tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467584523796729532024-03-13T18:47:47.749-05:00The Wild CucumberWatch as this wild seed takes root...Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-25577462253145153782013-06-28T21:47:00.004-05:002013-06-28T21:47:55.855-05:00"You've got to be shitting me!!!?"I don't often like to curse on my blog but this one was filled with surprise and delight.<br />
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A friend of my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JodyHagedorn?fref=ts">Mrs. Jody Hagedorn</a> contacted me one day asking if I could fix a jacket for her. At this point I had just graduated from school and was a little overwhelmed but thought "yeah I guess I can do that." I was transitioning a bit coming off the insanely busy beheaded chicken phase moving into enjoying space in my schedule phase.<br />
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I met up with her and she began to tell me the jacket belonged to her grandfather and was about the only thing that they had of his after he passed. Not only was it a jacket it was an antique trout fishing jacket, with a special removable pocket that houses trout! I did a little research on these jackets and couldn't find anything similar. A very unique jacket!<br />
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We blasted around to a few fabric stores and thrift stores looking for something that might be waterproof as the old fabric that looked to be somewhat of an oilcloth had deteriorated. We settled on some camouflage (Bob's favorite kind) some lining fabric and new snaps. I felt inspired having all the materials, then overwhelmed again for it was a bit of an undertaking. Not to mention this was somewhat of a secret project. Jody didn't know if he realized the jacket was gone or not....<br />
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It had a big old zipper and seven snaps that needed replacing. I held it in my hands gazing at it, taking it apart in my head and putting it back together with new pieces trying to figure how I was going to maneuver that front pocket opening pictured above. </div>
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I didn't get to it for a day or two as it sat on my sewing table. Those two days felt like I had maybe gotten in over my head. I hadn't really done anything like this before</div>
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....Drawing, measuring, making pattern pieces, cutting and sewing.... unsewing and sewing, ironing and serging.....</div>
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I even got to use a hammer to get the snaps in!! Everything just came together so well. It was beautiful. (and manly)<br />
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I had my trepidations, maybe Jody's husband wouldn't really think much of it? ...you know how guys can be "oh neat." Jody was beside herself with excitement she knew he would love it. But I still wondered.<br />
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I was so surprised when received this message at almost midnight after delivering the jacket. (and also after checking a few times to see if she left me any messages...)<br />
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"You gotta be shittin me!!! He loves it and thinks you're awesome!" </blockquote>
Jody went on to say that Bob was just beside himself. He was thinking of new projects that I could do to improve his nephew and brother's ponchos!<br />
I think he had written it off as a lost cause and had kind of forgotten about it thinking it would just need to be replaced, meanwhile Jody was just sweating bullets that he might ask where the jacket had gone!<br />
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Then to get this note to top it all off. I'm not sure who is more pleased myself or Bob! I just want to squeal and cry out of sheer happiness! This one just hit me square in the heart!</div>
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Thank you so much Jody for thinking of me! XOXO </div>
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Bob I'm so glad that this jacket made you 'reel' happy! (sorry I had to! in the year of my absence from blogging my humor may have gotten really, REALLY lame! ;))</div>
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The final day. The only picture not taken in my hometown area. We took a huge family trip to Milwaukee, to watch the brewers play. Four generations worth of family, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Cousins, and my cousins little boy, as well as a pair of soon to be cousins' babies :)</div>
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What a fun weekend, and exhausting. Lots of laughs, surprises, and fun. </div>
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Not sure what the next photo project will be....? Colors perhaps, I feel like I need a break but maybe not, it only takes an instant to capture...??</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-10988192761249376862012-07-01T18:35:00.001-05:002012-07-01T18:35:13.910-05:00Day Twenty Nine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple little clouds floating past the moon. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-65144323420893430512012-06-29T08:29:00.002-05:002012-06-29T08:29:53.138-05:00Day Twenty Eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Decided to go black and white for one. </div>
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This one trips me out a little. It looks like water not the sky. I took it sitting in my parents driveway. The clouds were painted beautiful oranges and touched with pink a little while after this. It was beautiful. I smiled because I couldn't take a picture of it.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-56670150128845234212012-06-27T22:01:00.000-05:002012-06-27T22:01:18.237-05:00Day Twenty Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I felt happy, running up the hill that overlooks Eau Claire. My flip flops announcing my steps. I had just about crested the hill when I noticed a man sitting at the lookout point. I froze, slowly focused and snapped a picture, then took off down the hill with the same happiness but an added giggle, heart pounding. I felt like a deer stopped in it's tracks, then bounding down the hill. Having captured and unsuspecting human...tee hee.</div>
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I had found a turkey feather near this hill last time I was here. My heart felt full, this time it was a raven feather. I now have two raven feathers and two turkey feathers. </div>
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Things are coming in pairs. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-61570525308152676102012-06-27T21:55:00.002-05:002012-06-27T21:55:29.672-05:00Day Twenty Six<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something about the line...</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-77311360173983471842012-06-27T21:53:00.000-05:002012-06-27T21:53:43.403-05:00Day Twenty Five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Standing atop my car at the top of the only parking structure in Eau Claire, on my tippy toes to eek the lens over the chain link fence. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-74233390041193953282012-06-24T22:56:00.002-05:002012-06-24T22:56:38.721-05:00Day Twenty Four<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Apparently in my little world focus isn't a key.</div>
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None the less, a beautiful blue.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-19099141453912061712012-06-24T22:53:00.004-05:002012-06-24T22:53:47.713-05:00Day Twenty Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I knew there would be a day like this. Quiet and subtle, shielding us from the sun.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-44885969040000506532012-06-24T22:50:00.001-05:002012-06-24T22:50:29.961-05:00Day Twenty Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bold strong colors.</div>
