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Day Two Hundred and Twelve.

This was the face he made at me as he tried to army crawl towards me. He's smiling but I feel like crying. Why must he grow up so fast?!? For what it's worth...he's better at army crawling backwards...the big kids think that's hilarious for some reason ;)

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Day Two Hundred Eleven.

My dad mentioned mowing the grass today. I knew that meant if I was going to capture any of the mushrooms growing in the yard (thanks to all the rain), today was the day.
So I shimmied up and down and all around their yard this morning, taking plenty of mushroom macros. I never found the stereotypical red with white dots, but had fun with what I saw. Of course the internet was entirely too slow to share more than one ;) Gavin thought they were cool, he said bugs and mice and critters can hide under them when it rains...I think maybe he's seen one too many Disney movies ;)

210/365

Day Two Hundred Ten.

Another early start. Crazy kids and dogs equaled me strolling around way too early. Loved all the dew everywhere though :)

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Day Two Hundred and Nine.

Owen enjoyed his visit with Mimmie. He cooed and giggled and wiggled all across her floor. (Sadly, he can almost get up on all fours! Right now it's all the way up on his knees and elbows...and I'm reminded that his big sister was crawling at 6 months.)

His big brother enjoyed Papa's tractor, we had to drag him off of it in fact :)

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Day Two Hundred and Eight.

I tried to find the beauty in just about everything today, but it was one of those days where the kids were insane and I just needed a break. I wandered out into the hot and sticky, mosquito- ridden outdoors today quite a bit. I got plenty of more traditional flower shots but thought the underside of this zinnia was captivating for some reason . I guess it's not always what's most visible to the world that is the most interesting {to me anyways}. Just my reminder to myself to dig deeper. Try to see both sides of the story.

Hopefully the macros aren't getting too old. I'm honestly not in the mood to shoot pictures of my kids. I'll just say everyone has managed to find my last nerve today and fray it just a little bit more. Even the dogs. I'm hoping a visit to my grandparent's house tomorrow puts me in a better, more pleasant mood :)

207/365

Day Two Hundred and Seven.

This picture took an hour to upload. I think I may have to go to text only blog updates until I head home :( I'm too impatient for this slow computer/slow internet. Boo.

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Day Two Hundred and Six.

Phew. I'm not sure how much the blog will be updated while I'm home. This "high speed" internet my parent's have is a joke. It has taken 2 hours to get this post up.
All that complaining to say, I love being home, wandering around the garden, sometimes with helpers, sometimes without. And I made it home in time for the black-eyed susans :)
Hopefully, the internet will cooperate a bit more for me tomorrow!