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Author Archives: Tara Jo
The Mother Road by Jennifer Allee
What a great book. 2 sisters 12 years apart in age, embark somewhat reluctantly on a road trip from California to Illinois Learning that their mother’s Alzheimer’s is progressing and each at a crossroads in their own lives, they set … Continue reading
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Tagged abingdon press, California, family, jennifer allee, Recreation, road trip, Route 66
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Day 16 | Jan 16 | Two Things
Two pairs of sneakers after a workout at the gym 🙂
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Hummingbirds = Love
Hummingbirds were my maternal grandmothers favorite bird. i took these this afternoon and they always bring her to mind, she would have been 94 on feb 11, but she passed away in 2011. I am blessed to have so many … Continue reading
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Tagged family, grandma, Hummingbird, love, memories
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Day 14 | Jan 14 | Something Yellow
The  Bat Signal on my daughter’s new sweater is yellow 🙂
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Day 13 | Jan 13 | Circle
Circle 🙂 pretty self explanatory, but I decided to dress it up a little by taking the picture of said circle, through a slinky 🙂 Join the Photo a day challenge at Fat Mum Slim’s blog
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Day 12 | Jan 12 | Surprise
Checking the weather for tomorrow morning certainly gave me a ‘surprise’.  I live in southern california, it is not EVER supposed to be 26 degrees fahrenheit at my house. celcius would be all right.. i could live with that. even now … Continue reading
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Day 11 | Jan 11 | Water
i took a picture earlier today of a glass of water, but then  i remembered this sequence of images i took a few years ago when my nephew was visiting and i took him for his first visit to … Continue reading
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Tagged #FMSphotoaday, beach, challenge, family, memories, oceanside pier, photography, surprise, waves
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Day 10 | Jan 10 | 1 o’clock
1 o’clock at one today we ran to the Smart and Final store on my lunch break to get some baking supplies, my daughter runs a little cupcake bakery and has an order to be delivered tomorrow evening, so we … Continue reading
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Day 9 | Jan 9 | Paper
Paper, Priceless Paper These used to be a common sight in a teenage girls backpack and notebook, i think now they are almost completely replaced by IMs and text messages. these are notes to and from my now husband when we … Continue reading
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Day 8 | Jan 8 | Something beginning with ‘T’
of course i could have gone with the obvious ‘tara’ (that’s me!) but instead we have ‘together’ this is the first time in many years all 4 of us girls have been together. we celebrated thanksgiving with mom and dad and in … Continue reading
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Tagged #FMSphotoaday, challenge, daily challenge, family, joy, laughter, missouri, photography, sisters, thanksgiving
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