Virginia Knowles
Virginia Knowles
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This blog is a compilation of three of my six Blogspot blogs. I will try to update it with new posts each month. There may be some glitches with comments, duplicate posts, and similar but slightly different category tags. :-) Please check out my "About This 3-in-1 Blog" page linked at the top of this blog. It gives the link to the three blogs, as well as my three home schooling blogs. Thanks!-
Recent Posts
- Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park (New England Road Trip #3)
- Boston (New England Road Trip #2)
- The Adventure Begins (New England Road Trip #1)
- To the Young Woman with Bruises
- War Room: Hope or Hype?
- A Clump of Sadness :: Suicide Prevention Week
- Tie Dye Radiance
- And Now I See (A Poem)
- North Carolina: Mountain Shops
- Off to College She Goes!
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Category Archives: Photography
Christmas Red
Life in a huge family is chaotic. Especially in the holiday bustle, you have to claim your calm where you can find it. A flutter and glow and jingle of Christmas red here and there. Red’s not usually the calming color, … Continue reading
On Clouds, Hands, Oysters and Messy Humanity
Dear friends, On the way home from an appointment: clouds. I lucked out with the sun rays on these, hastily taken at a stop light… One of my hobbies is watching clouds and photographing them… They are a symbol of … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Health, Nature, Photography, Stress ~ Difficulty, Web Links
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Red
Cherries and Strawberries, Summer Fresh Kids added lemon juice and ice and sugar,crushed it all in the blender.A cup for Mom, too, of course! All gone! Can I have some more? I’m having fun playing with the color red with … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Homemaking, Photography, Project 52
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Sunshine On His Shoulders Makes Him Happy
Every time we ride in the van as a family, my youngest son races to be first to get the front seat. Why? So he can put the window down and stick his face out the window to feel the … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness, Motherhood, Nature, Photography, Project 52
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Sunlight in Storms
Hello friends!It’s “sunlight” week at the P52 Photo Project but I’m taking a little different twist in that I’m not taking a picture of a sunny day. Life isn’t always sunny. Storms blow in unexpectedly, as is the case in this series … Continue reading
Motherhood (A Little Word to the Weary)
This weeks’s theme for the P52 photo project is Mothers. The best time to post submissions is early in the morning, and here it is noon Friday, so I’m late for the party today! Oh, but wait! P52 just moved … Continue reading
Posted in Motherhood, Photography, Project 52, Seasons of Life, Stress ~ Difficulty, Weariness
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
Heading out the door, my two youngest daughters and one of their best buddies (who is fortunately our next door neighbor) announced their intention to parade around the block wearing silly dress up clothes. Never mind that they cut the … Continue reading
Posted in Clothing, Family Fun, Joy, Melody Moments, Photography, Project 52
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Love, Love, Baby Love — And Food Love, Too!
Baby love: Mary & Isaac Dear friends, My second grandbaby, Isaac, was born last Sunday. I took a few pictures in the hospital here: Baby Isaac is Here! I took the pictures in this post when he was three days … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Motherhood, My Favorites, Photography, Project 52, Web Links
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