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Started Again

westiemom — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:37:40 +0000

I am determined to get started here again. Here are some photos taken at the Brookside Gardens Conservatory. I can’t wait to see some of the spring flowers.

Bird of Paradise

Becca’s Poetry Reading

westiemom — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:35:20 +0000

Becca’s school had a poetry reading at a bookstore last night. She was so nervous, but she got up there and read her poem. She did great and we were all so proud of her.

Sheri telling her she did great

Lauren’s Concert

westiemom — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:29:46 +0000

Last night we went to Lauren’s last middle school concert. It was wonderful, and hard to believe how all the students have progressed since they started. Lauren wants to continue playing the bass clarinet in high school, so this won’t be the last concert we go to. Here are some photos taken last night.

After the Concert

The Little Princess

westiemom — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:35:27 +0000

Since I haven’t updated my blog for awhile, I’ll post this photo of Misty that I’ve made into a sketch with a border effect.

Misty

More Traveling the Back Roads

westiemom — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:50:26 +0000

Here are some more photos.

Quaint Cottage

Heritage Farm Park

Cunningham Falls

Traveling the Back Roads

westiemom — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:36:31 +0000

My friend Roxanne is an expert at traveling the back roads to get places. She wouldn’t dream of taking a main road when she can get there on a windy, narrow back road. Last week we went for a drive. Needless to say, I have no idea how we got there or what roads we traveled but we did see some lovely old buildings and barns. Here are some of them.

A Beautiful Old House

A Timbered House near Thurmont

A Restored Barn at Walkersville Heritage Farm Park

Harris Farm

Roxanne checking out the outhouse

I’ll post some more photos tomorrow.

Washington D.C at Cherry Blossom Time

westiemom — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:46:10 +0000

We went to DC last weekend to see the cherry blossoms. It was a lovely day, actually warm for a change. Here are some photos of the family. Tomorrow I’ll post some scenic photos.

Chris and Sheri

More From the Zoo

westiemom — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:21:57 +0000

Here are two montages I made using photos from the Baltimore Zoo.

Zoo Montage

Samson Montage

Latest Pictures of the Grandchildren

westiemom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:44:26 +0000

Here are the latest photos of Lauren, Becca and Griffin. These were all taken last week.

Griffin

Lauren

Becca

Happy Birthday, Samson

westiemom — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:23:16 +0000

We went to the Baltimore Zoo on Saturday. We found out that it was the baby elephant’s birthday. His name is Samson and he weighs one thousand pounds.

Samson, the Baby Elephant

All the wild cats were, of course, behind glass. I was pleased with how their photos turned out.

The Cheetah

The Same Cheetah

The Lion