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2010: I Mean it this Year. Really.

2010: I Mean it this Year. Really.

I’m never really sure how I feel about New Year’s resolutions. Many years I’ve set unrealistic goals, vague, nonspecific ones or none at all. This year there are a few things I’m determined to accomplish, so I’m going to make a more focused effort.
I’ve failed at:

Organizing 23 years of family photos. An overwhelming task, as [...]

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iPhone Through Wine

iPhone Through Wine

I’m not the world’s best photographer or wine connoisseur, but I’ve decided to do a series of not-fabulous-but-kinda-fun photos shot through wine with the iPhone. This is the first one, which I took nearly a year ago, of our less-than-idyllic backyard. (I wonder if there are any other words I can possibly hyphenate in this [...]

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Three Feet From Heaven

Three Feet From Heaven

Greers Ferry Lake in central Arkansas is just about my favorite place on earth. The simple, unspoiled beauty of creation relaxes me in ways I cannot explain and through the years it has been the setting for some of the best of our family times; this past week was no exception. We just returned from [...]

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Twitter on the Scene

Twitter on the Scene

Yesterday a plane made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York City. The event has been well-covered by the mainstream media, but one of the best pictures I’ve seen was snapped by a ferry passenger and uploaded to twitpic.
If you don’t use Twitter, you should. And if you do use Twitter and [...]

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Fall Colors in Tennessee

Fall Colors in Tennessee

I’ve been meaning to take some photos of the beautiful fall foliage in our area, but never got around to it. Somehow the ones I snapped from my iPhone on the way to church yesterday just didn’t make the cut. So Jim went walking and shooting yesterday and these are the best three.

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