Impossible Silence

I'm April. I'm 38 years old. I live in California. I love photography & graphic design. And music. ♥♫ Current obsessions: The Umbrella Academy, Lucifer, DEADPOOL, Game of Thrones, Odd Thomas, Jessica Jones, A Song of Ice & Fire, The Dresden Files, SWTOR, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2

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These were created at the beginning of the final season of Game of Thrones, as a request for a friend’s forum who wanted to use them for members to show their support on who they were rooting for to end up on the Iron Throne.  I hadn’t designed anything in quite awhile before making these, so I’m not as happy with them as I could be. -shrugs-  Oh and I still have not seen all of the final season.  Thanks to the hubby’s stubborn nature of attempting to make the show last forever by not watching the episodes... trust me, I know how twisted that logic is... 

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Check out my latest update to my photoblog, of the OKC National Memorial in downtown, which honors the victims, survivors & rescuers of a tragic day for all of Oklahoma.  I will never forget the exact moment when a bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, twenty-three years ago.  I was 12, and home sick (alone), suffering from a blister on my eardrum, and I can still feel that slight shake of my house, and hear the frantic barking of my pup outside, immediately afterwards.

See the full post & more photos here: http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2018/04/a-return-to-tragic-day.html

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CYN’s anniversary is only 11 days away!  I can’t believe it’s already been that long!  I’m so grateful for each and every person that I’ve met via my forum and ProBoards, throughout these past 14 years! ♥♥

Please feel free to join us over at Crack Your Nuts today!

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Forgot to post this last week!  Check out our exploration of Napa, California:  http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2018/01/scoping-out-napa.html

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Updating with a belated birthday trip from last year, up to Lake Alpine & the surrounding area! :)  Slowly but surely catching up to the present... Feel free to check it out here: http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/08/on-lake-alpine-time.html

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So, previously, I had created a banner inspired by the Hufflepuff House in Harry Potter, mainly because I was helping out on an RP forum with some friends, and Hufflepuff is "my" house.   Well, last night, I got inspired to continue those style banners, with the rest of the Houses, as you can see above.   I intentionally didn't use any of the phrasings that are listed in the books that describe the Houses, choosing to use quotes about the specific animal that represents the house instead, with the exception of Ravenclaw, where I just used a general quote about wisdom.

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Updated the photoblog with another new post, this time featuring Alcatraz in San Francisco, California.  Such an interesting place and lots to learn about the history of what was once considered the world’s most notorious and best-known prisons!

Check it out here: http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/07/alcatraz-53-years-later.html

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Jessica Jones inspired me last night!  I went for a messy & chaotic look, because that’s how she is... ♥♥

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What I would look like as a hippie... with my big adorable brute! ♥♥

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2017 Reading Challenge: Volume 1

So at the beginning of this year, I committed myself to a reading challenge on Goodreads , promising to read at least 30 books over the cou...

Updating with the first 10 books of my 2017 Reading Challenge I’m participating in on Goodreads!  These reviews are also available there, but I thought I’d combine them all here as well.  I’m having tons of fun with this challenge & reading as much as I possibly can!  Twenty more books to go before the end of the year.  Wish me luck!

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Updated the photoblog, with pictures from a small day trip up to Sacramento with my mom to show her the State Capitol building!

Check it out here: http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/05/sac-of-tomatoes-in-spring.html

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Crack Your Nuts (CYN) will soon be celebrating 13 years in existence!  Please feel free to join us in celebrating this accomplishment!

LINK: http://crackyournuts.proboards.com

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Got inspired to try my hand at animation this evening, via an avatar contest on a horror forum that I frequent! (http://horrorsonline.proboards.com/) This is from the 2010 remake of The Crazies.

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Updating with our wedding photos from last week! ♥♥♥

Check them out here: http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/03/when-two-become-one.html

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Final part of our weekend getaway in Bodega Bay last year!  Feel free to click on the link below to check it out live. ;)

http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/02/bodega-bay-blissful-closure.html

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Part 2 of our Bodega Bay weekend getaway, now live on my photoblog!  Check it out via the link below!  (Feel free to leave me feedback, if you do!)

http://photoblog.aprilbridges.com/2017/02/bodega-bay-peace-in-nature.html

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The world might be vicious and treacherous and deadly, but it couldn't kill laughter. Laughter, like love, has the power to survive the worst things life has to offer.

pg 304, Blood Rites, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher