My flowers are growing so well this summer.  I love my purple petunias, every night when I get home from work my back patio is the best aromatherapy.

This site has patterns on how to sew a cool t-shirt, which type of fabric to choose, and iron on graphics for Japanese punk style. 

Get the details for this project here:  Japanese Punk T-Shirt

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On January 30, 2003 my dad died of colon cancer.  My mom, sisters, and I were completely devastated.  Over lunch last week my mom mentioned that she hadn’t taken a single picture with her camera since dad got sick.  This really got to me.  In fact, she doesn’t even have a digitial camera and still owns her old film camera she’s had since I can’t remember when.  All of this made me realize how much meaning photos have in the memories of our lives.  A photo is a memory frozen in time so we don’t forget those great moments for events big or small.  It makes me sad to think that my mom will have gone nearly 5 years without taking a picture.  Even though we can’t get those 5 years back we can always move forward and take pictures of new memories.  On my Christmas list mom is getting a digital camera so she can capture new memories again.