Author: westseventhfreelance

  • Now that I am working full-time it seems that blogging and photography are shuffled to the back. I hope to remedy that soon! This morning the cats and I are enjoying peaceful porch time and making use of Instagram. Anyone wishing to follow can do so :). My Instagram name is Stina Jacox…  

  •   7 Hawks Vineyards, Fountain City, WI

  • Hurray! I started work at this week. I invite you to check out the website to see the work being done in research- and with families, patients and donors to link people in need of transplant for blood cancers/ disorders. I am thrilled…and also intend to continue fiddling about with photography too. My new header…

  • Yes Bagheera, April snow…

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  • Today I closed the door (literally) on the year of the ‘studio experiment’. After a final look around and placing the keys in an obvious spot, it was time to move on. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/prompt-moments-to-remember/

  • Curious? Well, it has to do with my connection to ‘expat blogger’, who writes  Oh My God My Wife is German. In a recent post he wrote about visiting the Portland, OR kitchen store, Kitchen Kaboodle (http://ohgodmywifeisgerman.com/2014/03/10/my-german-wifes-first-encounter-with-kitchen-kaboodle-in-portland-oregon/). I checked out the website and saw this cool tool for avocados (and ordered one- the rest of…

  • Those who follow my blog know I was invested in the fate of the Island Station structure in St. Paul. Today, I reflect on that passage with a camera photo I took today that I am calling “All That Remains”. The second picture is from the Fall photo shoot. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/weekly-photo-challenge-reflections/

  • I worked or spent time on the University of MN campus- Twin Cities- for a total of twenty years. Today, meeting friends for lunch, I didn’t recognize the main street that intersects the campus. Washington Avenue now sports a completed light-rail system and new student housing and other construction. Thank goodness The Big 10 Restaurant…