tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70833774075459476332024-02-19T10:46:35.511-06:00blog of joaneditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.comBlogger1947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-2276122763087839962015-10-23T14:10:00.000-05:002015-10-23T14:12:26.206-05:00It must be fall. <div class="mobile-photo">
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The Yule log is burning at Acklen Flats.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-6719033846218249162015-10-18T10:13:00.001-05:002015-10-18T10:13:30.683-05:00Wishes. <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSU3SNfCMNLA8uwsAP1PL6Reh7PYz0MG1748MzfUuH8d4FSczKVCEs3F2Wvn8Qp9Xrt7L3wc_j3w6cVfq-fKMXV20hpc4UH86gP375hXUSlenxTKouAttxyQBBLvFkjM0b5vBd-6jhdmM/s1600/FullSizeRender-710684.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSU3SNfCMNLA8uwsAP1PL6Reh7PYz0MG1748MzfUuH8d4FSczKVCEs3F2Wvn8Qp9Xrt7L3wc_j3w6cVfq-fKMXV20hpc4UH86gP375hXUSlenxTKouAttxyQBBLvFkjM0b5vBd-6jhdmM/s320/FullSizeRender-710684.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6207006038486996434" /></a></p>
<br>We found this fresh stump to wish upon. I won't say what we wished for but you might be able to guess shhh Go Cubs!editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-54068709411837608962015-10-18T10:10:00.001-05:002015-10-18T10:10:27.821-05:00Scary face. <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX_Yxs2RLuBM6QbyLbZtJStU81cAFCsL9fexvxrbbYMdy5QshKPWGA5iDhjFqZpCsSkpCJeTQPNTbTjqopzuIdFCzl3R5m1lTmJmaBnARaaMVRpRBa_CPDoJCWnDqS0ZQ1ov63FDxILM-/s1600/FullSizeRender-727822.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX_Yxs2RLuBM6QbyLbZtJStU81cAFCsL9fexvxrbbYMdy5QshKPWGA5iDhjFqZpCsSkpCJeTQPNTbTjqopzuIdFCzl3R5m1lTmJmaBnARaaMVRpRBa_CPDoJCWnDqS0ZQ1ov63FDxILM-/s320/FullSizeRender-727822.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6207005256536421394" /></a></p>
<br>Pumpkin carving at its finest. The boy made some kind of horned dinosaur. Pretty clever, I thought. Cool weather is upon us. Fall!editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-76537591100568633002015-10-14T09:12:00.003-05:002015-10-14T09:12:48.300-05:00Cubbies win! Hey Hey!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At Groveland Grade School back in the 1970s, you had to decide who you were for: the Cubs or the Cardinals. It was a question that came up on the playground as often as, "Who are you for - Carter or Ford?" (yes, I'm old).<br />
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I made my choice and have been rooting for the Cubs ever since. Having grown up in central Illinois, attended college near Chicago and lived in the suburbs several years after graduation, I have strong loyalty to the Windy City and happy memories at Wrigley Field.<br />
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So proud the Cubs have won the NLDS. On to the playoffs! Go Cubs!editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-58936309431704984822015-09-22T12:53:00.000-05:002015-09-22T12:53:33.023-05:00glimpses in black and white.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the living room is slowly coming together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revelator Coffee has opened downstairs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So has Arcade Nashville children's shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aertson Midtown continues to rise (the view from my office).</td></tr>
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editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-72361829017307146022015-09-21T11:03:00.005-05:002015-09-21T11:03:52.071-05:00thankful.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was feeling nostalgic and bought this platter over the weekend. It reminds me so much of my childhood working and playing on my grandparents' turkey farm.<br />
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My grandmother had what seems like a dozen enormous turkey platters arranged on a shelf that went along one wall of her kitchen.<br />
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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, even if I no longer partake of the bird. <br />
<br />editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-51776659636533280742015-09-16T12:07:00.000-05:002015-09-22T13:05:24.330-05:00a birthday on the beach.<br />
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the boy turned 10 and we celebrated in the florida panhandle. can't
believe he's double-digits! our beach trip was magical and relaxing and
perfect. so glad we got this in before summer ended!</h3>
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Five years ago, for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I has the privilege of interviewing several Vanderbilt co-workers and students for a story on where they were on Sep. 11, 2001.<br />
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Some watched the towers fall on TV, others watched from their apartment windows, some were in the thick of it, running for their lives. <br />
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<a href="http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/09/where-were-you-on-911/" target="_blank">Read the story and watch the video here.</a>editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-59487195924577666502015-08-11T08:33:00.004-05:002015-08-11T10:03:09.127-05:00summer fun.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the best part of granny camp, well, one of the best parts, is going to dragonland pool with our co-bro's (cousin-brothers).<br />
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there are slides and floats and waterfalls.<br />
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it's endless fun, really. and the kids look forward to it every year.<br />
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of course my twinnie can't help looking glamorous where ever she goes.<br />
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summer, where did you go?editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-16187870617314657912015-08-07T10:26:00.002-05:002015-08-07T10:39:19.418-05:00country roads, take me home.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this is the road i grew up on. until i went to college, it was a gravel road with no name. it was about a mile and a half long and connected two larger (relatively speaking) roads with hundreds of acres of corn crops in between.<br />
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there were two houses on this road, including ours. neighbors were few, solitude was plentiful.<br />
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i am missing home today.<br />
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<br />editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-40595957713312666492015-08-05T08:56:00.001-05:002015-08-05T12:59:22.634-05:00first day of fourth grade.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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no nerves. no tears. no weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And the boy also was fine.
