backyard

Jenna’s Baby Shower

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“Every child begins the world again.” —Henry David Thoreau

A Cool Morning

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(taken August 17)

Finally, a cool enough morning to enjoy my coffee outside while Sophie slid and slid and slid, and Owen and James watched leaves flutter in the breeze (a pastime I vividly remember Sophie enjoying, too).

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” —Sam Keen

Backyard Insects

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(Thanks to my love who has a love for photographing such things.)

“If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.” —American Quaker saying