I Like Smiling, Smilings my favorite {aka Life from their view part 2}

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If you remember back on March 25, I posed a question, just to see if anyone would be interested.  It was about doing a passing of the camera… I buy a disposable camera, I send it to this person, they send it to the next and so on.  Once it was full it came back to me.  I was excited when I actually had takers.  It made me feel special… aka not like a loser :).  So on March 31st, I sent out 2 disposable cameras. 


I got the first one back and featured their pictures on July 12th.  Now I have the second camera back!  Thank you all so much for participating!  This camera started in Illinois, went to California (x2), then to Texas and finally ended up in Maryland before making its way back to Missouri.

First off we start out in Illinois (but she now lives in Kentucky!!) at Thickin and Thinnin at Goodwife Farm.  She is an amazing woman and the love she has for her husband rivals all others!  She’s a great role model!  Go check out the Goodwife, but only after you finish this post!

Her husband hard at work.

Champ, the great horse.

Piggy clan, Ed Earl & Lu Lu

Welcome

Then the camera made the trek over to the west coast stopping in San Francisco with the lovely Jacin from Lovely Little Details {blog}.  I wish I could tell you how I stumbled across Jacin’s blog, but it was back during her wedding planning adventures.  Oh how I would have loved to have her involved in my wedding planning!  She has such a great eye for detail!

View heading in to Napa, our favorite thing to do on the weekend (before we got a new puppy, that is!) During the summer it’s so green and lush and absolutely beautiful!

The Golden Gate Bridge – I live about 2 miles from it and we never get tired of the view (although this picture is a bit blurry haha)

The famous Lombard Street!  It is something we always take friends to go see when they come visit.  One night I was walking with my parents after a yummy feast in Fishermans Wharf, and we were standing at the top of Lombard watching these crazy kids skateboarding down it!  It sure made me feel old haha.

My mason jar chandelier that my dad made me for Christmas last year.  He took a bunch of my grandmother’s old mason jars and made it from scratch – I only wish I was that crafty.

Another blue mason – I keep it on our dining room table and get fresh flowers from the farmers market every week to fill it up.

Then the lovely camera stayed in the great state of California and trekked down south (and I could be wrong because I don’t know my California geography all that well… lol) and made a stop in with CA Girl, LourieShe’s as big of a Dancing with the Stars fan as I am, although silly school got in my way of watching this season.

This is my backyard.  That’s my palm tree.  These guys are everywhere out here.  They grow very fast and are homes for fun critters like rats.  Yay.  They are also a huge fire hazard.  Not sure what the real attraction is about them… LOL.

This is behind my house.  we back up to the greenbelt.  It is all natural down in there.  Talk about critters!  Frogs, bunnies, opossums, skunk, Yep.  Love that smell.  Not.  haha

This is in the neighboring city.  It’s a dried creek… but when it rains it fills up the very tip top… so it gets to be about 17-20 feet deep and it is wicked fast.

This is the entrance into Old Town Temecula.  It’s a fun little stretch of road with all kinds of old shops and restaurants.  Every weekend they have shows in the street.  It’s a neat little tourist trap.

Then the camera headed to Texas to go visit The Wife over at Gizzards & Calf Fries.  She is my role model when it comes to pictures!  I want to learn to take pictures like she does!  I’m just sayin :).
With the dog clan

Welcome to Crazy M

Unloading feed

Feeding time.

Then the camera made one last trek up to Maryland {before heading back to Missouri} to visit This Ordinary, Everyday Life.  She so graciously jumped in to take pictures when I had a person back out!  Make sure you go and check her out at This Ordinary, Everyday Life.

The Darlington Apple Festival, a Festival that happens every  year in my county. It takes place on the first Saturday in October.

The World War 2 Memorial in D.C.

The National Zoo in D.C.

My back yard in Maryland … and you can sort of see my dogs, they were not cooperating lol

Sorry no random pictures of me this time… the camera came back full 🙂 Yey!  Thank you all for participating!  Make sure you go check out these lovely, lovely ladies!

0 thoughts on “I Like Smiling, Smilings my favorite {aka Life from their view part 2}

  1. I suck at geography too!! But no worries, yours was right. I am in Southern CA. I have lived in Northern CA too. It was fun seeing those places again. And I have lived in the DC area as well so fun seeing that again as well. I think we should do this again…and I will take different pics this time(beach for sure!)

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