tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86254393184800025622024-03-13T13:23:49.364-05:00:: brunette perspective ::joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-54271320612266351712012-01-13T21:32:00.000-06:002012-01-13T21:32:13.753-06:00No Truer Words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlWw_pMK8WYejgCJBSumbj-BI-uDe5P65nClIXgOiEuj0K-DlYmfGrZ9MQEF51mchZcWXMTyzI-N7rpbNGtmsSvREYOgZgBmpSDfmdwrje92EXxqV_mAGu7OX3xn87jpobF7lLRrNtnw/s1600/IMG_1198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlWw_pMK8WYejgCJBSumbj-BI-uDe5P65nClIXgOiEuj0K-DlYmfGrZ9MQEF51mchZcWXMTyzI-N7rpbNGtmsSvREYOgZgBmpSDfmdwrje92EXxqV_mAGu7OX3xn87jpobF7lLRrNtnw/s640/IMG_1198.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-80832992099217731962011-04-04T16:09:00.000-05:002011-04-04T16:09:21.070-05:00Movie Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBf0tZtcveBiyh1jtkGGcJJYgo5Z3XqQX-dQvgWUDgLyvVhJwvGOx6qSquECs8j1jTArwzPloVcMuS5A-URftkWe7mC-mqzCn_-tIBwom1PhAIHxO_dzXq8WEgrMKJfvB124HXrx5ceQ/s1600/IMG_0288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBf0tZtcveBiyh1jtkGGcJJYgo5Z3XqQX-dQvgWUDgLyvVhJwvGOx6qSquECs8j1jTArwzPloVcMuS5A-URftkWe7mC-mqzCn_-tIBwom1PhAIHxO_dzXq8WEgrMKJfvB124HXrx5ceQ/s640/IMG_0288.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">:)</div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-57896255362253886592011-01-18T15:49:00.000-06:002011-01-18T15:49:51.895-06:00A Thousand Words-- Sisterly love --<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvIZpSjlSBgD4cq_U3PVmmAvDLJ1bbK6rftvY_q9JOM9HhDQijhNRlPeEijRCw-BNKMrCHScl0h8qYh6SzFWwe-8r9GyI9R4YKHchR00SGklQvBqh8yy6rp4eMsl_z2TESOve8LIMgF0/s1600/IMG_9561-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvIZpSjlSBgD4cq_U3PVmmAvDLJ1bbK6rftvY_q9JOM9HhDQijhNRlPeEijRCw-BNKMrCHScl0h8qYh6SzFWwe-8r9GyI9R4YKHchR00SGklQvBqh8yy6rp4eMsl_z2TESOve8LIMgF0/s640/IMG_9561-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." </div><div style="text-align: right;">— <a class="authorNameRegular" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/28243.Zelda_Fitzgerald"><span style="color: black;">Zelda Fitzgerald</span></a></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-72706211779805909472010-10-28T12:48:00.000-05:002010-10-28T12:48:24.728-05:00A Thousand Words...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiSjbZrdB78iTgPbrhksnrP1Pf7L-s9sj3Dh91CfJLB_wCE8RWsBNGDJpsgH89m3w1kXLjbQ42QmXskLdmNSo8nUNMDBv45QueExcvOUEapCaz-xZmVWDmzaB3L9zqLlOkNUR6lbnt3A/s1600/IMG_8977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiSjbZrdB78iTgPbrhksnrP1Pf7L-s9sj3Dh91CfJLB_wCE8RWsBNGDJpsgH89m3w1kXLjbQ42QmXskLdmNSo8nUNMDBv45QueExcvOUEapCaz-xZmVWDmzaB3L9zqLlOkNUR6lbnt3A/s640/IMG_8977.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">...</span></span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-81347069950390698132010-10-04T18:59:00.003-05:002010-10-28T14:24:37.131-05:00Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tGkWoTxiVYAaE-FFHddRN9WuOgQbv_5abPKErobDnBigyyQruD8tLF_5MMVJMKGR-pGJ7G9XyujMQLuQ-VBNhRhhaHOH1Y9_UqDpE7OdJA6ld1lh6cOGhi8FXyB9mU3zWnVSutgiL8M/s1600/IMG_8371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tGkWoTxiVYAaE-FFHddRN9WuOgQbv_5abPKErobDnBigyyQruD8tLF_5MMVJMKGR-pGJ7G9XyujMQLuQ-VBNhRhhaHOH1Y9_UqDpE7OdJA6ld1lh6cOGhi8FXyB9mU3zWnVSutgiL8M/s640/IMG_8371.