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Harry and David

January 9, 2008

a bit of indulgence before the blog is taken over by RV trip posts (we roll tomorrow!!! for TX)…

When Mark (my brother) and Kristie were here they provided the snack for cocktail hour one night… a dip made from Harry and David’s Pepper and Onion Relish and cream cheese… YUM!  We loved it SO much that we ordered 6 jars for us for Christmas treat.  …we are down to 2 jars…

bonus…Mark and Kristie sent us a “thank you” gift from H&D - “Tower of treats” - VERY yummy!  H&D are “famous” for pears among other things - nothing that wasn’t downright scrumptious in the “tower” - plus all was boxed beautifully - truly a feast for eyes and stomach!

Harry and David

Blogs I Love

ok re the voting in the Bloggies…a couple of readers have said that they would LOVE to vote for From the Front Porch, but the rules of voting for at least 3 blogs have them stymied because they don’t know 2 other blogs.

So….. here are some blogs that I happen to love and read regularly.  Almost all of them have links to blogs that those bloggers like and so on. 

Karen Cheng’s Snippets of Life   http://www.karencheng.com.au/

Chickens in the Road   http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/

Confessions of a Pioneer Woman http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/    *****MY PERSONAL FAVORITE - gorgeous photography! - AND she shares her secrets

The Pioneer Woman Cooks http://www.thepioneerwomancooks.com/   same author as above

Oh My Stinkin Heck http://ohmystinkinheck.com/  this author shares WordPress how-tos as well as being fun to read

My thoughts http://ogopogo-montana.blogspot.com/  this author is my friend Carolyn. 

There are blogs on so many topics - not just “women” topics … you can go to www.wordpress.com and view blog titles from the topic list… or go to the award site for previous years and look at the winners under a heading, or Google blog, topic  where you replace topic with something you are interested in. 

Some blogs are professional and/or business blogs, some by groups, some individuals. 

I find it interesting to view and read different blogs - I love to read, love to see the photos, love to see how different blogs are put together - the blogs I enjoy are more than just on line journals - the “how-to’s” have been very helpful to me as I transition to more web work both for my “work” and for my writing/photograpy “hobby”.

Have fun! 

  

a careful look

Yesterday when the humidity was 100% - fog-mist-”drizzle-in-the-air” …these webs caught the dew and Bill’s eye.  He mentioned I might get a photo or 2 - here is my favorite.  Amazing the amount of color, texture, shape and light in this patch of space on a drab gray day.

Web Photo

BUT…it was so interesting to me…the texture, color and pattern…AND I’d just been reading about some other features of Photoshop…  I only have Photoshop Elements (scaled down version) but still, some things I could try and I did below.  FUN!

Water Color Web

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