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Photographed yesterday at O'Hare airport with my iPhone using  Pixlr-o-matic  &  Flickr  apps, both of which are FREE.

Photographed yesterday at O'Hare airport with my iPhone using Pixlr-o-matic & Flickr apps, both of which are FREE.

on starting your own #photo365 project

Someone mentioned to me that they'd like to start a personal project where they take a photo a day for 2013.  Here are a few tips to get started.

Posted in big plans and tagged with iphoneography, #photo365, photography.

December 31, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 31, 2012
  • iphoneography
  • #photo365
  • photography
  • big plans
  • 10 Comments

best of 2012: october - december

Finally, my favourite shots from the end of 2012.  There was a lot to be grateful for.

Posted in year in review 2012 and tagged with year en, year in.

December 31, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 31, 2012
  • year en
  • year in
  • year in review 2012
  • 4 Comments

best of 2012: july - september

I'm sharing my favourite photographs of 2012.  This is what summer looked like.

Posted in year in review 2012 and tagged with year end.

December 30, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 30, 2012
  • year end
  • year in review 2012
  • 2 Comments

best of 2012: april - june

I'm sharing my favourite photographs of 2012.  Here's what spring looked like.

Posted in year in review 2012 and tagged with year in review, year end.

December 29, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 29, 2012
  • year in review
  • year end
  • year in review 2012
  • 1 Comment

best of 2012: january - march

I'm sharing my favourite photos of 2012.  Here's January, February and March.

Tagged with year in review, year end.

December 28, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 28, 2012
  • year in review
  • year end
  • 1 Comment

merry christmas, happy holidays, happy new year

Taking a bit of a holiday break. But before I go, thank you.

Posted in big plans and tagged with holiday break, auld lang syne, christmas, holidays, gratitude.

December 21, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 21, 2012
  • holiday break
  • auld lang syne
  • christmas
  • holidays
  • gratitude
  • big plans
  • 7 Comments
Photographed December 18, 2012, with my iPhone 4 using Snapseed, Pixlr-o-matic and the Flickr app.

Photographed December 18, 2012, with my iPhone 4 using Snapseed, Pixlr-o-matic and the Flickr app.

from the archives: alex's birth story

I wrote this 8 years ago. 

Posted in alex and tagged with adoption, alex, birth story.

December 21, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 21, 2012
  • adoption
  • alex
  • birth story
  • alex
  • 12 Comments

houston area women's center, at&t, and finding joy

This week, I got to play Santa on AT&T's behalf -- except I feel like I was the one who got the gift.

Posted in sponsored post, big plans and tagged with go mighty, houston area women's center, domestic violence, at&t, sexual violence.

December 20, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 20, 2012
  • go mighty
  • houston area women's center
  • domestic violence
  • at&t
  • sexual violence
  • sponsored post
  • big plans
  • 14 Comments

random thoughts: knowing when it's time

Random thoughts inspired by my Christmas cactus.

Posted in at home, random thoughts and tagged with christmas time, random thoughts.

December 18, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 18, 2012
  • christmas time
  • random thoughts
  • at home
  • random thoughts
  • 10 Comments

create.2013!

My new offering: join me in a creative, reflective, art-filled course to begin the new year!

Posted in big plans and tagged with create.2013.

December 17, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • December 17, 2012
  • create.2013
  • big plans
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