Under that cold exterior

"If you're willing to take the journey, brave the cold and forge a path, there's no telling the beauty you may discover just below the surface."

Well, okay, I might have had a clue what was underneath. +Rhonda Britton? created a beautiful painted rug on the back patio this last summer! We got a light accumulation of snow yesterday and I stepped out to make a little design for her before we left for work. I enjoy creating with images and words, so this came together this morning whilst procrastinating getting out from under the covers. I took the picture on my cell phone, edited with Snapseed, and then thought Prisma added a little visual pop. I love that modern technology, for all it's distraction, also provides an easy way for anyone to create and share what's in their head. There was a time, not that long ago, when most of us could only envision, but had neither the time, tools, or talent to translate what was in our mind's eye to the physical world.

#snow #heart #discovery #snapseed #prisma?

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Dare to be Batman

I found an old picture of +Michelle C? in daycare! ;-)?
Dare to be Batman

I found an old picture of +Michelle C? in daycare! 😉

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Afternoon Sky

+Dawn H Jackson? inspired!
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Hey! 5th Annual International Take A Picture Under Your Desk Day is today!!!

Hey! 5th Annual International Take A Picture Under Your Desk Day is today!!!

With the zombification of G+, I almost forgot!!! Tagging +Jo Mills?, the original under the desk girl! Err… Should reword that! 😉

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Hey! 5th Annual International Take A Picture Under Your Desk Day is today!!!

With the zombification of G+, I almost forgot!!! Tagging +Jo Mills?, the original under the desk girl! Err… Should reword that! 😉

#InternationalTakeAPictureUnderYourDeskDay

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Awesome at any age!

Inspired by +Michelle C? who posts stories about awesome women who don't let age stop them from being the amazing people they are!?

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Watch this 90-year-old woman give the performance of a lifetime on national TV.
You’re never too old to follow your dreams.

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Super Kari!

+Kari Tedrick? saved +Halfdan Reschat? from certain squishy doom on our hike at Turkey Run State Park in Indiana yesterday!

Tag +Rhonda Britton? and +Maddie Cramer? :-)?
Super Kari!

+Kari Tedrick? saved +Halfdan Reschat? from certain squishy doom on our hike at Turkey Run State Park in Indiana yesterday!

Tag +Rhonda Britton? and +Maddie Cramer? 🙂

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Welcome Back Halfdan

+Halfdan Reschat? arrived back in Indiana tonight. Snapped a pic of him and +Keith Cramer?. ;-)?
Welcome Back Halfdan

+Halfdan Reschat? arrived back in Indiana tonight. Snapped a pic of him and +Keith Cramer?. 😉

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Happy Birthday Halfdan!

Happy Birthday +Halfdan Reschat?! This one is from a few years back but I thought it needed to come back! Hehe

#GplusUserMashup?
Happy Birthday Halfdan!

Happy Birthday +Halfdan Reschat?! This one is from a few years back but I thought it needed to come back! Hehe

#GplusUserMashup

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LEGO 1960's VW Beetle

Enough said. Must have.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/06/lego-vw-beetle/

Thanks +Dawn H Jackson? for the original post where I saw this!!!

#LEGO #VWBeetle?
LEGO 1960’s VW Beetle

Enough said. Must have.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/06/lego-vw-beetle/

Thanks +Dawn H Jackson? for the original post where I saw this!!!

#LEGO #VWBeetle

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Beauty and the Beast Tonight!

At the play now with +Maddie Cramer?, +Christy Pemberton?, and her daughter Kylee. Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw, Indiana is a fantastic venue in the round!!!

#BeautyandtheBeast?
Beauty and the Beast Tonight!

At the play now with +Maddie Cramer?, +Christy Pemberton?, and her daughter Kylee. Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw, Indiana is a fantastic venue in the round!!!

#BeautyandtheBeast

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Happy 16th Birthday Daughter!

Today is daughter +Maddie Cramer's 16th birthday. A decade ago, I wrote about her at six years old and I was struggling with her starting kindergarten. This year, she just completed her freshman year in high school. We made a deal when she was younger that she would stop growing up and stay my little girl. Okay, maybe I made the deal and she just smiled up at me. She could not avoid it and, truthfully, I would never stop her from growing into the amazing human being I get to know each day. Right now she's a 16-year-old sophomore. Every single day of this journey I have been the proudest father anywhere. That's always what I thought dads were supposed to feel like, and I was right. The one thing nobody tells you when you have a child is that on that birth certificate, in fine print, it spells out that you will never have another worry free day in your life. But it also says that new life is an opportunity to have the most important job in the world. I got to have the most important job in the world. Thank you daughter, Happy Birthday, and I love you.

Story from a decade ago here………….
http://www.ransackery.com/kindergarten-and-letting-go.htm?

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Any sex, color, body shape or size

"If you are into that sort of thing, if you are the type to make a judgment based only on what you see, then you are not really my type at all."

Highly recommend reading the entire essay; takes just a quick minute; then pass it along.

Thanks +Michelle C?? for the original post; and for her passion to help beautiful words and people be known.?

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What You Don’t See When You Look at the Fat Girl in a Bathing Suit
Society tells us that the measure of a healthy woman is the measure of her thighs. Not true.

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Prepare for every eventuality

Thank you Japanese people for protecting our future and +Dawn H Jackson? for the original share.?

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Follow-up to the Chewbacca Mask Lady

Well played Kohl's. Well played. Makes me want to go shop there. Well played indeed.

Thanks +angelique? for posting the follow-up video (but it wouldn't let me share public)!

#StarWars #Chewbacca #Kohls?

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Kohl’s celebrates woman who loves her Chewbacca mask
Tens of millions of Facebook users have met and laughed out loud with Candace Payne over the past few days.

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"We have nothing to fear but running out of beer."

It's been a while since I posted a user mashup. This one goes out to the marvelous, magical +Michelle C. Because reasons. 😉

#GPlusUserMashup   #Futurama   #Beer   #Alliteration  ?
“We have nothing to fear but running out of beer.”

It’s been a while since I posted a user mashup. This one goes out to the marvelous, magical +Michelle C. Because reasons. 😉

#GPlusUserMashup   #Futurama   #Beer   #Alliteration  

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Mini PEKKA (Clash Royale)

I totally see this in the game! And the butterfly would win. Lol

Any fellow players, come join "Shadow Clan 42". Some existing plussers already there with +Keith Cramer? and me. Will let them divulge their secret identities. Lol

http://phsueh.deviantart.com/art/Mini-PEKKA-Clash-Royale-597331070

#clashroyale #deviantart?
Mini PEKKA (Clash Royale)

I totally see this in the game! And the butterfly would win. Lol

Any fellow players, come join “Shadow Clan 42”. Some existing plussers already there with +Keith Cramer? and me. Will let them divulge their secret identities. Lol

http://phsueh.deviantart.com/art/Mini-PEKKA-Clash-Royale-597331070

#clashroyale #deviantart

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Guilty Pleasure Cheesy Goodness

Prison Break is coming back. Get ready to turn off suspension of disbelief again! This is one of the only shows I enjoyed so thoroughly that was so over-the-top cheesy. 😀

#prisonbreak?

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Ear's to all of you who get it!?

Ear's to all of you who get it!?

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When a gas fireplace is still too inconvenient

I made this to kid some of my relatives who had this going in their living room. ;-)?
When a gas fireplace is still too inconvenient.

I made this to kid some of my relatives who had this going on their living room. 😉

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Magnets and Marbles!

Very very cool!

Thanks +Dawn H Jackson? for the original share!?

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