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Sunning sea lions

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you can see the golden gates in the distance

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San Francisco

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He did not want that sunscreen applied

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Muir beach

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Our rainy day at the beach

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Escape!

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An herb from my mothers garden. I think they told me it is rosemary.

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Have you ever tried to smile with a duck lip?

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Beautiful scenery on I-80

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I dont know what this is, but we discovered it out west of the salt lake.

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Emma

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Jenna, she just woke up. But she is such a happy baby

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coloring on the side walk and watching the cars go by

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This is my Hannah. Her pose here with her little tush is just too cute.

May has been a very busy month and lets face it, I tend to be a procrastinator. So here I am to "catch up" once more

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Zee Cheesecake

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Today I made strawberry jam, five batches of it. Delicious work. :)

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garden, barn and milking shed.

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I love these old benches, but sitting under these trees is bound to get a little messy

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These are the only kind of Snowdrops I want to see this time of year.

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. . . violets are blue. . .

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some of grandma's early flowers

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crumbling disrepair has a beauty all its own

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My mother once made dried flower arrangements and other such crafts to earn a little extra money. These weeds are one of the plants she would use in her arrangements.

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1st West and Church street. A corner on one ot the only two blocks in town

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I wonder where this window has been, what scenes it has watched unfold.

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The sewing room window and facing the north yard

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One of my favorite places at grandma's is my grandpa's shed. My uncle still uses it, but some things have not changed since before he died. The smell of metal, rust, oil and dirt remind me of my grandpa. he always smelled like his shed and outside.

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Grandma told me these cute little desks were those used in the old publc school there in Bern where my great grandmother was the first teacher.

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My uncles gas tank collection, I count at least nine

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It is spring when the calves are here.

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I love this beautiful area. It still has some of the original homes built by the settelers, many of which were my own ancestors.

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We saw a huge

bird fly over the house at dark and land up on top of the barn. He is a massive owl with the wingspan of around 3 feet. I couldnt figure out the camera setting and it was getting dark quickly but this is our owl perched up there.