As usual, I wait until the last
minute to get my Shutterfly calendar project started. It takes receiving
a coupon code for a free calendar in late December to get me going, and
I am always surprised to how many photos I need to sort through, select
, and Photoshop!!! The following photos made it to the calendar project
page, but not all made it into the calendar
January
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| Carpenter Park |
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| Waiting for Spring |
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| Cool clouds |
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| Last minute photos during a family visit :-) |
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| perks of volunteering :-) |
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| Phillip's cold weather biking gear |
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| Washington Park |
February
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| Inventorying fossils at ISM |
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| Jim and Justin, Sandia Mountain's foothills |
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| Dinner at Owl Cafe |
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| All ready for a nature walk |
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| Tent Rocks |
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| Kind of 'spooky' formations at Tent Rocks |
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| Scrub Jay at Tent Rocks hoping for some picnic crumbs. |
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| El Morro |
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| Not a bad place to wait for me to catch up with them. (El Morro) |
March
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| Tami and Stephanie's crafts with Paul :-) |
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| Mt. biking Trail, Springfield |
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| Serious game of 'Code Names" |
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| Melodica ensemble |
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| Winter cross stitch finished for the season. |
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| Spring!! |
April
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| Last season's seeds ready for Spring. |
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| Ellison Bay |
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| Garrett Bay |
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| Sister Bay |
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| Winter's last hurrah in Ellison Bay |
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| Cheery Owl |
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| Waiting out the snowstorm in Martha's sunroom. |
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| Selfie of me :-) |
May
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| Starting to be Spring-like in Door County |
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| Trout Lily and beetle |
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| Roadside blossoms near Ellison Bay |
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| Abbie and Nathaniel, Garrett Bay |
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| Abbie and Nathaniel plotting out a driveway :-) |
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| New advertising sign |
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| Fleeting Cherry Blossom time in Door County. |
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| Cherry Blossoms |
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| Tami's Birthday |
June
The following are from a National Park quilt show, and are just a 'snippet' from different quilts.
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| Spectacular tree along Mt. biking trail, Springfield |
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| Abbie and Nathaniel deciding on a 'lemondrop' trailer. |
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| Pool time! |
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| Learning how to do a cannonball :-) |
The following are from a National Park quilt show, and are just a 'snippet' from different quilts.
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| North Cascades NP....I imagine the figure to be me :-) |
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| American Samoa NP - underwater landscape |
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| Nine-banded armadillo; Everglades NP |
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| Lassen Volcano NP- Porcupine |
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| Wrangell-St.Elias NP- Boreal Owls |
July
Door County
Door County
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| Garrett Bay |
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| Jordy learning how to skip rocks. |
August
Door County
Door County
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| Checking the crossword answers |
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| Six player cribbage |
September
Jim's and my Canada Trip
October
Tami and I went on a Road Scholar photography, watercolor, and Tai Chi trip.
Jim's and my Canada Trip
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| Montreal |
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| Montreal |
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| Quebec |
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| Quebec |
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| Montmorency Falls |
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| Dome car on overnight train to Halifax. |
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| lessons on knots in dome car |
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| Peggy's Cove |
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| Peggy's Cove |
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| Hook rug (?) of , and at, Ottawa House |
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| Hopewell Rocks |
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| 'Lover's Lane' trail at Green Gables House |
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| Mural on building at Charlottetown |
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| Charlottetown |
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| Geoffrey's birthday....not in Canada. |
October
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| Lots of visiting and roofing being done. |
Tami and I went on a Road Scholar photography, watercolor, and Tai Chi trip.
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| Watercolor studio |
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| My watercolors |
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| accordion watercolor sketches, mine is the front left one |
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| Display of the week's artwork |
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| Talent(?) night |
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| nearby farm photography excursion |
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| Kettennunen Center |
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| Kettennunen Center |
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| Kettennunen Center |
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| Kettennunen Center; my watercolor subject |
November
Visit with Justin at Albuquerque
December
Visit with Justin at Albuquerque
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| Salinas Pueblo Missions/ Gran Quivira site |
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| Salinas Pueblo Missions/ Quarai site |
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| Acoma Pueblo Sky City...the turtle 3rd from the left is the one I bought. |
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| Artist and granddaughter wrapping up the pottery I bought at her table. |
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| Prime pottery selling table view here!! |
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| Outdoor oven for baking bread |
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| Wall decor has all been hung, and now relaxing. |
December
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| Orchid at Poinsettia display, Washington Park |
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| Poinsettia display, Washington Park; The Polar Express was this year's theme. |
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| Geoffrey using my camera to take last minute photos 💕 |
💕 It has been another wonderful year!
