with a small crowd of onlookers and got to witness the placement of a copper dome that…
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New Pots
This fall I took a class “Throwing and Altering” at the NC State Crafts Center. I didn’t do a good job altering, but I still had a fun time. These are my finished pots. I’m stilling waiting on another two to finish firing. There’s probably another sneaking around the studio without my name and number written large enough. I’ll have…
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Face Care Confessions of a 30-Something
I spend a lot of time outdoors gardening, taking the kids to the park, and watching the chickens, and after 36 years, my age, the sun and hormones are getting the best of me. This isn’t really something sudden. I’ve always been loaded with freckles and have struggled with hormonal acne since college. I remember my freshman year being up…
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Neighborhood Watch
There have been many break-ins in our neighborhood over the past few months in broad daylight, and according to the police, it’s a group of kids. Both of my across-the-street neighbors have been targeted, as well as an elderly couple’s house behind ours. I took the neighbor behind us a rotisserie chicken the day she had to go to the…
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Good Morning, Chickens!
This is the walk from the back deck to the treehouse chicken coop. The ladies are always excited too come out in the yard in the morning. Little Luna the Silkie is always lagging behind.
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Chicken Lays an Egg
I waited a long time for Tweedledum to lay her egg. She was being fussy about the nest box lid being open and the camera being up in her grill. You can’t see the egg, and there’s the annoying noise of the camera lens focusing…. but it’s pretty clear once she’s finished! Tweedledum is RIR X Buff Orpington, and of…
