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My cousin and her husband and sons adopted this BEE-U-TEE-FUL baby girl from South Korea last month. I met her for the first time today. She is soooo adorable and sweet and cute and cuddly and busy and all those wonderful things that babies are. She will be taking her first steps any minute now.... She is the perfect addition to the Nelson family.

January 1, 2010

My Christmas present from Mom and Dad. Actually, they gave me the money and I finally went and bought the boots I've been wanting for years. Literally, years.

They're black ostrich Lucchese from Allen's Boots on South Congress in Austin. I plan to wear them for the rest of my life.

They are beautiful and I love them. Thanks again, Mom and Dad. Love you!

May 7 126/365

Tomorrow I will harvest this--our first tomato from our garden.
I'm really impressed with us city-folk.

May 6 125/365

Stage III--the pergola in progress

May 5 124/365

Viva Cinco de Mayo

May 4 123/365

Another Dexter shot--napping with a stuffed bunny. Oh, the cuteness!

May 3 122/365

This is Dexter. We adopted him from Uncle Jerry and Aunt Jeanett's neighbors, Danny and Linda Selman. I don't know what made me think that a third cat was a good idea, but there it is. He's adorable, and we love him.

May 2 121/365

The view from Uncle Jerry and Aunt Jeannie's house--Canyon Lake, Texas

May 1 120/365

11:30 PM
Friday night
Heavy machinery at the end of the street
No water for a while
Not good

April 30 119/365

OK, it's a few days after the fact. Garrett did a report on Abraham Lincoln and had to dress up and deliver a speech. I am particularly proud of the hat and beard!

April 29 118/365

Lauren celebrated Swine Break '09 with a watermelon. She's the only person in the family who will eat them.

April 28 117/365

I'm pretty sure this is the last of my quasi-series of "Crap on My Dresser" shots.

April 27 116/365

These very old binoculars were my dad's, when he was a Boy Scout.

April 26 115/365

Dusty beaded lampshade

April 25 114/365

The first in a quasi-series of close-ups of things on my dresser.

April 24 113/365

So would this be the armpit of the tree?
Or the crotch of the tree?

April 23 112/365

Garrett and his best friend, Jake

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Just another shot of Leroy, in black/white, playing with the contrast a little.

April 19 108/365

Just like a dog, my son enjoys a nice car ride with the window down.

April 18 107/365

Two pictures today, instead of one. It's the same shot, I just played with the color in the second one, which is actually the first one, because I never remember that blogger loads the pictures in reverse. I do love Picasa 3!

April 17 106/365

Yeah, I know it's been 3 weeks. I have no excuse other than my own laziness. It's not like I don't have enough time in my day for 10 minutes of picture-taking and another 10 for blogging. I'm just lazy. This is a crazy time of year at school, but still.

Anyway, back to blogging.

Here's an action shot of Sadie running around in the back yard. There's still a good amount of leaves on the ground, and the grass isn't yet back to 100% green. (It is by now, three weeks later.)

April 16 105/365

Interesting wood grain on my closet door.

April 15 104/365

After this is finished and felted, it will be a case for my sunglasses.

April 14 103/365

This photo brought to you by the letter "A."

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Bunny Eggs

April 10 99/365

Lauren's first attempt at making dill pickles.

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My first attempt at photographing the moon. I actually hauled the tripod out to the backyard for this. AND I moved the trampoline because I couldn't stand where I wanted to since it was in the way. If I weren't so lazy, I could retouch it and get rid of the utility wires.

April 7 96/365

spider web

April 6 95/365

an old door

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April 4 93/365

"Saturday,
in the park,

I think it was the 4th of April"

April 3 92/365

Indian Hawthorne, outside Taco Cabana

April 2 91/365

This is a Century Plant. In case you were wondering.

April 1 90/365

Pepperoni Pasta. Yum!

March 31 89/365

I don't know who this guy is, but every day, during "rush hour," he is standing on the corner of Walnut and San Antonio streets, "strumming" up business for Little Ceasar's Pizza. He's very serious about his guitar playing, and he will wave to anyone who waves to him. Again, it's nice to see someone who enjoys his work so much.

March 30 88/365

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The garden.

March 28 86/365

Sadie's first official Bluebonnet portrait.

March 27 85/365

I went to the Dallas Blooms flower show at the Arboretum with my best friend. It was a picture-taking extravaganza! This was the first picture I took and it is probably the best, as far as photographic quality goes.

March 26 84/365

Downtown Austin, Texas, in the rain.

I lived here for 5 years and I still consider it to be my hometown, to some extent.

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March 24 82/365

I had coffee with a friend of mine today.
He has this lovely adornment on the dashboard of his car.
Gotta get me some bobble-head Jesus!

March 23 81/365

"Take me home, country road..."
Too bad I don't actually live down this road.

March 22 80/365

YAAAWWWWWWNNNNNNN!