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Little children, sweet and lovely Buds from Heaven sent to earth! Let us love them, teach them, guide them, Fill their lives with joy and mirth… Looking up with eyes of laughter, Holding out their tiny hands; Bless these little ones, oh, Master! Precious children of all lands! ~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “Little Children” We were…
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A photo documents one fraction of a second. The exact size of the fraction is a mathematical calculation based on how long the shutter is left open, but that’s more geek-speak that you really cared to know. 😉 In all the moments of a life, of all the fractions of a moment, my camera…
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