Yesterday we got a huge snow! What else is new? Actually, we get a lot of snow in Pennsylvania in the winter but we don't get very many big snowstorms. Usually we just get a few inches here and there and

We had a very beautiful day this past Sunday. This is very rare in Western Pennsylvania in January. We completely made the best of it by getting outside in the sunshine. It was 41°f (5°c). This may seem

I live on a farm. If you have read some of my other posts you know that I moved from the city to this farm about 14 years ago. Nearly 12 years ago my husband and I were sitting on the couch watching a

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We have been known to host a variety of different events at our farm. One of the coolest events that we have had here was called Frostburn. It is a Burning Man regional event that happens in the middle

Decided to get the ubiquitous, obligatory and quintessential Eiffel Tower shot in on Day 2. I have still to climb it after six visits to Paris (it was closed on our last visit in December), but maybe this

Thanks to fellow runner and photography appreciator @wolfje for running this contest. It was fun going through my images from last year to come up with one that I like the best. This is my favorite picture

Competition I love photography and I can look at nice images all day and all the time. Off course I'm also on instagram, you can find me there by clicking on my name venividipixi. I figured that’s a nice

Yesterday we had a really good snowstorm. Accumulation by the afternoon was about 6 inches. I decided to go out in the late morning and test out the conditions. My video shows all of the steps I took to

A post for TreeTuesday - initiated by @old-guy-photos This is the same tree both yesterday and this past summer. Yesterday there were no leaves and the lightly falling snow was passing through it's branches.

Wow, I can't believe it's been months since I've posted on Steemit... Sometimes things just get away from you. I guess in the last six months or so I've defended my PhD, started a new job, bought a new

My Sister In Law and I are taking our daughters to Paris this summer. There will be 5 of us in our travel party, 2 adults and 3 kids. We are super excited. I have been keeping an eye out for the opportunity

Imagine that you are currently working at the office. Imagine that I'm your boss  Imagine that I'm asking you on which one of the following three cryptos should invest 1Million USD right now. The

Written on Sunday December, 31, 2017 Each morning I wake up and the first thing I do is grab my phone and check the weather. Today it looked like this: It's the last day of 2017. On the first day of 2017,

This post is for people just starting in crypto. This was me, about a week ago. Last Friday I bought my first crypto currency: Litecoin (LTC). I want to start writing about my experiences as a complete

I have to admit, at certain points in my life, exercise was not fun. I think for a lot of people that is the case. Showing up to a gym every day at 6:00 am is definitely not my idea of fun. In fact, going

I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA which I would consider a medium sized city. I moved to the country around 15 years ago, about 90 minutes north of the city. When I moved up here I was super excited to take

Star Wars is a very important part of my childhood. It's a very important part of most of our childhoods (I suppose). Being an illustrator - of course I can't help but draw a few things now and again...

Drones have made their way into numerous different industries and one of the more promising areas has been within the medical community. Drones have been used to deliver medical supplies in numerous places

I'm not a napper. This goes way back to when I was a toddler. My Mom would force me up into my room every day after lunch. Once I could hear her back downstairs, I would proceed to take everything out