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CELEBRATING 750 WEEKS OF SEPIA SATURDAY

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  Celebrating 750 weeks of Sepia Saturday!  I joined Sepia Saturday in 2013 at the urging of my good friend, ScotSue, and I have had such fun being a part of the group.  I love the challenge of finding the right pictures to match the prompt each week – sometimes spot-on, sometimes ‘outside the box’.  Either way it’s something that keeps me thinking and using my memory and my brain which has to be a good thing! But that’s only half of it.  Looking at all your interpretations of the prompt or whatever you choose to share in your posts is enriching and provides a bit of insight into who you are which is fun and interesting.  ScotSue and I have met in person, but the rest of us have not, yet I consider you all good friends and look forward to ‘seeing’ you each week. J Anyway, in celebration of this week’s historic challenge I’m sharing a few of my favorite prompts and why they are some of my favorites. J A young girl gazing out a window while apparently at work.  This prompt allowed
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PUPPIES & KITTENS, DOGS & CATS

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  My Dad and his dog, “Frisky” Me and my little dog, “Doggie” My husband’s beautiful Irish Setter, “Sean”.  When she was a puppy she’d jump into his lap and she never quite got out of the habit. Our son at 6 weeks old with his first dog, “Snoopy’” That Christmas Santa brought him a “Snoopy” he could ride (plus a few other things. J Our son at 4 months with Sean.  The two became inseparable.  Actually, from the get-go, Sean was the doggie mom.  I think she thought he’d been born just for her to protect and play with.  If he cried or was in any other discomfort or danger, she’d come find me and whimper as she looked over her shoulder in his direction.  The only difference between Sean and “Lassie” is Sean wasn’t a big TV star. J And there was a big fun doggie to play with at Grandmother & Granddad’s house when we went visiting. A few years later Sean went to play in the big doggie park in the sky and we adopted a puppy we named “Ace”.  Unfortunately Ace wasn’t with us all that long. 
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NEW BEGINNINGS: BIRTHDAYS ARE A NEW BEGINNING TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR

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  Three weekends ago I titled my post "BIRTH-DAYS".  This weekend I'm posting "BIRTHDAYS".  Both are new beginnings in their own way.  This was our son’s first birthday.  Looks like he’s not quite sure what to do here? Oops.  Where did that bright yellow flickering thing go?  Meanwhile, Dad thinks it’s time to take the cake away and cut him a piece! On his third birthday he had a birthday cake with three candles which he now knew what to do with. For his sixth birthday he had a birthday bash held at the local Veteran’s Hall.  So nice.  Big table, plenty of chairs, and easy set up & clean up!  And the small rent for the hall was well worth the fee.  Great way to go.  I did at least one more party for him at the hall.  Boys’ parties are a little more boisterous than girls’ parties and the hall provided plenty of run-around room! On his 16 th birthday he celebrated with friends, but first he shared a cake with the family! Our oldest daughter’s first birthday a
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