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Fall Foliage for Everyone

By Anna Sawin

Molly & Michael. Getting married in 8 days. You see fall in all it’s multi-hued grandeur. You take your camera and shoot away. And you get home and wonder why you didn’t quite capture the rich, eye-popping color you saw with your own eyes. While I am nobody’s idea of a landscape photographer, there are…

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Wordless Wednesday

By Anna Sawin

I’ve never done the Wordless Wednesday thing out there in blogland, mostly because I’m not usually one to be wordless. However, I’m not really sure what to say about this one, so Wordless Wednesday it is! For photos and less talk, click over to Wordless Wednesday.

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When food bloggers have lunch

By Anna Sawin

This is a very late Food Friday post, but I can’t go another week without posting this deliciousness. At a recent meetup of mommies and current/future mommy & food bloggers I enjoyed the most divine lunch, outside on the patio, on a gorgeous 75-degree October day. And now, you can, too. The bread seen above…

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Jump Around

By Anna Sawin

One of my favorite things to do with subjects of all ages is make ’em jump. Kids in particular can’t seem to get enough of it, and I’ve had a lot of fun this summer stopping the action. Technique-wise, it’s easy to do, at least from the camera’s point of view. 1. Shoot in manual…

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Want a G-U-N, too?

By Anna Sawin

Okay, my heart is officially broken. The real world, it has broken through our little bubble, and everyday little nuggets like this one pop out. My sweet firstborn boy, carefully examining the youthful, bright blue-and-green repeating dinosaur pattern on his pajamas last night said, “Mom, is this cam-U-flage?” “Uh, yes, I guess you could call…

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Go ahead. Don’t vote.

By Anna Sawin

Unless you care about things like, oh, the economy, our environment and global climate change, civil rights, health care, Social Security, the war, the future of the Supreme Court, women’s rights, rising fuel prices, the future of clean energy, gay rights and education. If you do care, then you might want to vote. Leonardo and…

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Food Friday: A Roundup of Fall Birthday (and Holiday) Cupcakes for Kids

By Anna Sawin

Well, it happened. Someone found me by Googling hedgehog cupcakes. Which reminds me that was in a post about summer cupcakes, and it is high time for a roundup of fall cupcakes. Ready? Start your ovens! (Complete recipe and decorating instructions linked to the titles.) Pumpkin Patch There are lots of weird, overly-orange-pumpkin-homage cupcakes out…

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Theme Thursday: Multiple Multiples

By Anna Sawin

This week’s Theme Thursday theme over at photographer Stacy’s is MULTIPLE and I just had to participate since I had a ready-made entry—these fantastic triplet boys, taken way back in March when they were just weeks old. Now, of course, these handsome fellas are so grown up they are practically ready to drive and go…

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Elections bring out the best in people

By Anna Sawin

I just want to know… …how Katie Couric maintained her poise during these last few days of interviews while Sarah Palin flapped about job creation and her personal opinion on invading Pakistan. …Why Sarah Palin didn’t name one magazine or newspaper when asked what she has read to form her world view? …if those conservative…

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How to Charm Me

By Anna Sawin

Henry, 27 months 1. Tell me, in breathless, painstaking detail, what you had for lunch at school that day when I pick you up. You know, the lunch I made you that morning. “I gotta peach, Mama! And noodles!” 2. Refer to the skin of the peach as the “wrapper” and the pit as the…

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