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Welcome to my Blog!

Hi! My name is Valerie Dietsche. I am a wife of ten years and a homeschooling mom of three beautiful children. After a couple of stints overseas, we've now been settled for several years in our little fixer-upper in small-town America. Photography has been an interest of mine for a while, but just recently have I begun pursuing it as more than just a hobby. I love nature and being outdoors, as you can probably tell by many of my photos. I am now branching out into photographing people, as well. Other interests of mine include reading, (both personally and with my kids), good music, good coffee, and good company! You'll learn a lot more about me as you follow along with my random assortment of blog posts, and hopefully you'll also enjoy the photos along the way.

Thanks for stopping by, and please say hello!

p.s.--Please do not use or reproduce my photos without permission. Thanks!

Monthly Archives: May 2008

$66.66

that was my total at the grocery store this evening (and that, i might add, is a SMALL trip). it is also a pretty good representation of how i feel about that place.
i have a confession — i despise grocery shopping. and that’s a real problem when a large part of one’s full-time job is...

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home school testing plus

just an fyi for all of you homeschoolers out there…

just wanted to give a little shout out for linda nikkel, a local (to west michigan) woman who used to work for the school system, homeschooled her daughters (who are both now pre-med students), and in the past couple of years has begun administering standardized tests...

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brrr & grrr….

i wish weather didn’t so easily affect my mood, but it often does. this morning, much like the past few days, was bright and sunny… deceivingly beautiful… because once you get outside you discover that the wind is freezing! this morning we rode our bikes to the library. keep in mind it...

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i thought these were pretty

the first two were taken last weekend at jen f.’s house, the next three were taken at our house, and the last one was taken on hope college’s campus. i love spring!!

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"once" / swell season concert

this past weekend matt and i attended what we think was our first real concert ever together! hard to believe considering our mutual love of music. my parents were kind enough to take our kids overnight, and we headed to the detroit area to see the couple from the “once” movie (which I have mentioned...

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