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Sweet Corn and Summer
What is summer without a parade? Well, it’s not the same. Since I’ve yet to find a proper parade here in the UK, when my brother reminded me on our first night back in Illinois that the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival was going on , I dragged the kids there. Never mind that it was hotter than blazes and we were all seriously jet lagged… …especially when there is cotton candy to provide a much-needed sugar boost!!! To me, a summer festival in rural Illinois means: John Deere caps and …fair food (definitely not Weight Watchers friendly, my friends – and no, I still haven’t tried a deep-fried Twinkie. Or…
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Flashback Friday – Cousins
I stumbled across this photo when going through some old files, perfect for Flashback Friday. I don’t know if I should admit that the blue TERRY CLOTH outfit I’m wearing was one of my favorites at the time. (Think it may be a holdover from the ’70s, but I’m not sure.) I’m not sure exactly how old it is (other than early 80’s), but it’s a bit depressing as it reminds me exactly how much older I am than my cousin Sarah (yess, that cutie is none other than @prsarahevans, sitting on the lap of @marianslibrary)….although, it IS proof that I once possessed awesome metabolism! We’ll be heading back to…
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Wordless Wednesday – Tenerife
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Wordless Wednesday – One Sombrero
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Found, then Lost.
Yesterday I was blog hopping – you know, where you are reading a blog, and then you click on the link of a commenter, or an interesting sounding name in their blogroll…and then 45 minutes later (yes, I should get a job or something)…you’re googling something interesting mentioned in the post you are currently reading…and think “what a cool blog”…or a cool idea…or “what camera did she shoot that video on?”… and then you accidentally close out the page… And can’t figure out how you got there? This happens to me. A lot. You’d think I would learn. Today I was watching a video that a lovely blogger made to…