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8 hours ago
2 min

Pollen

I don't need my Weatherbug app to tell me that there is a pollen alert in my neck of the woods right now. It has been warm enough...

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Betty Girardeau

a day ago
2 min

Columbine

If you do a Google search using just the word Columbine, the page that comes up deals solely with the Columbine High School massacre,...

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Betty Girardeau

2 days ago
2 min

I Never Saw This Before

One thing that I have discovered in my years of taking almost daily neighborhood walks is that, even though I am walking where I have...

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Betty Girardeau

3 days ago
2 min

This Is Number 365

A year ago today was my very first blog post on this website. It's hard to believe that I have not missed a single day. Initially these...

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To Be, Or Not To Be. That Is The Question

Betty Girardeau

4 days ago
1 min

To Be, Or Not To Be. That Is The Question

Over the years I have had marginal success planting from seeds, especially vegetables. But a couple of years ago my son gave me a...

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Betty Girardeau

5 days ago
3 min

Progression

Last year I thought it would be fun to take a picture of the trees in my back yard every month on the same day so that at the end of the...

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Betty Girardeau

6 days ago
2 min

Our World Is Three Dimensional

The title for this blog may seem too obvious, but for photographers it is something we need to keep in mind when we are composing and...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 7
3 min

Two Are Often Better Than One

Here it is already nearly 3:00 PM and I am just now getting this blog written. But it has been THAT kind of day. For the past several...

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How to Capture the Essence Of Friendship

Betty Girardeau

Apr 6
2 min

How to Capture the Essence Of Friendship

Yesterday I had a delightful day with friends that I had not seen in over a year. In fact, the last time I was with them was the week...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 5
2 min

It's Easter Monday

When my sister was looking through the family photo album on Saturday evening looking for the picture that I used for my Easter blog...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 4
2 min

Happy Easter From 1949

For years when I was little my father took Easter pictures of "his girls." Last evening I was thinking about this, and contacted my...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 3
2 min

A Last Hurrah

My attempt to grow tulips has been marginal at best. For several years after first planting a few bulbs I only got a few piddly leaves. ...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 2
2 min

Patience and Prayer

In the fall of 2018 I removed the overgrown and almost overwhelming crape myrtles that had been planted along our front walk when we...

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Betty Girardeau

Apr 1
2 min

Spring is "Blowing Out" All Over

Today's image is another one that I took on Monday when I had time for an ICM photo shoot in my neighborhood. This one was created in my...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 31
2 min

Sharing

I have lived alone, except for my cats, for the last four years. Prior to that I was in an interactive family as a daughter and, later,...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 30
2 min

Finding Your Groove

If we are seekers in life, then we are likely to find a lot of our time is spent finding our groove. Just as these blooms from my...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 29
2 min

The Footprints We Leave

Have you ever thought about what you are going to leave behind when you are no longer there? I know that if we have children and...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 28
3 min

Some Days Are Just Like That

This image is another one that I created last Monday when I was out practicing some ICM ideas with my camera. This one was almost...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 27
1 min

Dream Effects

This is really why I love making ICM images. I really do find abstracts fun and interesting, as I shared with you yesterday. But there...

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Betty Girardeau

Mar 26
2 min

More Than One Way

Several days ago, inspired by videos I had been watching of the work of Andy Graham and John Dexter, I went out with my camera to...

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