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A little bit of Adobe Lightroom for some photo editing. Notice the difference? Mavis a few days after our cauterization… Before and After…

My Plantville

In: Personal|photos

9 Apr 2010

7 months ago, I bought myself some seeds, soil and pots. As we live in a flat/apartment, we really don’t have a garden to speak of so my choice was to get plants that could grow in pots and inside the house. I got some Petunias, Geraniums, and some Marjoram. After seeing what I’ve done, [...]

San Juan – Rueda Year End Letter 2009 As the year comes to a close and as we welcome the New Year, we send out our year-end-letter to our families and friends once again. Let me start by saying how grateful we are to our Lord for a truly blessed and wonderful year. The first [...]

Here’s our own rendition of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” from our Christmas Photo-shoot yesterday!


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