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">--<b>Eleanor Roosevelt</b></span></span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-60968326176680442062010-09-20T12:54:00.002-05:002010-10-28T14:22:17.722-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="460" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSKX2E1iju1WHxuR36gYdmMwp2N_cuOp4N1NtwzOdbSwGKRR_JBcaiBTqgRfjI5CqXQ0JHweYwyWQRrGOBm_8ePdd8OhChyphenhyphenZLVZbaDP3eTITtv0cR1OflHU_UovmlwxxRmoMPkcxrQD0/s640/IMG_6670.JPG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles" </div><div style="text-align: center;">— <strong><em>Walt Whitman</em></strong></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-81880789821380632532010-09-19T10:46:00.005-05:002010-10-28T14:22:48.391-05:00"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlIaQftul3i_2c6YkbyYO5KSuawmjRkzH4nHJOIhfrktQcgsTGVLNihv8ZWMuwNauICmHNk4mAgCoriMsi3AtgjyF81-gcASMyNKnKGZZ1FsY6X1qQ7P4Ej-J6aQAbU8Q8Fj-i-KC6aI/s1600/IMG_8478-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518652507284786098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlIaQftul3i_2c6YkbyYO5KSuawmjRkzH4nHJOIhfrktQcgsTGVLNihv8ZWMuwNauICmHNk4mAgCoriMsi3AtgjyF81-gcASMyNKnKGZZ1FsY6X1qQ7P4Ej-J6aQAbU8Q8Fj-i-KC6aI/s640/IMG_8478-1.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">...To</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">day is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'." </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>--- Eleanor Roosevelt</b></span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-34262237672472074192010-09-18T13:14:00.006-05:002010-09-20T12:59:49.398-05:00A Beautiful Sunrise On My Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RqBF05SafovjhlC9Q3NhN5D01heOyLWZuzgImbybexyyj06MstdTYwEy58sUzNlEnmPS6CfOwMF2uvSGM8G3XSvipzRAwEcwkXNHC0RrPOG30APZf-YipGdtmgEAV5gaTPR5Akx5C_U/s1600/IMG_8417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="456" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518318959822460706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RqBF05SafovjhlC9Q3NhN5D01heOyLWZuzgImbybexyyj06MstdTYwEy58sUzNlEnmPS6CfOwMF2uvSGM8G3XSvipzRAwEcwkXNHC0RrPOG30APZf-YipGdtmgEAV5gaTPR5Akx5C_U/s640/IMG_8417.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">"God made man small and the universe big to say</div><div style="text-align: center;">something about Himself." -- <strong>John Piper</strong></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-28499911776820530412010-09-15T15:01:00.007-05:002010-09-20T13:00:52.651-05:00<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7A7TLj-BJMfmJLTIR6k3p0KQCCjiWfLQS4haj7IJFBtvURXRZl6OA_hYEqplhWNeFypkf3tYiDOP8eYLL3wErDMfqTBzlU5SpRCEtDNE0kCUk02DOqGvbL5szX1Xa6hP3crVuwP7mkSY/s1600/IMG_7302.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517232977888800738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7A7TLj-BJMfmJLTIR6k3p0KQCCjiWfLQS4haj7IJFBtvURXRZl6OA_hYEqplhWNeFypkf3tYiDOP8eYLL3wErDMfqTBzlU5SpRCEtDNE0kCUk02DOqGvbL5szX1Xa6hP3crVuwP7mkSY/s640/IMG_7302.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; </div><div align="right">an optomist sees the oppurtunity in every difficulty." </div><div align="right">--<strong>Winston Churchhill</strong></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-39904603331376709832010-06-25T16:59:00.005-05:002010-09-20T13:01:22.422-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoqsD23yFB8zGlKGwEtf37B1KTcVVOmJs5MdOzvZnTFwnExf1jj3CY7hfsbVl9R8QxTyH6vIPVxDfiiOnXWY8AgbqpehsMTJAWg9MCIegfYzwAIf9DkCNxj9gYa2EqWU-rKNtlu3WwKo/s1600/IMG_7145.