Hi, friends!
Huge apologies for my absence... it's been a wild few months, but I SURVIVED leaving
my fabulous homestead and venturing ALL THE WAY TO PHILADELPHIA for a family
reunion and a dear celebration of life for my late Uncle James... and WHAT a celebration
it was - we had a FANTASTIC time, even through the tears of remembrance - there was joy!
my fabulous homestead and venturing ALL THE WAY TO PHILADELPHIA for a family
reunion and a dear celebration of life for my late Uncle James... and WHAT a celebration
it was - we had a FANTASTIC time, even through the tears of remembrance - there was joy!
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There were rekindled relationships and GENERATIONS of great folks...
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HISTORY!
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Enlightenment...
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Works of ART!
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Saving the WORLD!
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Lots of WALKING!
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And delicious consideration...
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Okay! I said we walked a LOT! We were HUNGRY....
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More ART!
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INTERESTING architecture...
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Beauty in familiar places....
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Random graves....
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More....!
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I found these SO random, but extremely beautiful..
{WHAT must it be like to trick-or-treat in downtown Philadelphia?}
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Sooooo much to see!
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And LEARN.... and LOVE...
and remember...!
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And OH, so much fun!
I LOVED Philadelphia!
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Meanwhile, back in blogland.... OH HOW I'VE MISSED BLOGLAND!
My lovely friend, Dawn, from Wplus9 introduced not ONE, but TWO
new, FABULOUS designers, Christina Kowalczyk and Jean Martin!!!!
I am SO excited - I LOVE these gals' work! Both of them have amazing
resumes and FANTASTIC personal styles! If you're not familiar with
them - I hope you'll check OUT their blogs! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO
looking forward to seeing them work, EVEN more magic, with Wplus9
stamps! Welcome, WELCOME ladies! {Are WE in for a treat.....!}
Additionally, we're still SLINGIN' da BLING over at Want2Scrap! I hope
you'll keep checking their FANTASTIC and hugely inspirational site:
grab your sunglasses - it's BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL over there! Yee Haw!
new, FABULOUS designers, Christina Kowalczyk and Jean Martin!!!!
I am SO excited - I LOVE these gals' work! Both of them have amazing
resumes and FANTASTIC personal styles! If you're not familiar with
them - I hope you'll check OUT their blogs! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO
looking forward to seeing them work, EVEN more magic, with Wplus9
stamps! Welcome, WELCOME ladies! {Are WE in for a treat.....!}
Additionally, we're still SLINGIN' da BLING over at Want2Scrap! I hope
you'll keep checking their FANTASTIC and hugely inspirational site:
grab your sunglasses - it's BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL over there! Yee Haw!
I miss you! Can't wait to catch up!
8 comments:
ahhhhh...soooo glad that you had a great time! Thanks so much for sharing your fun pics!!!
hey friendy... i forgot you were going on that great big adventure!! looks like you had a TON O'FUN!!! thanks for sharing... :)
so sorry for your loss, but the trip looks like huge fun:)
Glad you found joy amongst the sadness. Looks like a great trip... and it's good to have you back in Blogland! Jo x
FUN :) love the one of the ants!!!
glad you had a great time :)
Fabulous pictures, and I'm still kickin' myself that I didn't get to meet you while you were here! BUMMER!!! I love your family photo - everyone is smiling and looking SOooooo happy!! I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip here and made it back home again safe and sound :) I'll be looking forward to some Philly-inspired creations from you soon. And BTW, what did you think of those Philly cheese steaks?! :) And did you get to taste any Tastykakes?!
This looks like such a fun trip!
Looks like such a great trip E! So glad it was a wonderful celebration of life!
Incredible pics (yum, philly cheese steaks!!!).
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