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Favorites in June EclecticEvelyn.com

Favorites in June

Hello July! It’s hard to believe we are halfway through 2017 already.  With the sun shining and summer arriving it was hard to narrow down the list of favorites but here are my top Instagram photos for June. Be sure to show these accounts some love and follow them too if you are so inclined. You are […]

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Favorites in May EclecticEvelyn.com

Favorites in May

Its really hard to narrow it down but here are 15 of my favorite photographs I found on Instagram during the month of May.  Show them some love and follow the ones that interest you.  For many, it’s all about networking and building that following so reach out and you may gain a new follower

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20 Things I Liked in April EclecticEvelyn.com

What I Liked In April

I love photography and I am a big Instagram fan which gave me the idea to start a new monthly post with some of my favorite photos I have seen on Instagram during the month.  I am going to try to keep it to 20 photos, give or take a few.  If you are not

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Unique Travel Experiences

Now that the kids are grown up and starting off their own adventures, it is the ideal time for you to get out of the house and start to explore the world once again. You’ve done the standard family trips which were more work than fun and now you’re ready for traveling on your own terms. Why not try something a bit different? 

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Mountain Laurel

  Her name was Laurel just like the flowers that covered the mountains in the spring. Her face told the story of her life, every wrinkle a new chapter, every line contained a tale. She was old as the mountains and as young as the buds on the trees. On warm days you could see

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Summer Day EclecticEvelyn.com

Summer Day

It was the height of summer. A time when the heat is so hot and thick that all you can do in the middle of the day is find a field to lay in and watch the clouds go by. She thought of all the times and all the summers she had spent here on

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Shotgun Wedding EclecticEvelyn.com

Shotgun Wedding

Living in Appalachia hearing the word honorable makes me think of a shotgun wedding. The ones where a young girl’s daddy, who just happens to be cleaning his hunting rifle, asks the boy if he is planning on doing the honorable thing and marrying his daughter. My daughters were a big fan of Zoey 101

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