Tag: pictures
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…worth 1000 words
About a month ago a bunch of the spouses from the ship got together and made posters that I mailed to the ship to hang in the messdecks. We plan on making this a monthly thing, which is a good way for us to stay connected. Anyway, I got this photo in return: It made…
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Sail away, sail away
Sitting on a low-slung sailboat and watching the water fly beneath you, almost close enough to touch, is possibly as close to feeling like a seabird as you can ever get. The salt crusts on your face and the water sprays in your eyes and yet it doesn’t matter because the waves and the sky…
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Giant Waterslide of Winning
You know how sometimes things seem like a good idea at the time and then in execution just don’t work? And then there are times when the idea works so much better than you could have anticipated. On Saturday morning the youth leaders gathered at the church’s driving range (we’re located on a golf course,…
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Cat Toy Fail
You know how kids would rather play with the box containing the new (insert thing here, such as wagon or basketball) than the new thing itself? I’d say it’s almost more true for cats. Expensive cat toys (except for climbing trees) are useless in our house. I’ve tried any number of toys, playforts, tunnels, and…
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The North Dakota Conspiracy
“The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. Of why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings!” If you have ever been on a road trip with me, or otherwise confined with me for any length of…
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4th of July Fun with 4 Second Exposures
I don’t know about you, but I had an outstanding 4th of July this year. Yesterday (during the day) I went with some friends on their 4 person catamaran out on Kaneohe Bay and we sailed for about four hours. It was wonderful to be so close to the water, skimming along the surface almost…
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Saving Songbirds
This happened two weeks ago, but I didn’t have time to write about it then, so I will write about it now. Two Friday nights ago I was spending the afternoon with friends who dropped me off at home after having nicely let me carpool with them. I got out of the car and discovered…
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Love in a Coffee Cup
So, this happened today. I’m doing okay, really. I think I am in complete denial about the whole thing, to be honest. We’ll see how I am two weeks from now. In the meantime, I have a little story about yesterday. If you know my husband at all, you know that he is what I…
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Adventures on base, part 3
Today I had a doctor’s appointment to find out if I needed any vaccines to go to the Philippines later this year, so I drove onto base and got there about ten minutes early… only to hear a strange alarm sounding and a man in uniform blocking the entrance to the clinic. I rolled down…
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Monkeying Around
[edited to add photos] Today the schedule at the zoo was completely disrupted by tree trimmers beside the tiger exhibits, so the tigers couldn’t go outside so we couldn’t clean inside so we had an extra hour on our hands. So I suggested we flood the spider monkey exhibit. This turned out to be excellent…
Joanna Volavka 