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Home / 2021 / May

Month: May 2021

Posted on May 29, 2021August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Fifty

The Week in Pictures, Week 21, 2021

Someone turned fifty years old on Saturday. Spoiler alert 🚨! It was me 😜! We had a tiny party – the first since the February of last year – and it was a lovely time.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: birthdays, instagram, peonies, resin, stud earrings
Posted on May 22, 2021August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Back in Ocean City

This Week in Pictures, Week 20, 2021

Click here if you like vacation photos 😁

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj
Posted on May 15, 2021August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Lackluster Photography

The Week in Pictures, week 19, 2021

With a few exceptions, this week’s photos are not my best work.

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp wildlife refuge, instagram, jersey shore, ocean city nj
Posted on May 8, 2021April 25, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Fore!

The Week in Pictures, week 18, 2021

This week saw the return of things that have been scarce in the year of the pandemic: family parties and head colds. One of those things I missed, and one I did not 🙂

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Categories: knitting, photography, this week in pictures
Tags: everyday baby, film, instagram, instant film, sweaters
Posted on May 1, 2021August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Flower Rut

This Week in Pictures, Week 17, 2021

I’m in a bit of a flowering tree rut, if I’m being honest. They are beautiful, but it would still be nice to see some variety around here.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tag: instagram
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                        First images with my new (old) Canon EOS Rebel 200 First images with my new (old) Canon EOS Rebel 2000 on 12yo expired Fujifilm Superia 400, taken on my birthday a few weeks ago 🧁I think this camera and I are going to get along just fine 😁#BelieveInFilm
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                        I blogged yesterday about using Kato Blackout with I blogged yesterday about using Kato Blackout with Premo! Sculpey scraps. If you're curious about how that worked for me, drop by the link in my bio for the details 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 31: Last prompt! We're suppose #PictureFlowers Day 31: Last prompt! We're supposed to buy ourselves flowers, but I already did that a few days ago with these dark pink #peonies. They're finally opening up nicely, though, so that's a good gift for today 🙂Thank you @traceyclark for another enjoyable month-long challenge 💗
                        💜 A few images from my first roll of #LomoChrom 💜 A few images from my first roll of #LomoChromePurple, including one from the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and one from the Ocean City boardwalk 💜I shared the whole roll (and my thoughts) on my blog. See the link in my bio.Spoiler alert: I think they're cool and I want to take some more 😁#filmisnotdead #minoltaxgm #lomography #lomopurple #ocnj #gsnwr
                        #PictureFlowers Day 30: I wasn't really in the moo #PictureFlowers Day 30: I wasn't really in the mood for a selfie today, but the prompt said otherwise, so here I am, though the real star of the show today is this Trader Joe's peony which smells sooooo lovely 🪷
                        #PictureFlowers Day 20: I took myself out to a gar #PictureFlowers Day 20: I took myself out to a garden today and saw a bunch of new-to-me flowers, including this "giant onion" 😄
                        #PictureFlowers Day 28: nature is reclaiming the L #PictureFlowers Day 28: nature is reclaiming the Little Tykes house in the back yard.
                        #PictureFlowers Day 27: peonies before they go *po #PictureFlowers Day 27: peonies before they go *poof*.
                        Went to my first concert in 10 years last night an Went to my first concert in 10 years last night and it was uh-MAZE-ing. I've been a Crowded House fan since I was 15 years old, and scraped together my pennies for their first album. Aidan can remember me playing them (and every other Neil Finn project) in the car since before he was 3 years old (and he's 23 now), so he came with me. It was great. So glad we did this! 🤩
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