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="458" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486834512502806354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoqsD23yFB8zGlKGwEtf37B1KTcVVOmJs5MdOzvZnTFwnExf1jj3CY7hfsbVl9R8QxTyH6vIPVxDfiiOnXWY8AgbqpehsMTJAWg9MCIegfYzwAIf9DkCNxj9gYa2EqWU-rKNtlu3WwKo/s640/IMG_7145.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>There's nothing quite as beautiful as contented horses, grazing in the gathering mist. :)joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-59646074274855626652009-11-04T15:05:00.009-06:002010-09-20T13:02:19.061-05:00Wild Beauties<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0DDS7o1GwWMyIFnFzNFxqLBRIoxxkkWePpjXNnTq5YvPvquHb5d73qZFWkXFPHvr1eAVQrXBcsomeZGW2EXQ1yCOd-iGOJhEeFIAqJOH7RezREqeqBJRR0D6Tm_J2iPM0NAfmpflbPI/s1600-h/IMG_4146.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400363178500047474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0DDS7o1GwWMyIFnFzNFxqLBRIoxxkkWePpjXNnTq5YvPvquHb5d73qZFWkXFPHvr1eAVQrXBcsomeZGW2EXQ1yCOd-iGOJhEeFIAqJOH7RezREqeqBJRR0D6Tm_J2iPM0NAfmpflbPI/s640/IMG_4146.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="510" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">None can have a healthy love for flowers...</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">...unless he loves the wild ones</span>. - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Forbes Watson</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXose4U9FhaQGHZMu7106bqTbVC8TgSI8Wg_d-oeRuj0B5QawQ1bkEJjWCi9BY3VOCo1NSHnNSeygdHNS9fo-FjMpDuqe3EguFZMdFCjGyc1Kh3fixkbx3DnCIt07OWNVxd5E9Rtivl0/s1600-h/IMG_4150.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="632" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400362756366047442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXose4U9FhaQGHZMu7106bqTbVC8TgSI8Wg_d-oeRuj0B5QawQ1bkEJjWCi9BY3VOCo1NSHnNSeygdHNS9fo-FjMpDuqe3EguFZMdFCjGyc1Kh3fixkbx3DnCIt07OWNVxd5E9Rtivl0/s640/IMG_4150.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-58349724901381527672009-11-03T09:55:00.008-06:002010-09-20T13:03:57.694-05:00Fall? Really?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkW0l-f2fGiA5Gm2cbDzEVWhtCYpg8VpLDBLM2L74jIhsAb5PiH9xpvjQVGMJuaBpc_ztCA0AHmY8g_kKS_uvMoorNv3ctCiQTFWQZe4YXPMeTGG47WotPid4ImOILb9NnY7MT6bxcZI/s1600-h/IMG_4334.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399907014135504066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkW0l-f2fGiA5Gm2cbDzEVWhtCYpg8VpLDBLM2L74jIhsAb5PiH9xpvjQVGMJuaBpc_ztCA0AHmY8g_kKS_uvMoorNv3ctCiQTFWQZe4YXPMeTGG47WotPid4ImOILb9NnY7MT6bxcZI/s640/IMG_4334.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="455" /></a>I like Autumn. I can't decide whether I like it better than Spring or Summer. It's not too hot, is gloriously crisp and sunny, and the leaves are a brilliant array of color, not to mention, my birthday is in the same month that Fall starts. So yes, I like Autumn!<br />