hurray for the first day of fourth grade!<br />
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See previous first days here:<br />
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<a href="http://blogofjoan.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-day.html">third grade</a><br />
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<a href="http://blogofjoan.blogspot.com/2014/06/whats-new-at-blog-of-joan-june-2-2014.html" target="_blank">second grade </a>
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<a href="http://blogofjoan.blogspot.com/2012/08/firsts.html">first grade</a><br />
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<a href="http://blogofjoan.blogspot.com/2011/08/kindergarten-day-one.html">kindergarten</a>
editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-57764344156546772302015-07-30T17:05:00.002-05:002015-08-05T12:57:15.334-05:00twinspiration.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we are back from the heartland and i am already missing my twin. not to mention the fresh sweet corn and tomatoes, the low humidity, the Rack-O tournaments, the three-day Monopoly game and the thrift store shopping.<br />
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I miss my people.<br />
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I miss the corn fields and the flat land and freshly painted barns. i miss my late night twin-chats talking about who we want to be and where we are going and how we want to change the world.<br />
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i miss hugs from my mom, and hearing my dad chuckle while he watches a movie with his grandsons.<br />
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i miss reading hardy boys out loud and bursting spontaneously into the Illinois state song. <br />
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I miss my people. I really do.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-76161671198949795622015-07-09T11:17:00.001-05:002015-07-09T11:17:08.833-05:00a lot has happened.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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first off, it rained. and rained. and rained. and rained.<br />
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and then it rained some more.<br />
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and little league games were rained out. five times in a row.<br />
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and then we had to cancel our vacation to florida because the baseball tournament wasn't over.
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but then the sun came out.<br />
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and we played ball.<br />
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and it was glorious.<br />
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the boy's all star team went farther than the teams before them have gone in league history in this particular tournament.
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so it was super exciting and i was so proud to watch my little nugget play.<br />
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and then we had ice cream. mango lassi sorbet at jeni's.
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and then i got a kidney stone.<br />
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but i lived.<br />
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and now the sun is out and we have half the summer left.<br />
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we dropped off canned goods at the boy's school today, collected by us and our friends at <a href="http://www.belmontumc.org/" target="_blank">BUMC</a>.<br />
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so glad our amazing teachers deliver food to hungry classmates all summer long, and so happy we could help.<br />
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ps Go 'dores.</div>
editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-43108358245707999562015-06-19T13:30:00.001-05:002015-06-19T13:31:05.104-05:00my kid is an all-star. but then, we already knew that.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlZNQgEsch8utHEmvT3pPw4BIcjQoIsIrCJvHE8X-UvbQl7rnu4pT5YM4eiYO0ezKoEEOf2c3qhS9YMt7rEykcRmLbymdCsl5am2xJDw6b6y2SUppHS7xvlFCrwldLDJKrOwxvNmF40Yk/s1600/jh+baseball+eye.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlZNQgEsch8utHEmvT3pPw4BIcjQoIsIrCJvHE8X-UvbQl7rnu4pT5YM4eiYO0ezKoEEOf2c3qhS9YMt7rEykcRmLbymdCsl5am2xJDw6b6y2SUppHS7xvlFCrwldLDJKrOwxvNmF40Yk/s640/jh+baseball+eye.jpg" /></a>
yes, the boy made the all star team. his rowdy band of special snowflakes have a brutal schedule of daily practices and two weekends of tournament play. the first game is tonight.
