Feathering the Empty Nest

It Pays To Learn a Few Things To Start Researching Your Family Tree

cjblythe — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:12:58 +0000

Yesterday, I posted about the very interesting possibilities to open up once you start researching your family tree. So, today I decided it might be wise to offer some links to valuable educational...

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Is American Idol Going Downhill?

cjblythe — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:28:32 +0000

Since I have so much to write about lately, and because last night’s episode was so disappointing to me, I’m just going to touch on my thoughts. The more I watch this show, the more I...

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Have You Considered Researching Your Family Tree?

cjblythe — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:57:30 +0000

If so, now may be the best time you’ll ever find to get started. One of the reasons is Ancestry.com’s free access to the 1940 census over the next few months as new searchable...

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The Wisdom of Our Youth

cjblythe — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:02:03 +0000

Our youth are amazing. I’m so glad to say they are learning by our mistakes. In this modern economy of ‘invisible’ money and debt, we are just as culpable as the next persons....

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My Dream? Low Sugar, Low Fat Ice Cream…

cjblythe — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:46:07 +0000

But is this even possible? Ice cream is my one BIG, HUGE downfall. During the warmer (sometimes hotter!) months of the year, ice cream is what I constantly crave and we always have some in our...

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The Jays Were Robbed in the Ninth, But That’s No Excuse…

cjblythe — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:44:42 +0000

Tonight’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays was the sloppiest I’ve ever seen by the Jays’ defense. Four errors should not be expected to lead to a win. In this case, it was a...

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There is Hope for Humanity…

cjblythe — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:57 +0000

…and it rests with our youth, like the young man in this video. Today’s been a good day and one of the reasons is finding this video posted on Facebook by an old friend (thanks, Dar!). As...

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It’s Mother’s Day!

cjblythe — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:35:34 +0000

I got a beautiful hanging plant from Mark yesterday (I guess the anticipation was killing him… he couldn’t wait until today), and a flowering plant basket from Erin today (see right)....

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More Experimentation With My New Camera

cjblythe — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:50:17 +0000

I’m so liking this… Here are some more of the distance shots taken with the fantastic zoom on this new camera. These have all been cropped and adjusted with color boost, increased...

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I’ve Figured Out the 42X Optical Zoom!

cjblythe — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:37:57 +0000

I spent some time this morning practicing with the 42X optical zoom, using my favorite tulip tree as my subject. I decided to concentrate solely on taking photos of our tulip tree from about 30 feet...

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