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But, this one has been very weird. First, the weather was very nice, mild, and crisp and the leaves slowly started turning color. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp2qNFGcOv6Om-xKdHzP-AdJRvHY18IpDIrng3d0EPLccyyDwJojxjclsHfkBORLTEWE6hZ3GK9pFK9DzsObkbAsIrJONWK44ScryS4h-PIgFGr-UGcMhEVfXpOufvJYTEXcbB_uLj2Y/s1600-h/IMG_4346.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399907024079604594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp2qNFGcOv6Om-xKdHzP-AdJRvHY18IpDIrng3d0EPLccyyDwJojxjclsHfkBORLTEWE6hZ3GK9pFK9DzsObkbAsIrJONWK44ScryS4h-PIgFGr-UGcMhEVfXpOufvJYTEXcbB_uLj2Y/s640/IMG_4346.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="456" /></a>Then it got dreary, cold, rainy, and muddy for weeks. And then, a couple times in October, we woke up to several inches of snow on the ground!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenYlXlmrGo5Qw1LoXby6bOHWWDURH45YNrF73CjVGCT3v1u67XVwPGO8kwt4n80Hz21FUpUwMckB7EjwF0ybwyibyRffUK-Tp9PxlMuLtiuy9ggkQ4beKWkvaJOVyEq4AImo7YArLsgo/s1600-h/IMG_4375.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399907031856303746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenYlXlmrGo5Qw1LoXby6bOHWWDURH45YNrF73CjVGCT3v1u67XVwPGO8kwt4n80Hz21FUpUwMckB7EjwF0ybwyibyRffUK-Tp9PxlMuLtiuy9ggkQ4beKWkvaJOVyEq4AImo7YArLsgo/s640/IMG_4375.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="480" /></a>There was seriously 2" of snow blanketing trees that still had leaves on them and even some of them were still green!!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2SybTrWoFIqXkwpSo7DTcQvko71bsgcFF9vQ09s37iMvN2cDgZMCowVNDf7Z7OBb7aYXGbm54PyE_4sQWKMPAFKbmzsmznCmhbmO69Mn2ZI80uwwbGTv67OMtt-IP5ii9NEpPovXIRU/s1600-h/IMG_4379.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="446" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399915975051870914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2SybTrWoFIqXkwpSo7DTcQvko71bsgcFF9vQ09s37iMvN2cDgZMCowVNDf7Z7OBb7aYXGbm54PyE_4sQWKMPAFKbmzsmznCmhbmO69Mn2ZI80uwwbGTv67OMtt-IP5ii9NEpPovXIRU/s640/IMG_4379.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>The leaves survived though and stayed on their branches quite a bit longer than usual, although I thought they weren't quite as pretty as they have been in past years. Another weird thing; <span style="font-style: italic;">under normal circumstances</span>, you can plan on raking leaves after the middle of October, but this year, the leaves have just fallen in the past couple days!<br />
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So yeah... weird. :P I think I shall give up my notion that Wisconsin is very normal, weather-wise. It never ceases to surprise me. Which is a good thing. Because I wouldn't have anything to blog about, if it didn't, now would I? ;)<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBd0EnSWdJN3NWYvlpcYMb2bfJ8UclMl-PmWpe-TXXnDPbtw7fHv-Q1FU_B6OK4SOzz9xpgNRFOdTDh-FTYFmU9LxF2er07AUD4mHGBxVkpo3H8p6ml2QS_jBt10aopnACZDDqmlg5fk/s1600-h/IMG_4330.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399907023049425714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBd0EnSWdJN3NWYvlpcYMb2bfJ8UclMl-PmWpe-TXXnDPbtw7fHv-Q1FU_B6OK4SOzz9xpgNRFOdTDh-FTYFmU9LxF2er07AUD4mHGBxVkpo3H8p6ml2QS_jBt10aopnACZDDqmlg5fk/s640/IMG_4330.