Monthly Archive: August 2006

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Washington D.C. (Episode II) Continued – Hirshhorn

After the Sculpture Garden, Laura wanted to go to the Hirshhorn , the Smithsonian’s museum of international modern and contemporary art. The Hirshhorn is a round building, which is handy for getting a chance to see everything. You go around twice per level and then you are back where you...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II) Continued – Sculpture Garden

As we moved from the joyous place that makes up the blue water fountains, and crossed over back towards the Mall in Washington D.C., I heard yet another fountain in the distance. I suggested to all that we investigate. On a hot, humid, Washington D.C. day, it wasn’t hard to...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II) continued (again)

The United States Navy Memorial at 7th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Indiana Avenue in Washington, D.C. honors those who have served, and are currently serving, in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine. The memorial is adjacent to the Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter station and the National...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II) continued

 "Way too much coffee.  But if it weren’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever."  ~David Letterman   After hours in the National Museum of History, everyone decided they wanted to go to Starbucks. Remembering seeing more than one last week, we set out to find them. Starbucks...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II)

Not even a whole week after going to D.C., we decided to return. Having more of an understanding of how the metro works made a second visit easier. I took 500 photos this time! This time, we decided to visit the National Museum of Natural History. The main building on...

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Tears

Still into my “The Handwriting on the Wall” book. Did you know that God keeps a record of our sorrows? Psalm 56:8 Write down my poem of sadness. List my tears on your scroll. Aren’t you making a record of them? On the library shelf of heaven, God has a...

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The heartbreak of goodbyes

Enric and Miranda left today, ready to start their new lives with Enric returning to school at Northland Baptist Bible college. There is nothing easy with what they will be doing in the next years. Studying full time and working is something only for the most dedicated. Enric and Miranda...

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Looking Down from Above Terragens

This selection of renders, I had the camera angle from above, different than most of my other Terragens. I was pleased with the results and a change from the norm!

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Terragen Water and Beaches

Terragen is at version 4 of its program, but back in the day when I used version .9, or something like that, water and created a water’s edge was hard to do, and very hard on one’s computer. I think I was the first in my Terragen group that had...

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Enric & Miranda visit: Annapolis

My son and his wife have graced us with a sweet visit before they go off back to Northland Baptist Bible College. Yesterday we went to Annapolis to just casually walk around. We looked at the shops, had some smoothies at Ben & Jerry’s, and went to the Harbor to...

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Grow a Blog

I was looking at the monthly stats to my blog, and even though there have been some ups and downs, I am pleased overall how the numbers are going, especially looking at how it began. I started in January 2005 with around 300 visitors a month. December of that same...