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I caught glimpse of a Bald Eagle just before taking this shot, I love elusive birds and nature magic.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-31649767338352640292012-06-24T22:47:00.001-05:002012-06-24T22:47:28.174-05:00Day Twenty One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just before 6 am. </div>
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The sun dusting the clouds with a warm golden yellow.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-80783886905202381212012-06-24T22:45:00.000-05:002012-06-24T22:45:15.538-05:00Day Twenty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The rain on my windshield painted the lights in a beautiful glow.</div>
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Mundane gray. Beautiful rain.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-51358116914794429962012-06-24T22:41:00.005-05:002012-06-24T22:41:56.711-05:00Day Nineteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The blurry focus adds a certain haste to the mood of this image. </div>
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The wall of clouds marched right thru one morning, focused on powering ahead. </div>
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Quieting the birds while leaving the trees tousled and ground watered.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-43733606431811504062012-06-19T11:30:00.000-05:002012-06-19T11:30:00.580-05:00Day Eighteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love the vastness this one portrays. </div>
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Don't you just want to fly out over the river?</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-18073514840172396342012-06-19T11:26:00.002-05:002012-06-19T11:26:41.297-05:00Day Seventeen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Quiet blues on the river.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-56146751281914805372012-06-17T16:15:00.001-05:002012-06-17T16:15:38.305-05:00Day Sixteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looks like Photo Journey "clouds" has turned into sunsets!</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-8974546779321134142012-06-15T21:32:00.002-05:002012-06-15T21:32:51.295-05:00Day Fifteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Mom and I were on our way home from shopping. I saw the sun peeking thru cracks in the clouds, kicking myself for not bringing my camera with. We pulled in the driveway sorted out our stuff and I jumped in my car and zipped away. I went to the same spot as day thirteen, climbed thru the barbed wire fence and got it. The fog was starting to form in the field. The eastern sky was blushing and purple. It was so gorgeous. Photos never depict what it actually looked like. Which is why I don't usually get too upset missing a beautiful picture, it stays perfect in my mind.</div>
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I need a wide angle lens...</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-39987067691024357842012-06-15T21:29:00.000-05:002012-06-15T21:29:00.905-05:00Day Fourteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love this one for its color, though I wish I would have waited just a bit longer. The pinks came out just a while after this. (dang it!) I also love how the clouds look like they are swooping out and up, woosh!</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-17196299264204988012012-06-13T21:41:00.000-05:002012-06-13T21:41:12.670-05:00Day Twelve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I lost track of time. </div>
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I got 'volunteer wasted'. </div>
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I helped out at <a href="http://www.beavercreekreserve.org/">Beaver Creek Reserve</a>, I directed a team of volunteers in planting a strip at the back of the building. I was so glad for their help, it originally had been a task just for me...Would have taken a month of hours! So so grateful for their help. We got it started and finished in 3 hours! Ripped up old weed cloth, laid down new weed cloth, laid pavers, planted and mulched. There had to have been a hundred plants we put in, all natives!</div>
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I then moved to my parents house to let my most favorite dog Jack out. Then proceeded to help my mom transplant some herbs and natives for an hour. I hit a wall. She made me food :)</div>
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I took off to my next location, Gr and Gr's (Grandma and Grandpa's) They are out of town and my a couple aunts and uncles spearheaded a mission to do some updating. It's kind of a huge project! New carpet, new tile, new paint....wow. It's coming right along, it was great to see all the people getting in each other's way and helping out :)</div>
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When I got home at 10 I was empty. It was all I could do to throw myself into my bed.</div>
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I gave a lot, and forgot to take care of myself. A good reminder.</div>
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This shot was just a few blocks from my Grandparent's place, it was nearby and I could see a little stitch of clouds and the streetlights. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-80769625916625678092012-06-12T09:28:00.001-05:002012-06-12T09:28:35.768-05:00Day Eleven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Feeling a little speechless on this one. My camera has been surprising me with night shots, it gives me trouble with auto focus, which is very understandable I have trouble with manual focus in the dark. </div>
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So many beautiful colors emerged and plays of light, the clouds catching the orange from the city lights, the inky blue night sky, the headlights from my car painting in the roadside plants.</div>
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sigh...another confirmation of my love for colors and light.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-84767016055775439592012-06-11T15:34:00.002-05:002012-06-11T15:34:49.144-05:00Day Ten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Day ten was relatively cloudless as well. I made it home 30 min to midnight, and the clouds were cast in a tinge of orange from the city lights, it was too dark to get my camera to focus appropriately. It turned out beautifully, moody and dreamlike. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-3694451128028735482012-06-11T15:29:00.000-05:002012-06-11T15:29:25.994-05:00Day Nine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a day of cloudlessness and redneck adventures, and a wild caught fish dinner. Apparently I am the bread winner when it comes to fishing. Though ending creatures lives is something that is difficult for me. I don't like pain, I observed the fish as they died, feeling sad, they were calm and accepting of their situation. I thanked them. After all it occurs in nature, the cycle of life. </div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-11972168743733692402012-06-11T15:24:00.003-05:002012-06-11T15:25:11.672-05:00Day Eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the open fields of Northwestern Wisconsin.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146758452379672953.post-66316045350735852172012-06-07T08:56:00.001-05:002012-06-07T08:56:35.892-05:00Day Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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5:43 am</div>
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The bright sun coaxed me out of sleep and into meditation,</div>
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the out of my room barefoot to the road.</div>
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Gazing at the eastern sky.</div>
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I used both my pictures this morning,</div>
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joyfully I must suffer through the picture worthy beauty for the rest of the day.</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328052663101529152noreply@blogger.com0