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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: February 2009

rowan caroline

meet the newest member of our extended family. she was born to my youngest sister yesterday. (on my other sister’s 30th birthday!) congrats, jill, john, and trey on a beautiful baby girl!

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shark littering

you could also title this post “merging eternal life with environmentalism or resurrection with recycling”
oh, the intelligent conversations we have around here…
i have been thinking about this upcoming season of lent and with today being ash wednesday, i was talking with the boys at breakfast a little about the meaning of easter.
(miriam was...

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sorry, readers and friends, i have had no energy or inspiration for the blog lately.  i realize that my “february forging” fell flat… in fact, that feels like a pretty good representation of most things in my life right now.  and at present, i have no interest in elaborating on a public forum such as...

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forging through february – 7

today there was no need to forge through… just enjoy.  my friend sandi and i took the kids to meijer gardens to soak up the record-high temps.  there really wasn’t a whole lot exciting to see, but the warm sunshine was enough.

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forging through february – 6

um…. not sure what i have for you today.  let’s see what i can come up with on the fly…
:: today was Matt’s first full day at his new job.  he is probably going to be having some time with the kids in the AM now and getting them breakfast before he leaves.  since i...

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