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Home / 2015 / May

Month: May 2015

Posted on May 30, 2015June 16, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Wanderer

This Week in Pictures, Week 22, 2015

Wherein I lament my recent lack of creative projects.

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Categories: excursions, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp national wildlife refuge, instagram, project 365, the raptor trust
Posted on May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

A collage of favorite images for the week, curated from Flickr and Instagram. See www.lisaclarke.net for full photo credits and links back to the original images.

It appears there is always time for Instagram…

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 27, 2015August 26, 2020 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Trying new things

For the next few days, I am testing the waters on a new idea. If you think you might like one of my photos to hang on your wall, please click through. If this experiment is a success, I’ll open a full-fledged photo print shop!

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Category: photography
Tags: jersey shore, ocean city nj, prints
Posted on May 23, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 9 Comments

TWiP: Beaches and Birthdays

This Week in Pictures, Week 21, 2015

This was a good week. Two of my favorite things about May happened this week: our Ocean City trip, and my birthday.

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj, project 365
Posted on May 22, 2015May 21, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Sixty Thousand Steps by the Sea

We were in Ocean City, NJ, Friday night through Tuesday afternoon, and I walked a LOT.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: beautiful jersey, jersey shore, ocean city nj
Posted on May 16, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: that May feeling

This Week in Pictures, Week 20, 2015

All of the good stuff about May is happening right now. ♥♥♥

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj, project 365
Posted on May 15, 2015May 14, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

A collage of favorite images for the week, curated from Flickr and Instagram. See www.lisaclarke.net for full photo credits and links back to the original images.

It’s so nice to finally have our feet firmly planted in spring.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 10, 2015June 2, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

New Pattern: May Baby Blanket

A new crochet pattern, suitable for beginners, available by itself or with a full photo tutorial!

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Categories: crochet, downloadables
Tags: blankets, may baby blanket
Posted on May 9, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: of Polka Dots and selfies

This Week in Pictures, Week 19, 2015

You can tell I am happy when there are three selfies in one week…

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365

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