{"id":11168,"date":"2013-01-08T03:33:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T07:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2013-01-08T11:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:17:20","slug":"adventuring-into-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=11168","title":{"rendered":"Adventuring into 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well here we are, a full week into the new year! \u00a0 With all that transpired in a week, I can hardly believe we were just<\/em> ringing in the new year one week ago! \u00a0It flew by with a nice visit with my brother and his family. \u00a0I can’t say that I’m feeling many after-holiday blues because there is just so<\/em> much going on to look forward to!<\/p>\n

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For those of you in the blogging community, some fun stuff has already begun. \u00a0 Have you heard about Sally Russick’s new project, Focusing on Life – 52 Photos<\/a><\/strong><\/em>? \u00a0The idea is to capture a moment in life through a single picture. \u00a0 As an exercise in looking at your life, Sally will send out a photo prompt each week. \u00a0Many people have already joined in – who can resist the excuse to whip out the camera? – you can join in too at any time.<\/p>\n

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The photo prompt for the first week was Self Portrait. \u00a0Normally one might tend to over-think this one or feel self-conscious about what picture to take of themselves. \u00a0I was lucky because I just happened to take a picture using my cell phone over the weekend. I saw a beautiful silk gown and planned to take a quick picture….when I noticed the full-length mirror, I took an unintentional self portrait. \u00a0Here I am doing something I love – combing through an antique show with one of my sons. \u00a0More pictures from the show to come in a future post.<\/p>\n

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If you want to express yourself through jewelry, Tracy Statler over at MakeBracelets! has issued a new challenge to kick off the year. \u00a0For the\u00a0Inspire Change: \u00a0Wellness Words Jewelry Challenge<\/a>, you chose a word that represents a positive change that you would like to make this year. \u00a0Incorporate the word into a piece of jewelry, and a blog hop will follow in February. \u00a0 Sounds like fun! \u00a0I have chosen a word and will share that it most likely in my next blog post.<\/p>\n

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As for me, you may know that along with making jewelry, I love to share my other favorite interests – traveling, baking, and antiquing. \ud83d\ude42 I’d like to start off the new year with a photo essay…..we took a little trip down south to Richmond, our state’s capitol. \u00a0 My husband’s company party was held at the end of the holidays and we enjoyed the chance to dress up….and get a babysitter which is more rare than you’d ever guess.<\/p>\n

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We enjoyed our stay (the whole family in tow!) at the grand Jefferson Hotel<\/a>, which was a destination in itself. \u00a0Built in 1895, the hotel is listed on the American Register of historic places<\/a>. \u00a0I enjoyed learning about the hotel through the years in the little museum housed at the bottom of the Grand Staircase. \u00a0Legend has it that the staircase is the one featured in Gone with the Wind. \u00a0I remember back in graduate school, I came with a friend just<\/em> to see this famous stair case.<\/p>\n

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Later, before we set out to visit the landmark Hollywood Cemetery and the Richmond Science Museum<\/a>, we drove through Carytown and stopped at what looked like a nice, local bakery<\/a>. \u00a0Their made-from-scratch cookies were scrumptious.<\/p>\n

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I attended graduate school in Richmond in the early 90s (VCU School of Social Work<\/a>) and I sure didn’t look at the city from the eyes of a tourist. \u00a0I visited many communities then, like Oregon Hill (which was our destination on this trip) but didn’t dig too deep into the history.\u00a0 After picking up a things-to-do type of magazine at the hotel, I read that a common place for locals to take visitors was Hollywood Cemetery<\/a> citing its beautiful architecture. \u00a0I saw signs for Hollywood Cemetery time and again en route to the place of my first-year internship, the William Byrd Community House<\/a>, but never visited. \u00a0 \u00a0We drove by the community house for old time’s sake, and many memories came back – those of my mentor (Lisa Wever) and of the sweet “seniors” that were part of the community outreach program. \u00a0Hard to believe I was in my early 20s, the last time I came down those steps. \u00a0 Hard to believe I never visited the cemetery, a major Richmond landmark.<\/p>\n

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I’ve always had mixed feelings about taking pictures in cemeteries. \u00a0On one hand, I want to be respectful, first and foremost. \u00a0On the other hand, I want to share the \u00a0beauty \u00a0of this place with many who may never have the chance to see it. \u00a0Hollywood Cemetery is an enormous, “garden-style” cemetery that was built in the mid 1800’s along the James River. \u00a0 I came to learn that the name Hollywood came from the many holly trees found on the grounds. \u00a0We were fascinated to learn that two U.S. Presidents are buried here (James Monroe and John Tyler), \u00a0as well as the Confederate States President (Jefferson Davis), 25 Confederate generals, 18,000 enlisted soldiers from the Civil War, and many prominent Virginian leaders. \u00a0You can’t help but feel a real connection, and a respect for those that helped shape our country as you travel along the many winding paths. \u00a0Here are a few images from our day.<\/p>\n

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A Gothic Revival cast iron canopy surrounds President James Monroe’s tomb.<\/p>\n

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The grave of President John Tyler<\/p>\n

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Thank you for traveling with me through the first week of 2013. May there be many more adventures<\/span> ahead this year!<\/p>\n

– Cindy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Origami tops sent by one of my Uncles in Japan –   Hello! Well here we are, a full week into the new year! \u00a0 With all that transpired in a week, I can hardly believe we were just ringing in the new year one week ago! \u00a0It flew by with a nice visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,43,13,35,52,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-challenges-and-collaborations","category-history","category-life-and-times","category-photography","category-picmonkey","category-things-to-see"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}