Lens-Artists Challenge #145: Getting to Know You


This week, on Lens-Artists Challenge #145, guest host Scillagrace challenged everyone with the topic of Getting to Know You.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am an Underdog


Some people are meant to lead. Some are meant to follow. I am and have always been a follower aka an underdog. I wrote about this in this 2016 post and nothing will ever change that, not my mom, not my aunt, not even Toastmasters.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Tolerant


Having been raised by my mom and her family most of my life, I often call myself the black sheep of her family.

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Open


There was a wind storm last week – 70 mile-per-hour gusts blowing past the protective mountain ranges. It made my Wednesday drive to work a bit treacherous yet interesting at the same time.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Sentimental


Are hoarders sentimentalists?

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CFFC: Shiny


I was on a field trip last Sunday on a quest to search for spring and what did I find, a bunch of kids chasing bubbles. It’s been a while since I’ve blown bubbles but I think this is so much better. Let the breeze carry the bubbles.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am a Rebel


Believe me when I say this, I did not used to be a rebel. I was a goody-two-shoes who did everything I was asked to do and please my mom was my life until…

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Share Your World – Week of April 19, 2021


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What was the last TV show you binge-watched?   If you don’t watch TV (congratulations by the way) what’s the last thing you binged ON?

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Quiet


I may seem quiet on the outside but really, I am just an awkward conversationalist with a vivid imagination and a loud mind.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am out to Prove myself


When I got my mountain bike about a month ago, when I was assembling it, my aunt came over and said, “Just sell it already, get some cash back.”

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Lens-Artists Challenge #144: Taking Flight


This week, on Lens-Artists Challenge #144, Tina has challenged us with the topic of “Taking flight.”

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Messy


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“I have never met anyone messier than you. I don’t know how you can live like this,” my mom would often say.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Lack of…


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I know I wrote about how I was capable of so many things but really, I’m someone who’s called “Jack of all trades and master of none.”

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Share Your World – Week of April 12, 2021


There are some weird questions on this week’s Share Your World, just a word of caution…

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Klutzy


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I am pretty klutzy, period. My mom used to singsong “clumsy, clumsy girl” whenever I fell down as a little girl. I think I fell because my mind was somewhere else, at least that’s why I fell and scraped my knees the last time, which was about a year ago.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Jovial


I consider myself to be a jovial person. It doesn’t take much to make me laugh, even if I feeling angry at the moment. I sometimes dislike this ability – to go from anger to laughter like a flip of a coin.

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Lens-Artists Challenge #143: Colorful April


This week for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, we are challenged to share some colorful photos to represent the spring-like April.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Impatient


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I have often been told by my mom I am a patient person. “I don’t think I have the patience like yours to complete a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle.” She’d say. So that’s what I’ve always thought – I am a patient person.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am Hopeful


I don’t recall when I developed this ridiculously hopeful attitude toward life – that everything will get better eventually, that something is better than nothing, glass is half-full kind of person.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I am working on being Generous


“Don’t be so selfish,” my mom would chide whenever I refuse to help or whenever I refuse to share food with somebody. I hated being called that because I feel like that’s all I’ve been doing my whole life – sharing and never getting enough for myself.

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CFFC: Size Comparison


This world makes me feel small sometimes especially when I’m in a wide-open landscape.

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#AtoZChallenge 2021 – I Have Feelings, Too


When I was in middle school or high school, my mom would often point out teasingly that I have a low EQ (emotions quotient), sort of like low IQ except with emotions.

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Share Your World – Week of April 5, 2021


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Do you think psychic abilities exist? 

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