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Sao Noi
Today I ran across a drawing that I started back in 2016 of an elephant named Sao Noi, and I decided to finish it today. I don’t know what happened, but I am able to draw again, this drawing sat unfinished for 2 years, but now it’s done. Sao Noi was an older elephant,…
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My Red Tango Dress
It seems as if I’ve been working on this tango dress forever. I’ve had a lot of personal distractions and had to put it aside for weeks at a time. When I make costumes, I don’t normally use a pattern, I drape it and make my own pattern. I do adjust the design…
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Bentley
This morning the doctor called around 8am with a status on Bentley. He’s been in the hospital again since early yesterday morning. His sugar spiked up to 700 from 600 earlier in the day and it wasn’t going down then overnight it stayed around 500. He was twitching from neurological problems, most likely caused by…
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Volunteering at the Fort Worth Zoo in MOLA
Today was my second day volunteering at the Fort Worth Zoo. Schools were all off for President’s Day, the weather was in the 70’s with a prediction of rain, but if it rained at all, it was just sprinkles. My first day last week was very quiet, it was cold and cloudy, so there were…
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My Mom 2016
Ok, so this morning I went to visit my mom in the nursing home. I moved her on election day (I only mention that because it’s an easy way to remember the day I moved her) from her old place, Trinity Healthcare, back to the Cityview Care Center where she first started out in…
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Visiting the Dallas Zoo to see baby Ajabu
NOTE: I made some corrections to this blog after my 10-16-16 trip to the zoo. Baby Ajabu was out, so see my Flickr gallery for photos until I am able to write another blog https://flic.kr/s/aHskJZXgX7 Today I decided to go to the Dallas zoo to see the new elephant baby, Ajabu. Ajabu is five months…
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My Reupholstery Procrastination-Mode
So my hands have recovered from removing the thousands of staples from my Queen Anne wing chair and now it’s time to start laying out the pieces. To prepare for this, I bought two books, both excellent books about upholstering furniture, what one is missing, the other one has. Professional Upholstering by Frank T,…
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My 2014 Performances
Last year (2014) my goals for the new year were to increase my dancing and to do more artwork, this post is about my dancing, I’ll write another day about my art and photography. BALLROOM So in January of 2014, I performed in a showcase at the downtown YMCA in Fort Worth. Gina Crisanti teaches…
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Flamenco…..
In January of this year, I went back to my flamenco classes. I took the Fall session off because I has other things to do on Monday nights, but I did miss it, and I really wanted to be in the performance in May. So here I am, back in flamenco. I started flamenco…
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A New Blog
Well, I haven’t written in awhile, my life has been full. My photography is a bit slow right now, but I’ve filled my time with dance. I need to get back to the zoo to see how my babies (Belle and Bowie, the baby elephants) are doing. It’s been awhile since I’ve been there and…
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Petal Photo by Laura Lynne Daniels — National Geographic Your Shot
Petal Photo by Laura Lynne Daniels — National Geographic Your Shot.
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Belle Learns How To Throw Sand Photo by Laura Lynne Daniels — National Geographic Your Shot
Belle Learns How To Throw Sand Photo by Laura Lynne Daniels — National Geographic Your Shot.
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A Visit With Belle and Bowie At The Zoo…
On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, I took a small trip to the zoo. It’s been weeks since I’ve seen the babies, I’ve had so much going on with my dance showcase at the YMCA with rehearsals and performances. I did stop by the day after my performance on January 15, but it was…
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I Am A Dancer
So far I’ve only been writing and posting photos of those adorable little baby elephants, but there are other things that I do in my life. I’ve always wanted to be a dancer, since I was very young, but I was too inhibited and I thought of myself as too awkward to dance. I tried…
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