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Fun with Geography at The Homeschool Post
Please join me at The Homeschool Post today for Fun with Geography: Learning the Highest Peak on Each Continent!
Happy 20th Birthday, Photoshop!
On any other day, I would advise you to join NAPP using my promo code, DAWN, which will get you a $10 discount and Corey Barker's Adobe Photoshop CS4 Design Effects DVD free. But see, today isn't just any day. Thursday, February 18, is the 20th Anniversary of the...
Good Stuff for Educating You and Your Kids
Here are some goodies that I wanted to share with you. Heart of the Matter Conference {online} Heart of the Matter is holding another great online homeschool conference next week, February 22-25. Sprittibee and I (the Bee and Peach duo!) will be speaking together...
Encouraging Your Child’s Creativity: A Writing Exercise
During our Valentine's date last night, my 10-year-old daughter called to tell me that she was bored and had nothing to do. My mother hated to hear us say we were bored — a sure sign of a lack of imagination — and I share the sentiment. My husband told her to write a...
Sometimes Realizing Your Vision Takes a Little Work
“Three images go into making your final photograph. The first is the image you visualize—the story you are compelled to tell. The second is the scene you capture with the camera. The third is the image you refine in post-production. The better we are at all of these,...
The Greencards LIVE at The Crimson Moon Cafe! (updated)
You know you love a band when you volunteer to be part of their "street team." That's how I feel about The Greencards, a group that I describe as hip bluegrass. We own all of their albums and have already seen them live once before. The Greencards will be live at the...
Living by Faith, Shooting with What I’ve Got
Walking by faith isn't always easy. It's a combination of trusting that you'll be provided for, and being thankful for the blessings you've received, even when you yearn for more. Last summer provided a window of opportunity when I could upgrade my camera, something...
Taking Our Flat Friends to BlissDom
Dianne, a.k.a. @bunnytrails, is a dear online friend that I hope someday to meet IRL (in real life). Although she wasn't able to attend BlissDom in the flesh, "Flat Dianne" and I had a swell time at BlissDom. Starting the trip with Sara and her flat friend, Lisa:...
My BlissDom Moment with Harry Connick, Jr.
My husband was in the room when I read that Harry Connick, Jr. would be at BlissDom. Thankfully, he's a good sport and understands my love for Harry. Still, it was a moment that no husband really deserves to witness. The next night he announced at dinner, "Kids, I...
Visual Bliss
There are BlissDom recap posts in my future, but for now, I'm processing hundreds of images from the weekend. Feel free to view my BlissDom set at Flickr, which is being continuously updated. The full BlissDom '10 Flickr group can be viewed here. Here is one of my...
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