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An Overview of Our Urban Garden Spaces in 2012

Posted by on 19 May 2012 in Featured, Gardening, our yard | 2 comments

An Overview of Our Urban Garden Spaces in 2012

Do you remember all the posts last year on our yard? I also had a bunch of goals in mind for this year; some of them I have shared with you all, and some I’m still formulating since we’re at the beginning of the gardening season. I created a digital image last year for what our yard would look like: Last fall, I sat in on forty hours of master gardener classes on all sorts of topics. What else was I going to do in the breaks between intellectual tidbits besides daydream up a new...

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I’m torn in a hundred different directions.

Posted by on 15 May 2012 in Everyday Life | 0 comments

It’s spring – it’s beautiful out. It’s my favorite time of year to hang out in my backyard, watching birds and squirrels and insects as they go about their daily life. Meanwhile, I also have actual “work” to do. I have articles to write for our weekly newspaper, I have logistical things that need worked on for my upcoming classes for the masters program I was accepted into, I have stories to write down for EmSun, photos to edit, I have garden beds to weed...

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Chalk the Walk 2012 – Fin

Posted by on 8 May 2012 in chalk the walk, Featured, mount vernon | 2 comments

Chalk the Walk 2012 – Fin

Have you seen the rest of EmSun’s coverage of Chalk the Walk? You might want to start here: Get Your Graffiti On Mid-Way Part 1 Mid-Way Part 2 At the end of the festival, I went back to take some follow-up photos of some pieces that hadn’t been finished before. In addition, I snuck back up to take some photos of doodles my kids had done. Enjoy! ...

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Mid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 2

Posted by on 6 May 2012 in chalk the walk, Featured, mount vernon | 4 comments

Mid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 2

If you haven’t see the beginning of the festival and people working on their drawings, feel free to click back. I’ll wait for you. There’s also part 1 of this post! I went back up to survey main street early on Sunday morning to get the “half-way” point of the festival. Look at the progress made in just one day! Check back later for more photos taken at the end of the festival! ...

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Mid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 1

Posted by on 6 May 2012 in chalk the walk, Featured, mount vernon | 2 comments

Mid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 1

I’m continuing my photographic coverage of Chalk the Walk. If you haven’t see the beginning of the festival and people working on their drawings, feel free to click back. I’ll wait for you. I went back up to survey main street early on Sunday morning to get the “half-way” point of the festival. Look at the progress made in just one day! Check back later for more photos taken at the end of the festival! ...

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