let me know how the 'dores are faring, cuz i'll be at my little all-star's game, cheering him on as only a true little league mama can do. loving it (and him) so much.
editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-14550757722525261712015-06-18T12:42:00.001-05:002015-06-18T12:42:07.706-05:00TBT: because why not.<br />
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if we are doing a throw-back thursday, it's gotta be this and only this.<br />
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the absolute cutest child ever on the face of the planet.
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milk mustache and all.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-77261504497871550052015-06-16T11:45:00.001-05:002015-06-16T11:47:03.806-05:00not happy. happy.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>happy:</b> the reigning 2014 college world series champions, the vanderbilt commodores, are back in omaha. Go 'dores!</div>
editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-39373700372351519252015-06-12T13:10:00.001-05:002015-06-12T13:10:06.048-05:00summer pleasures.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this is one of many summer pleasures: the peach truck. now appearing every thursday at the Vanderbilt farmers' market.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-10751646869089133962015-06-10T12:06:00.000-05:002015-06-12T13:13:30.171-05:00an embarrassment of riches.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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what a privilege to be surrounded by magnolias.<br />
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so beautiful. so ridiculous. so enchanting.<br />
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magnolias are unashamedly conspicuous. huge by flower standards, they burst forth effortlessly and abundantly from the tough, woody branches of what are essentially overgrown shrubs.<br />
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these shrubs (seemingly unaware that they are not trees) grow to such heights that many of their blooms are never in peril of being seen by human eyes, much less plucked. but when one sees a magnolia blossom in repose on a low-lying branch, it is tempting, of course.<br />
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the stems are impenetrable without good gardening sheers, making the bloom that much more desirable: the impossibly white diaphanous slivers of velvet, perfectly cupped to catch dew and rain, its delicate scent a whisper, an afterthought.<br />
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so ostentatious. so humble. so improbable.<br />
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when i see them, I am reminded that beauty is indeed all around us.<br />
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i am reminded that it is not such a bad thing to be more than you need to be, to achieve more than what others expect of you.<br />
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it is not such a bad thing at all to disregard categories and stereotypes and humble origins and simply be who you were born to be: your ridiculous wonderful self.</div>
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i saw this almost-heart-shaped mushroom on the lawn outside my building as i was coming into work. pretty magical, don't you think?
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the common space is coming along. the plants are taking root and the mulch has been carefully laid.<br />
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the fire pit is nearly ready to light, and the water feature (not pictured) is on the verge of burbling.<br />
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Patio tables and chairs have been ordered. workers busy themselves with details every day.<br />
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in the lower level (at the top of the image) there will be an additional gathering space with a big screen TV, and more seating. a large, shining outdoor grill is already in place.<br />
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can't wait to take advantage of this beautiful little oasis.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-11961993977596415242015-06-02T06:00:00.000-05:002015-06-04T15:36:10.473-05:00hot & cold.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">go visit hot & cold. it's amazing. photo by me.</td></tr>
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we went across the street to bongo java's <a href="http://www.bongojava.com/hot-cold/" target="_blank">hot & cold</a> and the boy wanted hot cider.<br />
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it was simply gorgeous: garnished with a cinnamon stick ... and a leaf flourish by jordan thompson, our favorite barista.<br />
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hot & cold also has coffee, of course, but what i can't wait to try are the cold treats: mexican popsicles (<a href="http://laspaletasnashville.com/" target="_blank">las paletas</a>) dipped in a rich <a href="http://www.oliveandsinclair.com/" target="_blank">olive & sinclair</a> chocolate shell, and <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/bites/archives/2015/05/22/first-bite-bingbing-shaved-ice-at-hot-and-cold" target="_blank">bingbing</a>, a house-made korean shaved ice with from-scratch toppings, like caramel sauce, whipped cream with berries and cinnamon espresso cheesecake chunks.<br />
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have mercy.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083377407545947633.post-57496020786201501022015-06-01T15:00:00.000-05:002015-06-01T15:00:05.197-05:00rain, rain, go away.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view from my bedroom.</td></tr>
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so tired of the rain.editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248726932931441674noreply@blogger.com0