county fair...

ferris wheel...

i never tire of them.

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they represent color eye candy.

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sacred circles of beauty...

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i love the large numbers on the carts.

i wonder if this couple is enJOYing

their view?

i took a little trip to the dakota county fair yesterday.

animals

carnival

fair food

4-H displays

tractors

a flashback...

in beauty,

Pamela

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the frog...sooc saturday

conner (on the right), my soul sister rose's son and his friend had a little gift to show me this morning.

a frog

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a REALLY puffy frog.

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cute none~the~less

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very docile

and

calm

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both boys were very proud of their find

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and neither one had an issue holding

the frog.

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and passed it back and forth to each other.

then according to the boys

it was my turn.

so...

camera on the ground....

i held it.

poor frog....but happy children.

bless this frog's heart

for entertaining

2 boys

and

1 photographer.

in beauty,

Pamela

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sooc saturday....zach and buddy

this is buddy...my dad's best friend.

and he loves my son zach

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who happens to love buddy...

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mom...why are you taking a photo of me?

because i love you zach...now can you please play with buddy so i can photograph it.

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as you can see...he is real thrilled his mother is watching thru a lens.

sorry zach

it comes with

being my

child.

in beauty,

Pamela

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sweet little thing....

SOOC Saturday....

just look at this sweet little thing ~~~**~~

i was watching her at the race track....she was curiously watching the horse next to her.

contemplating...

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it is an awfully big horse

in real life.

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maybe i should touch it...

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...or just wave "hi" instead.

what a precious little thing

to watch "behind the scenes".

in beauty,

Pamela

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thank you bro family....

my soul sister rose asked me to house~sit, cat~sit and garden~sit for her...and for the past week i have thoroughly enjoyed my~lovely~self at her family's home.

she has 2 beautiful little boys i wanted to thank also.

so....

i left them a message on their driveway for them to discover when they arrive home today.

i so appreciated my little vacation.

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i had a garden to play in once again.

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and a lawn to burry my feet in...oh! i so love to ground mySELF in the grass.

i had forgotten how much mother earth loves to nourish me.

(note to self...find grass to sit in more often...how could i forget???)

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i live in a beautiful townhome now...i can on occasion hear my neighbors.

it was so quiet while staying in rose's home.

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and the raspberries were ripe for picking....2x a day and whenever i felt like it.

JOY! to be able to walk out every morning and pick fresh raspberries for breakfast.

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rose lives in a newer development and the trees are not yet full grown.

at night i was able to sit on her deck for hours and watch the MANY stars twinkling.

the big dipper was right over my head *****~******

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the boys have a medium size pool.  it has been a hot and humid week.  i swam everyday and "dipped" at night under the moon and stars.

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rose was kind enough to leave a little "directory" of nature parks for me to go explore, sit IN and photograph.

and i did.

aaaaaahhhhhh.....rejuvination!!!!

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and tobe....their kitty....

he was sooooo not liking me at first...he was missing his boys...and they were missing him. 

i photographed him and sent the pictures to them so they knew he was ok.

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me...when i left this morning.

thank you bro family!

i had so much fun and found peace & clarity while i stayed in your beautiful home.

in beauty,

Pamela

***on another note...i am participating in SOOC Saturday and this is my post for that project.  if you would like to participate also i encourage you to visit http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2009/03/sooc-saturday-photo-sharing.html

also...

as part of my class at 10 SUMMER PHOTOS NOW assignment 4 was to photograph outdoor play.  i VERY much enjoyed playing with sidewalk chalk this morning :)