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Calling All Junior Arborists

June 26, 2010
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| awesome porch, Location, pics, Trivia

I was going through some old pics to post on my shiny new Facebook Fan Page, and I came across this one. It’s from the tree at Gypsy‘s house, located roughly halfway between Awesome Porch and Awesome Garage, and I love it. Its flowers look and feel like magnolia flowers (apart from being pink), but the leaves are soft…

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The Affair of the Necklace

June 23, 2010
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| Art, Friends, life, New Things

I recently met a few friends in Fuquay-Varina, NC (still one of the coolest town names ever) for the weekend.  That Saturday was Drew Williams’ signing at the Lazy Lion (where I scored a lovely signed copy of his new book The Corruptor…do you have your copy yet?) We didn’t want to crowd Drew, so we browsed through the…

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Cloudy Skies & Rorschach

June 17, 2010
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| pics, south carolina, tennessee

I was cleaning up & organizing my pictures from Hypericon and I came across this one, which I took on the road from Charleston to Nashville. Yes, Mom, I know the dangers of photography (and writing) while driving — I promise you, my hands never left the wheel. Come on…could you have passed up this shot? And…more importantly…what IS…

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Happy Almost-Spoleto!

May 24, 2010
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| appearances, Art, south carolina

It’s that time of year…time for Charleston’s annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival! It always starts on Memorial Day weekend — this year it runs from May 28th to June 13th. The combination of historic Charleston’s old European charm and the world-class Spoleto Festival USA together produce a unique and impacting synergy for all who come to the city by the…

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Steampunk in Sepia

May 19, 2010
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| Friends, pics

Last week was the first annual Steampunk World’s Fair, held in Piscataway, New Jersey. I so, so, so wish I could have gone. Luckily, my Best Beloved peeps Leanna Renee Hieber and Stephen Segal were there to represent. Leanna posted the link to a gorgeous convention album by photographer Tony Romeo called “Steampunk in Sepia.” Because, really, what else…

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