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="505" /></a>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-32031925447697189712009-10-04T18:02:00.003-05:002010-09-20T13:04:55.296-05:00One last Glimpse of Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUvJoJ482SIGoQmImx3w8CrDIz5PNtklPfWF4T9aGR8RTFiErVbL6b7tIIYDqxpcuAOCUK79s06kuFxKVExft6DhglWdxd14o7cfVTXqKU3I7t_Y8z9VMLOOhWC7XiS5nbBHe1BzGXrA/s1600-h/IMG_4067.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="371" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388884604632029922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUvJoJ482SIGoQmImx3w8CrDIz5PNtklPfWF4T9aGR8RTFiErVbL6b7tIIYDqxpcuAOCUK79s06kuFxKVExft6DhglWdxd14o7cfVTXqKU3I7t_Y8z9VMLOOhWC7XiS5nbBHe1BzGXrA/s640/IMG_4067.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>The season has changed now and the temperature has gotten below freezing so these pretty sunflowers are no longer lush and beautiful. But I wanted to post one last picture of summer before Fall sets in. :)joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-83733070336864431002009-09-26T13:38:00.004-05:002010-09-20T13:05:23.566-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_zOqedGgub010aE0gdKcPvGAVkHu5x4IXrxcvCDH86yZVRZhy4j2FCI0ENbJUg0WjXuhQoVNbAK3zf00EbSq8B0C4nWb4CiCYizXWMkTBTQvfKlKd4bE7Lbz4ZeYFkVuennMQpwNqs8/s1600-h/IMG_3941.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385848732868877298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_zOqedGgub010aE0gdKcPvGAVkHu5x4IXrxcvCDH86yZVRZhy4j2FCI0ENbJUg0WjXuhQoVNbAK3zf00EbSq8B0C4nWb4CiCYizXWMkTBTQvfKlKd4bE7Lbz4ZeYFkVuennMQpwNqs8/s640/IMG_3941.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-69426705251426257042009-09-14T16:51:00.005-05:002010-09-20T13:06:09.722-05:00Bird's Eye View<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZceV0H9EtfabYSjTfRuzOJo_nD64o-j4MMZ93oDVBRx9o53q1c7rl8hRh8G6mWEibL9txFmB2b4gbbxHOR3gt_QUxMTyNoiTycWm3IrjgkcNcZ6SDpfOiI6CJePBeNFwUxQ4ewUC2F4/s1600-h/IMG_4037.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="515" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381445540731239410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZceV0H9EtfabYSjTfRuzOJo_nD64o-j4MMZ93oDVBRx9o53q1c7rl8hRh8G6mWEibL9txFmB2b4gbbxHOR3gt_QUxMTyNoiTycWm3IrjgkcNcZ6SDpfOiI6CJePBeNFwUxQ4ewUC2F4/s640/IMG_4037.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>When we were at the <a href="http://joygirl92.blogspot.com/2009/09/labor-day-weekend.html">Wilderness Fellowship</a>, I saw this eagle WAAAAAY out across the swamp so I had to zoom in quite a bit to get a decent picture. So, thus the somewhat blurry, low quality grainy-ness. Anyways, enjoy. ;)joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-42279095140134977232009-09-12T17:11:00.003-05:002010-09-20T13:06:43.093-05:00Reflections<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC7bE3zeL6l4yTNXXbWUcpbdNPTWOLIO4xED94g43IbGaMJibfbGqpnKQPX2W09N9lU-1BZ4dkP2TIciq6ImeC95IIrpqvxGsHZhCXIAz19KLi4OsuH0zSRwj1AqgWWp-Al7KTNxlM7Y/s1600-h/IMG_3879.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380707291475908658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC7bE3zeL6l4yTNXXbWUcpbdNPTWOLIO4xED94g43IbGaMJibfbGqpnKQPX2W09N9lU-1BZ4dkP2TIciq6ImeC95IIrpqvxGsHZhCXIAz19KLi4OsuH0zSRwj1AqgWWp-Al7KTNxlM7Y/s640/IMG_3879.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="514" /></a> "...