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Posted on January 20, 2019February 23, 2020 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Clayathon: a Retrospective

The fourteenth South Jersey Clayathon is happening in 2019. I’ve been to all of the previous 13 except for two of them. Here’s a retrospective of everything I’ve made, and the experiences I’ve had from year to year. Enjoy! [Updated to include 2019 and 2020]

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Categories: excursions, polymer clay
Tag: clayathon
Posted on September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Moody Swamp

Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge Droplets and leaves in a web

This weekend,the 15 year old and I went to the Great Swamp in the rain. His idea. “Bring the camera,” he said. It was wet, unsurprisingly, and we had the entire place to ourselves. I don’t think that has ever happened to us before. It was nice. And a tiny bit creepy.

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Categories: excursions, photography, tutorials
Tags: great swamp wildlife refuge, lightroom, rain
Posted on August 19, 2018August 19, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

Peach Bottom

We rented a house for 3 days in Peach Bottom, a town in Southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This is the story, and about a million photographs, too!

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: lancaster county, peach bottom pa
Posted on June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Boardwalk, Sand, and Rain. So much rain.

A few weekends ago, we spent a long weekend in Ocean City, NJ, and I have the pictures to prove it.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: beautiful jersey, jersey shore, ocean city nj
Posted on June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Birds, Flowers, and Mud. So much mud.

A month ago today, we walked through a muddy forest and took pictures of birds, flowers, and more. NJ can be beautiful, even in the rain.

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Category: excursions
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp wildlife refuge, spring
Posted on October 22, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Rhinebeck Number 4

My rather long-winded version of how I spent my weekend at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 12, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Rhinebeck! Who’s going?

I will be attempting to buy your love at #rhinebeck #sheepandwool this weekend with a button and a coupon code. Come say hello! #pdcsayhello

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Categories: crochet, excursions, family, knitting
Tags: rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on September 6, 2015April 27, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Sunflower fields: pictures and music

A bunch of pictures from our trip to a sunflower maze, and a new playlist for fall!

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Categories: excursions, music
Tags: autumn, beautiful jersey, branchville nj, cd mix, liberty farms, mix tape, playlists, sunflowers, sussex county sunflower maze
Posted on August 31, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Zinnia Quest

Meyersville, NJ

Sunday afternoon, I grabbed my camera and headed for the farm in search of colorful flowers to photograph and then to bring home.

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Categories: excursions, photography
Tags: beautiful jersey, farms, hillview farms, meyersville nj
Posted on July 2, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Summertime

Summertime, and the livin’ is… different than it used to be. But still good.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tag: summer

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