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A favorite hymn, sung today in church.

"God of Day and God of Darkness" by Marty Haugen (of course!)

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$14,440!!

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For Megan on her birthday.

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Catching up on my daily thanksgiving photo posts!

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Christmas at my happy place (Ravenna Gardens in U Village)

I am seeing everyone else's gorgeous photos & feel a little silly that most of mine are taken with my camera phone.  But the reality is that I've got to make it simple in order to participate every day.  So, I hope you will enjoy these daily thanksgiving glimpses, poor quality as they may be.  It's interesting to see different people's takes on this daily exercise -- I seem to be finding something to be thankful for each day & then photographing it (when I remember to).  I am excited to share with you my coming days, as they will be from my climbing trip in Joshua Tree National Park.  I love this desert & the peace it brings me & always take lots of photos (with a real camera, not my phone!).  But, these daily photos will be posted afterward, as I will be camping.  This also means I won't be participating in the monthly 10 on 10, as I am spending most of tomorrow in an airport (perhaps I will be inspired to take 10 different photos of aspects of air travel :).  I look forward to sharing here again soon & seeing the photos you have taken!

Thanksgiving 8 (dos)

I got to the end of today realizing I had no photo -- I wish I would have remembered to take one when my two wonderful friends made a surprise visit to my office with Mighty-O Donuts, or when the sun was shining through the clouds on my drive out to West Seattle. Even in the midst of a crazy day when multi-tasking threatens to take over my brain, there are still moments of joy when everything fades but the friends in front of me, or the way the sunlight looks...unfortunately during those times I don't think to get out my camera. I guess that's the blessing of those moments -- no other awareness but the joy.

So, my photo #8 comes at the end of a very long day & is rather uninspiring (my new hat).

Because today's photo is uninspiring & because I just can't get enough of it, I leave you with a second Thanksgiving photo -- my adorable nephew Ray in his Halloween costume.  So damn cute.

Good night to all.

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The Christmas List begins.

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Extreme wine, UA samples & my Joy.

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Kitties and old buddies.

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Stumptown Coffee & Powells Bookstore.

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My G-maw -- 90 years old today.

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A stowaway from the organic produce delivery -- made me laugh.

Invitation & Disclaimer

Today, on the first day of November, two beautiful gals who hold a special place in my heart have begun a new tradition for this month of thanksgiving -- one photo a day as a way to note our gratitude.  It is a little side addition to 10 on 10, the original idea of taking a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth day of every month as a way to document & find creativity with the life & beauty of everyday.  I encourage you to check out 10 on 10 -- you can see a couple of my old 10 on 10 posts here and here.  The daily invitation of thanksgiving for the month of November has captured my attention -- indeed, due to another friend, it was already something I was considering for daily thanksgiving posts on Facebook.  I will be posting a photo for each day in November & I invite you to join me.
And I end with a disclaimer...while I hope this will be a revival of sorts of this sorely neglected blog (last post April!), I make no promises.  I am inspired to do daily photo posts in November, but can't speak for past that -- I won't pretend that this blog won't again take the backseat.  For now, I hope you will enjoy my daily photos & that you will join me!
Love, Eliza