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Hue’s post on the Chihuly exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco motivated me to edit more photos from my visit. I’ve added 12 new ones to my Flickr set. Red chili peppers at the Farmers Market Yellow wall at Fred’s Coffee Shop in Sausalito Green tree tops in Muir Woods Blue sky… Continue reading Sf | SIMA

Mucca Pazza, a self-described “circus punk marching band,” performed Sunday afternoon at the Renegade Craft Fair, and the majority of their performance took place directly in front of the CraftStylish booth. Talk about great publicity! Here are some photos I took: (photo taken from our booth — check out Michaela in the yellow shirt and… Continue reading Renegade Craft Fair | SIMA

Well, friends, we made it through another week! And this was a particularly memorable week–one of my closest friends in Omaha gave birthday to a big, beautiful baby boy yesterday. I’m especially giddy this morning because I get to meet him today, and his parents asked me if I would take his first “professional” portraits… Continue reading Photography | SIMA

Today we leave Venice and head to Florence. Sights to see in Florence: * Accademia * Duomo * Giotto’s Tower * Ponte Vecchio * Bargello * Medici Chapel * San Lorenzo Market * Uffizi Gallery * Church of Santa Maria Novella/Old Perfumery * Santa Croce Church * Pitti Palace/Boboli Garden Florence is my mother’s favorite… Continue reading Honeymoon | SIMA

I just returned home from dropping J off at base. Within the hour he’ll be heading out on his next deployment. Even though he’ll only be gone for 30 days, knowing that didn’t make saying goodbye any easier. The experience felt exactly the same as it did the last two times he deployed, when he… Continue reading Deployments | SIMA

The end of August is finally here! Yippee! Woot Woot!! Can you tell I’m excited about the September? Why wouldn’t I be? So many exciting things are happening: a visit to NJ, the birth of my friend’s baby, J’s homecoming. Plus, I’m dying to get a jump start on Fall trends, from menswear for women… Continue reading Decorating | SIMA

I thought I had lost my little white dog for good Sunday night. J and I were dining at our friends’ house when Briscoe and his gal pal, Lola, escaped from the backyard. By the time we noticed that their gate had been left opened by the lawn guy, the dogs were out of sight.… Continue reading Briscoe | SIMA

I have big dreams for my little blog. Once I determine what the primary focus of Somewhere in Middle America should be (because right now it just seems a little bit all over the place), I hope to attract more readers. Once the readers come, I hope the advertisers will follow. And once I have… Continue reading Blogging | SIMA

Snow & Graham’s cocoa cups flannel bedding for Garnet Hill would be perfect for my imaginary winter cottage. I would happily spend cold, snowy days curled up in bed reading shelter magazines and chick-lit novels I’ve checked out from the library. {via} So I’m watching “Bang for Your Buck” on HGTV this weekend, and the… Continue reading Bedroom | SIMA

I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for summer to end. It’s just been too dang hot, and the sooner it transitions to fall, the sooner I can start taking Briscoe on long neighborhood walks, the sooner my hair will stop frizzing, the sooner I can take photos outside without my camera lens fogging… Continue reading link up: my fave posts from around the web | SIMA