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Think Pink

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20110507-Barb & TammyIn April 2011 my sister was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.  We have no family history of breast cancer and this was a complete shock to our entire family.  She would be having surgery a couple of weeks later and I made plans to go back and stay with her for a week.

When I arrived at the airport my aunt picked me up and we stopped at the Amish greenhouse in Kalona.  I wanted to take some flowers for my sisters deck.  She always has flowers on the deck in spring, summer and fall.  20110506-DSCN3145The greenhouse was full of hanging baskets and flowers.  After looking around I chose a hanging basket full of pink petunias and some other pink flowers.  We then headed to my sister’s house and she was so surprised with the hanging basket.  This week would be all about pink, even my suitcase was pink!

She is now a 2+ year breast cancer survivor.  In her honor, I am now selling my pink images online with 15% of the profit being donated to breast cancer.

Here is the link to my Think Pink gallery (20+ images available for purchase).   Please feel free to share this post and my website and help me spread the word about Think Pink!

Creative Moment of the Day

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Yesterday one of my friends wished me happy birthday and said she was looking forward to my creative moment of the day.  I replied “Thank you for the challenge!”.  Now to determine what my creative moment would be.

As it was my birthday, I thought about baking one of my favorite desserts, however, living in the desert it was too hot to bake.  Ice cream sounded really good!  But not just any ice cream, it would be homemade, just like on my birthdays as a child.  Now for a flavor, hmm, something different.  I had some frozen rhubarb that needed to be used, so homemade rhubarb ice cream it would be.  As my rhubarb was mostly green stems, the ice cream is tan, but the flavor is so good!

Making ice cream today is not as labor intensive as it was in my childhood days.  Our ice cream maker had a tall cylinder and wood bucket with a hand crank.  The cylinder would be put in the bucket and surrounded by ice and salt.  I have fond memories of making ice cream at my aunt and uncle’s house outside in the driveway on a summer evening.  My dad and his brother (they called each other George) would take turns cranking the ice cream maker. When the crank became really hard to turn they would have me stand on top of the crank to hold the bucket in place as they cranked away.  Neither my dad or uncle are with us today, but the memory brings a smile to my face.

So for my creative moment of the day, homemade rhubarb ice cream, a photo and a story!

©Tamara Becker and Different Isn’t Wrong, It’s Just Different, 2013.

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