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Home / 2016 / May

Month: May 2016

Posted on May 28, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

TWiP: Rain, sun, sand, and peonies

This Week in Pictures, Week 21, 2016

We spent the majority of this week (including my birthday) on the Jersey shore. I took a lot of pictures…

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj, peonies, project 365
Posted on May 21, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: The Joy of Phonography

This Week in Pictures, Week 20, 2016

I can’t seem to stop taking pictures. I’m a woman possessed.

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj, peonies, project 365
Posted on May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Wherein I share my thoughts on the future of Weekend Favorites, as well as this weekend’s particular favorites.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 14, 2016June 16, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

TWiP: For the Birds

This Week in Pictures, Week 19, 2016

It was nice to get out into nature a bit this week, after all of last week’s rain!

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Categories: excursions, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp watershed association, instagram, project 365
Posted on May 13, 2016May 12, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for some favorite images and links for the weekend!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 9, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Beach Reading

I need book recommendations, STAT! Please come tell me what you think I should bring with me on a weekend getaway.

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Category: chit chat
Tags: books, ocean city nj, reading
Posted on May 7, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

TWiP: Rain, rain, go away

This Week in Pictures, Week 18, 2016

Feeling lazy. Can’t even complete proper sentences for this blurb. Plan to blame it on all of this damp, dank weather.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on May 6, 2016May 5, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Weekend Favorites

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for some favorite images and links for the weekend!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Soon to be finished

Here are a few things that I have been working on lately. Both of them have the potential to be finished in the next day or two, but that’s only if I don’t get distracted by something else during my regular evening me-time.

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Categories: crochet, knitting
Tags: doris chan, light and lacy top, pdcportholecardigan, porthole cardigan
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