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Tag: whimsy

Posted on15 February 201423 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Aprons, fabric, and love

by Just Frances4 Comments on Aprons, fabric, and love

I started Valentine’s Day yesterday by opening up a lovely box that was filled to the brim with love. It wasn’t a box of chocolate…

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Posted on2 February 201423 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Monkey-ing around

by Just Frances2 Comments on Monkey-ing around

Sock monkeys, sock monkeys, and more sock monkeys! When I made my first sock monkey last year, I didn’t really envision myself making another. But last…

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Posted on10 January 201422 July 2021Crafting & Creating, Everyday Life

Fashion confessional

by Just Frances4 Comments on Fashion confessional

For most of my life, I’ve felt as if I’ve lived on the wrong side of fashionable. And, I’m sure, most of the people I…

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Posted on31 October 201321 July 2021Crafting & Creating

My Halloween interrobang

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When it was determined that I would be in America for Halloween this year, I began to think about what I would dress up as.…

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Posted on26 September 20133 August 2022Musings & Ramblings

Falling words

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I went to Snoqualmie Falls on my way home from my Olympia/Portland journey and was amused when I noticed words embedded into the steps and sidewalk around the visitors’…

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Posted on13 September 20133 May 2023Everyday Life

The radio star

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Today I got to play on the air with Steve and Rob at KXLE Radio – the best country station in all the land! It was such a…

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Posted on9 September 201321 July 2021Widow Life

Grave digging

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I went to the cemetery to see Paul today and ended up digging away under his headstone. I hadn’t really planned on that, or I’d have…

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Posted on7 September 201316 November 2022Musings & Ramblings, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

The log lady

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On my first full day in America, I decided to give my loaner car (a pretty red Jag!) a test run. So, my baby sister and…

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Posted on23 June 201321 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Pompom-tastic!

by Just Frances2 Comments on Pompom-tastic!

Faced with a boring weekend of recovering from a mild kidney infection (I’m much better now, thank you) and hiding from the misery of the…

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Posted on2 June 201321 July 2021Everyday Life

Snail lessons

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[Updated below] I’ve spent the weekend out in the garden which has turned into quite the snail lesson for me. You see, I’m not from a snail-friendly…

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Posted on29 May 201318 October 2021Musings & Ramblings

Even happier if…

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Today’s post is a list. You would be forgiven to think that lists are an easy-out when it comes to writing, but they are really…

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Posted on5 May 201321 July 2021Everyday Life

To rule the world

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My dream to rule the world began when I was a young child with much smaller aims. I can vividly recall the start of my…

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Posted on15 April 201321 July 2021Everyday Life

Superstar!

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Today was a very different – and very fun! – day for me because I got to be a big important film star for the day. There were script…

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Posted on6 April 201321 July 2021Everyday Life

Talkin’ tartan

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Today is Tartan Day, a day when people around the world celebrate their Scottish heritage and ancestry. I’m not Scottish*, but as Scotland is where my…

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Posted on4 April 201321 July 2021Culinary Arts

Please, ma’am, I want s’mores…

by Just Frances2 Comments on Please, ma’am, I want s’mores…

By the time I was six years old, I had consumed countless s’mores. They’ve been a part of my life for as far back as I…

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Posted on19 March 20139 November 2021Crafting & Creating

d-EGG-coupage

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It seems that the craft bug has bitten me again – oh, dear! And, once again, I’ve crafted something that I don’t plan on keeping. I’ve been planning…

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Posted on11 March 201321 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Eyelash wishes

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I wish on eyelashes. I don’t know when it started. Maybe my parents taught me the superstitious act. I can’t remember. But what I know for…

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Posted on29 January 201320 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Dear Old Frances

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I’ve just completed another one of the Brooklyn Art Library‘s collaborative art projects, Letters From Your Childhood, so here I am sharing it with you. Yay! It’s difficult…

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Posted on15 January 201320 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Things found by accident

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A while ago, I shared with you the found things I pick up when I’m out and about; every time I find something new to add to…

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Posted on13 January 201320 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Holey-sock monkey

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I love my knee-high stripey socks and was a bit sad when I wore a hole through the toe of one of them over the…

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Just Frances is a personal website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, crafter, adventurer, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances. (She/Her)

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