ginny on February 23rd, 2010

I like Picasa, especially since a recent update means when you Save changes, it really Saves like you’d expect. But I also like Flickr, and the two don’t have drag-and-drop compatibility as far as I know. So I did a little searching for updates and found that I don’t have the latest version of the [...]

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ginny on February 14th, 2010

After yesterday’s comic misadventures in travel, today was an easy, perfect day in paradise. We’re not a big couple for grand gestures and super-elaborate plans; we’re more in the “play it by ear” mode of operations. But David had tucked a Valentine’s Day card in his bag and this morning he made coffee and brought [...]

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ginny on August 14th, 2009

We are a globeful of dopamine addicts. We endlessly seek and never find the newest new thing.
Slate: Seeking
Seeking. You can’t stop doing it. Sometimes it feels as if the basic drives for food, sex, and sleep have been overridden by a new need for endless nuggets of electronic information. We are so insatiably curious [...]

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ginny on June 10th, 2009

Ginny
I can has iPhone?
Via: Flickr Title: We All Mourn By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 10 Jun ‘09, 8.15pm CDT PST
Inspired by Pollster.com’s post This is Personal
Pop was having none of it. He walked away from me and wandered up to the museum staffer standing at the head of the long line leading to the elevators [...]

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ginny on June 7th, 2009

Here are some of the photos I took on our recent trip to Seattle for the Folk Life festival… there’s not really a narrative, but I wanted to give an idea of the color and sheer energy that goes on there.

We had arrived very late the night before, due to a delay on United. [...]

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ginny on June 7th, 2009

Wow! They broke ground at church while I was on vacation for the
addition!
Ginny
I can has iPhone?
Via: Flickr Title: St Nick’s on the Move By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 7 Jun ‘09, 10.31am CDT PST
UPDATE: And it’s about frickin’ time. This morning was my first day back after vacation – we returned late last [...]

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ginny on February 19th, 2009

We went on Captain Andy’s Na Pali Adventure cruise yesterday – billed as a snorkel trip, but too rough to actually go in. But we were happy to see all the dolphins (spinner and bottlenose) and whales.

I didn’t get very many good fluke shots, but I’m happy with this one. I have another one that’s [...]

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ginny on January 19th, 2009

The Washington Memorial, from a trip last May.

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ginny on January 18th, 2009

Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. – The Constitution: First Amendment (Cornell.edu) [...]

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ginny on January 18th, 2009

Taken a few days before Memorial Day 2008. Click image to see it on its Flickr page.

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