http://twelve12design.com/blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:36:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://twelve12design.com/blog/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/ http://twelve12design.com/blog/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:36:46 +0000 Admin http://twelve12design.com/blog/?p=195 Finally settled back in Kansas (at least for the time being) and I saw a rainbow this morning.  I can’t remember the last time I saw a rainbow.   This was such a great way to start my day.

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[Image via National Geographic]

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]]> http://twelve12design.com/blog/miss-america-2009/feed/ 0 http://twelve12design.com/blog/best-wild-animal-photos-of-2008/ http://twelve12design.com/blog/best-wild-animal-photos-of-2008/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:53:28 +0000 Admin http://twelve12design.com/blog/?p=54 Continue reading →]]> When I was a child, I wanted to be a National Geographic photographer.  My great-grandmother had every single issue of National Geographic and my parents had quite a large collection as well.  I used to go through the magazines and stare at the images for hours.  They were (and still are) so amazing.  Today I came across the Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 and wanted to share.  Below are my two favorites.  The rest can be found here.

[Images via National Geographic]

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