We went to St. Louis this past weekend, and while I was at Bloggy Boot Camp, my kids, husband, and mom went to the City Museum and other fun stuff. While they were there, they got to pick out a souvenir, and the girls both chose crystal growing kits.

I, being the holder of an Earth Science degree, thought that was pretty cool. So, when they got home from school on Tuesday, we got the kits out and started the crystal growing process.

So what does that have to do with books? Well….you can see our “reading area” behind them, directly across from the kitchen, and you’ve probably seen it in a lot of my pictures. I don’t love everything about our house….not by a long shot. But, I do love that we have lots and lots and lots of books. (And yeah, they can look pretty messy, but. Everything in our house does sometimes.)

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Through The Lens Thursday is meant for self-improvement, so please….constructive criticism is welcome!

Through The Lens Thursday is a self-improvement photography project that Alison of Writing, Wishing and I are doing this year.

Don’t forget to join our Flickr group or share your own posts if you’d like to follow along and work on your own photography! And use the hashtag #throughthelensthursday to connect with others working on it, too.

Next week’s prompt is TOGETHER.

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