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Vincent Baptist Church Cemetery – Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

The Burying Point

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metal detecting our 150 year old yard!

    lunch – a photo series

    by Kaylah Stroup September 23, 2021

    Taking full advantage of the end of summer, I headed to Lowe’s to check out their clearance perennials. I scored a handful of plants that don’t look so great today but will be beautiful again come spring. I also found a small pal to bring home, a praying mantis!

    I placed him in my garden and got to work planting my clearance scores. Afterwards, I ran into the house, grabbed my macro lens and set out to get a few glamour shots. What I captured might just be my favorite photo series of insects that I’ve ever shot.

    Shot with a Canon 7D mark ii and a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens.

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  • plant room 2021

    by Kaylah Stroup August 14, 2021

    Throughout the history of this blog, I have always loved documenting and sharing the spaces I call home. Now that I actually own and am learning to renovate a house of my own, I feel even more inclined to do so. We’ve been here just shy of a year now and already SO much has …

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  • exploring Ashtabula Harbor

    by Kaylah Stroup August 10, 2021

    Special thanks to the Lift Bridge Community Association + Ohio. Find It Here. for inviting us out & sponsoring this post! Recently Jeff and I were invited to explore the historic Ashtabula Harbor area. I couldn’t hop on the opportunity quickly enough! We’ve been in full-on house renovation mode for nearly a year now so …

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I'm Kaylah! Renovating a 150-year-old home in Northeast Ohio. Likely found in my garden.

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THE DAINTY SQUID
  • blog
    • all the posts!
    • stroup mansion
    • some of my favorite posts
    • plants + gardening
    • beauty, fashion + hair
    • reviews
    • window shopping
    • explore everywhere
  • about me
  • contact
  • shop