<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">He</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> leadeth me</span> beside <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">still waters</span>..."</div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-45646078779924811152009-09-01T13:36:00.005-05:002010-09-20T13:05:44.715-05:00A Promise<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JEQFdRjG3000kSKcV1COB46oqtHCLelhQqOO9k8_V7d4_MC5pSHInj8IWQjTkmFQt-rVoW-EVYVsO0pSDmJY5KFbQBP4LEhBJ-cKukSlEfFH5gQsgbdasz_yP8iNdUckhyuKHSZJdOY/s1600-h/IMG_3513.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376571927769325186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JEQFdRjG3000kSKcV1COB46oqtHCLelhQqOO9k8_V7d4_MC5pSHInj8IWQjTkmFQt-rVoW-EVYVsO0pSDmJY5KFbQBP4LEhBJ-cKukSlEfFH5gQsgbdasz_yP8iNdUckhyuKHSZJdOY/s640/IMG_3513.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="480" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Genesis 9:14-16</span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-8585387721895531472009-08-04T12:43:00.003-05:002010-09-20T13:07:15.082-05:00Lazy Summer Day<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCwWnCWgP8umztqrt-lTeGLnD5llackJJ0qgGn81S-Q4JKAUWXuIgUkVt2X28NSFOl8xy8GK4jdzl1haJTxzs4faYXdTxVtsomALsZeqZzhaw1xMfFHZsOjl8cm0GMoLcit4CepsZwT0/s1600-h/IMG_3241.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366166563184589330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCwWnCWgP8umztqrt-lTeGLnD5llackJJ0qgGn81S-Q4JKAUWXuIgUkVt2X28NSFOl8xy8GK4jdzl1haJTxzs4faYXdTxVtsomALsZeqZzhaw1xMfFHZsOjl8cm0GMoLcit4CepsZwT0/s640/IMG_3241.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">...gotta love a good ol' cat nap now and then...</span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-58120325844589610492009-08-03T15:57:00.002-05:002010-09-20T13:07:41.641-05:00Tranquility<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt76N-XHMtX4JSNa2dhU-5ULRsvsiTzqK3mBtkO-_QBNjC7Dl3N79TRn16io4eFvh65uP9i1xU9n83jBHacNtT0ooK21ysw-cPRIHPJBuoLQF5LIgQIT_UM7AwRwFcyFRSgiql4jJ4RXM/s1600-h/IMG_3607.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="457" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365844891802670514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt76N-XHMtX4JSNa2dhU-5ULRsvsiTzqK3mBtkO-_QBNjC7Dl3N79TRn16io4eFvh65uP9i1xU9n83jBHacNtT0ooK21ysw-cPRIHPJBuoLQF5LIgQIT_UM7AwRwFcyFRSgiql4jJ4RXM/s640/IMG_3607.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
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J. Petit Senn</span></b></div><blockquote></blockquote>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-7293825227636716562009-07-26T20:48:00.001-05:002010-09-20T13:08:14.852-05:00A Favorite Flower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrriYz58lNrMsom12KwrVs5znwYRdTNX_eYQGXpL6sKatzeiFEoR_tr81R-OqgBphxc-kG_fQi5lVkT1bHGdj9qN79EPDtcVk2XCcSJ4s6STPhncjAmzvb1_NJnTG-E4mlvSvSjJmCiI/s1600-h/IMG_3222.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="514" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362951362018154050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrriYz58lNrMsom12KwrVs5znwYRdTNX_eYQGXpL6sKatzeiFEoR_tr81R-OqgBphxc-kG_fQi5lVkT1bHGdj9qN79EPDtcVk2XCcSJ4s6STPhncjAmzvb1_NJnTG-E4mlvSvSjJmCiI/s640/IMG_3222.