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NEW (Second-hand) Photograhy Props

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I’m excited about my NEW photography props!  Recently I saw this photo and FELL IN LOVE with it…

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…and I thought to myself… ‘I absolutely NEED those precious items in my prop chest’!!!  So after work today I drove straight to the second-hand market, and wha-LA!  Yeah!  They actually had a retro beater!  I’m still on the hunt for a retro flour sifter, but I’m thrilled!

I was visiting Finding Serendipity blog lately and the author’s description of her love for photography EXACTLY defines my love also.  She said…and I quote…..”My love of photography continues to grow. It feeds my desire to blog, which in
turn, feeds my desire to shoot more.”   That is me….exactly!

What NEW thing can you be excited about today?

a NEW muddy buddie variety

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Tonight I tried a NEW flavor of Muddy Buddies…Peppermint!  Tis the season, right?!?  I have a list of different varieties I want to eventually try.  What a versatile snack!  And if I get ambitious, I’ll have to try and create my own specialty….I’ll get back with you on that :o)

I tried the Peppermint from this recipe at The Recipe Critic.  The Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies look yummy at Chef In Training.   And Just a Pinch has a lemon muddy buddie recipe I plan to try.

Try something NEW today!….if only simply a NEW flavor!

NEW explorations in the Caribbean

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Hi all! I’m back! Although I had a few pre-scheduled posts, I actually haven’t touched a computer since November 21st! I’ve been exploring NEW things in the Caribbean. Our family took a cruise and it was so much fun….but now it’s back to real life…and that’s OK too :o)

My favorite stop was Jamaica.  Did you know they have a female Prime Minister?   Check out the Wiki for more info.  We had a blast zip lining through the Jamaican jungle, and hiking Dunns River Falls.  Ya Man!

It was great exploring NEWness in a different part of the world!  Have a terrific day and learn or do something NEW today!

NEW sheet music to play

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I LOVE living in this age of technology!  I was recently really tired of all my sheet music and wanted something NEW to play (Imagine that! :o)  It was about 7am on a Saturday morning, (when all the music stores were still closed),  and I was downloading me some NEW tunes to play!  Awesome!

I’ve used AaronWaite.com and MusicNotes.com.  Both sites let you listen to a sample of the piece before you download it!  And Presto! New sheet music to start learning ASAP!  I just think it’s a great time to live!

What is your favorite thing about this Wonderful Worldwide Web?

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NEW tree decor

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It seems that for the last 99 years (or at least 9) I’ve been saying “Next year I’m getting NEW tree ornaments”!  Seriously!  Each year the Christmas season seemed to come and go too quickly and it never happened.  Yet, this year it happened!  I’m soooo thrilled! Yeah! NEW tree and ornaments!  Woohoo!  Merry Christmas!

a NEW recommendation

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I have a NEW recommendation for you!  This company does not know I exist (so, no, they’re not paying me for this).  And I didn’t know this little tool existed either…until last week.

I was excited to put up our new Christmas tree because it is the pre-lit kind.  (Putting lights on the tree has been my hubby’s job, and no, he didn’t particularly enjoy it).  So, I brought the tree home from the store and put it up.  See that dark section?  Not very lovely!!!  My hubby looked and looked for the bad bulb, but that was  a nightmare since there is a coat of flocking all over the bulbs.  So I went back into the store and they told me I could take down my tree and bring it back in – OR – buy the little tool that they use and try to find the bad bulb ourselves.  I chose the latter!  It took less than three minutes to find the bad bulb with the help of this little guy.  NICE!

Happy Decorating!

(I bought mine at Lowes; see link here; but I think they’re cheaper at Amazon)

a NEW favorite vintage photo

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Oh my goodness!  I LOVE this vintage photograph of Niagara Falls!  (I really hope it’s real, and not a photoshop’d fake!…That would be sad!)  Recently, I was curious to know whether Niagara Falls ever froze over;  so I did some researched to find out.   I visited Niagara Falls this last summer (highly recommended!!!)….and since there was such an amazing, vast amount of water, I wondered how it could possibly freeze.  So, after researching my question….the answer is…..maybe/maybe not.  Apparently it’s hard to tell whether it’s been completed frozen, or just partially frozen over.  There’s some interesting information on Snopes.com regarding this subject as well as other great photos!

What are you curious about????  Learn something NEW today!