Category Archives: Family

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBBY – 3/20/2017

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Joe Owens

In every life we seek someone to make it fuller, richer, something so special we will live every day with the knowledge that better is always yet to come. In three days I will celebrate the 26th anniversary of knowing … Continue reading →

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Wish – WPC – 03/08/17

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Joe Owens

Everyone has wishes. Things that mean so much to us we concentrate on them for weeks, months or years before they actually come to pass. Right now my fondest wish is to see this guy pictured above take his “walk” … Continue reading →

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A Good Match – WPC – 02/22/17

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Joe Owens

For the weekly photo challenge this time our subject is a good match. When I was searching for someone to spend my life with I prayed quite a bit about the type of girl that would be the best match … Continue reading →

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Names – Graduating Seniors

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Joe Owens

I needed a minute to think of a photograph I have that suits the Weekly Photo Challenge theme of Names for this week. But eventually I remembered the perfect photo to use. My daughter graduated from high school in May … Continue reading →

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It’s Not This Time of Year Without… Family! Weekly Photo Challenge – 11/25/16

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Joe Owens

Show us the one thing without which your holiday season could never be complete. I love taking part in the Weekly Photo Challenge. Photography is certainly no skill of mine, but I do like to take plenty of pictures. Especially … Continue reading →

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Come See My Hometown – Plumb Alley Day – Abingdon, VA

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Joe Owens

Within the hills and mountains of Southwest Virginia, not West Virginia, now, but the west end of the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is a small town named Abingdon. Each Memorial Day weekend on Saturday about 20,000 people swell the town’s population … Continue reading →

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Jubilant – Weekly Photo Challenge -20 May 2016

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Joe Owens

  The Weekly Photo Challenge gives me the excuse to share the photos I collect incessantly about every experience in my life. Yes, that is a confession, I take a lot of photos!   This week the theme in my world … Continue reading →

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Graduation Day 2016

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Joe Owens

In each of our lives there are days we point to for a long period of time, events we refer to as milestones, or time checks where we mentally and physically transition from one setting or perceived state to another. … Continue reading →

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Survival – Daily Post – 5-12-16

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Joe Owens

The one word Daily Post prompt is Survival. Immediately when I read this I thought it would tie in so nicely with an idea I have been promoting as we approach the graduation of my daughter along with millions of … Continue reading →

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Admiration – WPC – 4-29-16

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Joe Owens

The Weekly Photo Challenge for this week (4/29/2016) is centered on the theme of Admiration. In my lifetime I have been blessed with so many role models. My father, both grandfathers, and next door neighbor who became like a second … Continue reading →

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Music – Daily Post -5-2-2016

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Joe Owens

For today the Daily Post has offered this single word as our prompt: MUSIC Five little letters create a word that has such an impact in my life. From my earliest memory I can recall a desire to enjoy music. … Continue reading →

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Life Imitates Art -WPC – 2-12-16

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Joe Owens

This Weekly Photo Challenge is about life imitating art. While I don’t have occasion to mimic many statues I do think I have something that will fit the bill. Fast forward a few years and many hundreds of gallons of … Continue reading →

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Treat – Weekly Photo Prompt -10/29/15

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Joe Owens

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Treat.” This week the Weekly Photo Prompt asks us the share about a treat we love. I am taking the word in one of its many forms as in something I … Continue reading →

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Dogs of My Life – Jack

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Joe Owens

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This series is in honor of the latest addition to my canine history, Sydney, a Shetland Sheepdog or Sheltie pup that will be joining our family on October 17th, 2015. As I approached this date I thought it … Continue reading →

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Dogs of My Life – Sparky

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Joe Owens

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This series is in honor of the latest addition to my canine history, Sydney, a Shetland Sheepdog or Sheltie pup that will be joining our family on October 17th, 2015. As I approached this date I thought it … Continue reading →

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