What happens when you take a break from the online scrapbook of your family’s life? You get backed up with photos, among other things, and you want to post everything, in one shot. Which is unrealistic.

You want to post some pictures from the pumpkin patch.

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And from the apple picking — which wasn’t much of an apple picking. The hordes arrived early for Pink Ladies, and the trees were bare.

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And you’d want to share pictures from the walk about the yard for leaves as your daughter pulls a leaf from each

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and every

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plant and tree she can find

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regardless of the leaf’s size, color, or condition.

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You’d want to post all these with great descriptions and compelling observations about Life, the Universe, and Everything. With a soon-to-be four-year-old, three courses as a student, full time work as a teacher with extra-large classes, a wife (remember?), and an ongoing yard project, you probably wouldn’t have  much time or inclination for posting.