Tag: summer
member name: Selene N.
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April 13, 2008 02:06 AM EDT --
Today (Saturday, 4/12/2008) was so hot! My husband kept nagging me about turning on the A/C but I told him just open the windows instead. I was still paying for the heating bills yesterday, and I am not . . .
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March 21, 2007 01:06 AM EDT --
I have ants, a lot of them, in my house. They hide away in winter but are rather active in other seasons. Today I saw them returning for the first time this year. I used to ignore them, because they didn't . . .
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September 01, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
This weekend we made a short trip to my husband's parents and siblings house to attend an Anniversary Party for his parents. The trip did not start well at all. I thought I left the house plenty ahead . . .
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September 15, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
Kyleigh is spending her summer vacation with my mom in Taipei right now. My mom mops the floor on a weekly basis, and Kyleigh is an eager little helper.
"Grandma, let me help you mop the floor!" . . .
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September 15, 2008 12:36 AM EDT --
Recently when I talked to Kyleigh on the phone, she was saying a few more new words meaningfully. Here are a few fun conversations:
Grandma: "雨停了, 帶你出去走走好不好? (When the rain stops, is it ok to . . .
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September 27, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
Somewhere in Taipei, there is a park called the "New Park". It is not really new. It has been there for a long time, and it was one of my favorite places to go when I was a kid. There were two . . .
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September 30, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
I dreamed that I was still in school, and it was during the winter vacation. (Just to give you a little background: In Taiwan, we have a summer vacation and a winter vacation for school kids. During these . . .
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August 24, 2008 10:40 PM EDT --
We have always loved the nature and the mountains, and Shenandoah is one of our favorite places for hiking and camping in the summer time. Back in May this year, my husband had planned to introduce camping . . .
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August 25, 2008 12:41 AM EDT --
After leaving the Byrd Visitor Center, we headed to Lewis Mountain Campground, where we had the cabin for the night. The sky was beautiful along the outlooks.
We spotted the first buck next to . . .
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August 25, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
In addition to the trees, there were a few cute little guys that deserved a special picture, too. I found some mushrooms along the trail.
And some kind of fungus next to the cabin.
Friday's . . .
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August 25, 2008 10:32 PM EDT --
We must have been really tired, or maybe the stress finally let out. We slept pretty well and didn't really wake up until nearly 9:30 AM Saturday morning. There was a "Live Birds of Pray" . . .
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August 29, 2008 05:50 PM EDT --
So we finally arrived at the famous Lewis Fall. It looked very different from what we remembered from 6 years ago. When we visited last time, it had recently rained. The Observation ground was covered . . .
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August 29, 2008 06:10 PM EDT --
The next couple of miles, we were just enjoying the beautiful scenery along the Apalachian Trail. We came to a gap where we were able to see the village at the bottom of the mountains.
Another . . .
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August 29, 2008 07:35 PM EDT --
The reason we went back to the Big Meadows area was that I wanted to attend another ranger program, the "Big Meadows Campfire" at 8:30 PM. The topic for the night was the mating games of the . . .
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September 02, 2008 11:41 PM EDT --
After everyone left the campfire, we went and walked on the Big Meadows under the stars for a short moment. Then we went back to the cabin and called it a night.
Sunday morning we both woke up before . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
I would have never knew that there were patches and patches of blueberries in the Big Meadows. These are food for the birds, deer, and even bears. Can you imagine how many blueberries the bears would . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:59 AM EDT --
After the ranger concluded the educational tour of the Big Meadows, we separated and I headed back to the blueberry patches. I saw this bright pink blueberry and took a picture of it, because I was in . . .
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September 10, 2008 12:28 AM EDT --
One of Kyleigh's favorite places to visit in Taipei is Jin Hua Cheng, a new humongous children's indoor playground that was built probably not too long ago. So, I haven't been there myself. . . .
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July 10, 2007 03:25 AM EDT --
Just a reminder, AMC theaters offer a free movie every Wednesday morning at 10 AM (until 8/15). This coming Wednesday (7/11) is showing Ice Age 2 - The Melt Down. Check out the location of a participating . . .
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September 02, 2008 09:21 PM EDT --
The weekend of 8/24/08, my mom took Kyleigh to Yang Ming Mountain National Park for sight-seeing. There Kyleigh met a new friend, the squirrel.
Unlike in America where squirrels are roaming all over . . .
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