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir60Oy7R_cnXWZe_5_EdOE-tKsdR9suOe1xQxDXxalLU9lrjK8UDjh-nAFSJcBCGVUGjxcncwy2L6YEXrpm3VxiHstpU89W1CH_YMSjA4-sU2NrKH9uNGlWUUM3gjqKlE8RsWVq7E6Kyk/s1600-h/IMG_9359.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="458" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362102541194964258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir60Oy7R_cnXWZe_5_EdOE-tKsdR9suOe1xQxDXxalLU9lrjK8UDjh-nAFSJcBCGVUGjxcncwy2L6YEXrpm3VxiHstpU89W1CH_YMSjA4-sU2NrKH9uNGlWUUM3gjqKlE8RsWVq7E6Kyk/s640/IMG_9359.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsXwoN0VxoKFxMmLUd9cCoFK5862A38ziZPVdfxDsCdJT0Pjp5AL5kg57ws-rYpk7g3C-yFS7pFPDVTOPc1ey68ZylasKO639Q3Gc2IVgUAZ7IoOC3UVz1DQaPt10vyJ_piLVN-s0VLc/s1600-h/IMG_9366.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362102549083296962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsXwoN0VxoKFxMmLUd9cCoFK5862A38ziZPVdfxDsCdJT0Pjp5AL5kg57ws-rYpk7g3C-yFS7pFPDVTOPc1ey68ZylasKO639Q3Gc2IVgUAZ7IoOC3UVz1DQaPt10vyJ_piLVN-s0VLc/s640/IMG_9366.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="457" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdVtW9mhIYU5ycRNvYT0OS9yorBCcT5KE9jIM3wzYxH_XYzJhOMYx92088QWx0S4W91wGPANyNHRcQ_m9t2ewCexOEnzcYM0YkwnUBCdySj0zi5i3UilGObgdkykEnxeA2JiQ1TWc54k/s1600-h/IMG_9409.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362102554388938786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdVtW9mhIYU5ycRNvYT0OS9yorBCcT5KE9jIM3wzYxH_XYzJhOMYx92088QWx0S4W91wGPANyNHRcQ_m9t2ewCexOEnzcYM0YkwnUBCdySj0zi5i3UilGObgdkykEnxeA2JiQ1TWc54k/s640/IMG_9409.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="456" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">...unknown spectator...</span></div>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-11659195767769492832009-07-22T17:58:00.001-05:002010-09-20T13:10:18.009-05:00Splash of Color<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhta_xsnWZ9KWxy_tE4xnQ7QEDc4qSyoVto4ZIf7wl2VVCOxYq-Y8ZpgsdQNr25ypBBMaM_Kda59xkIqsoH6rKok2prNh2kqIb9E8ZLxbc5HOmksbbWPyVfJ0V1By9WwyNbx79B1pAHWrg/s1600-h/IMG_9126.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="456" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361423151803422674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhta_xsnWZ9KWxy_tE4xnQ7QEDc4qSyoVto4ZIf7wl2VVCOxYq-Y8ZpgsdQNr25ypBBMaM_Kda59xkIqsoH6rKok2prNh2kqIb9E8ZLxbc5HOmksbbWPyVfJ0V1By9WwyNbx79B1pAHWrg/s640/IMG_9126.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625439318480002562.post-19420771927410460912009-07-20T17:37:00.001-05:002010-09-20T13:10:40.514-05:00A Common Summer-Time Sight<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LlqqEkBWrwQulGO_R-V_NRpVZEzqXpWzmWLs1WQrjJjdQpqfSMl_QQwDvSNDATiK8w3Nuc1N9mv0soaqGrKAepqYOgigRE0ihvhtCsnPiUANB5Tf-3LwgN-CISjw5fmG54xKmkTP_DY/s1600-h/IMG_9483.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="458" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360675456940868882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LlqqEkBWrwQulGO_R-V_NRpVZEzqXpWzmWLs1WQrjJjdQpqfSMl_QQwDvSNDATiK8w3Nuc1N9mv0soaqGrKAepqYOgigRE0ihvhtCsnPiUANB5Tf-3LwgN-CISjw5fmG54xKmkTP_DY/s640/IMG_9483.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
This wasn't taken with my camera. It's my sister's Canon Rebel 450D. And yeah, I'm jealous. ;)joygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263629481357353495noreply@blogger.com3