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Instagram Inspiration :: The Wonder of the Dragonfly
Last night my daughter and I were walking out our front door when we saw a rather large insect flying around our porch light. When we realized it was a dragonfly, I was a bit surprised as I have never seen one flying around at nighttime. So of course, this sent us on a quest to find out more about dragonflies. I love when nature inspires us to learn more about the creatures that share our planet with us and we spent the evening on Google learning about them! After much discussion we decided to call him (or her) Daphne. Though my daughter wanted to call him Gingivitis the Dragonfly. Funny…
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The Beauty of Pewter
This past week my mother, brother, husband and I flew to her home in Colorado and went through the entire house and basement to categorize things that she wanted to bring back to California with her and things she wanted to sell in an estate sale. We came across many wonderful heirlooms that her mother and grandmother had passed on to her. My mom knows I am a big fan of pewter (as was her mom) so she gave me this wonderful Pewter coffee and tea set that her mother used. I’m not sure what it is about pewter, but I have loved it since I can…
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Instagram of the Day :: Japanese Paper Mache Mask
The past couple weeks we have been doing a major decluttering and redecorating. I plan to do a post about how we can “redo” our homes without buying anything! One of the changes we made was move this Japanese paper mache mask from a spot that it was relatively unappreciated to front and center on our kitchen wall. When I look at this mask, I remember sitting in a small Japanese restaurant in Hamamatsu City (known for their amazing eel) with a friend and mentioning how much I loved the small mask. She said something to the sushi chef and next thing I know, he is taking it off the…
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Instagram Inspiration: Making Memories
Growing up in Southern California in the 1970’s and 80’s was a great time to be a kid! We would spend hours at our pool and had many family trips to the beach. It has been great incorporating these same activities we did as kids into our family outings. My husband and daughter have been hitting the beach early in the am for years (and letting tired mom sleep in). He has been secretly wishing she would take to surfing because he has wanted to teach her how to surf since she was a baby. I think he wants a surfing buddy so he has an excuse to hit the beach…
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Keeping it Simple
The other day my daughter and I were at the grocery store and she wanted me to buy her this shiny red ball. I figured if a $1.00 ball could make her day – why not?! There is something about a shiny red ball that brings back memories of childhood. As we were walking back to our car, I captured her playing with it and she had the biggest smile on her face. It made me think about how children have such a gift of staying and being in the moment. Here she was playing with this red ball like it was the best present she has ever…
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Instagram Inspiration :: “Your Dog has Dwarfism”
Sometimes people can say the darndest things! Like the time I brought our 3 month old new puppy in to our local PetSmart to find out about puppy training. I was speaking to one of the trainers about our puppy, Max, that we had adopted from the German Shepherd Rescue Group of Orange County. The rescue group is run by a great group of volunteers that have helped saved thousands of dogs through the years and was the first group we went to when our sweet Duke passed away last year. Max’s mom was found in a field alongside a Ford car dealership along with her 4 week old puppies. Luckily, she was…
