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Channeling England's Stone Walls: Welcome Summer Daily # 3
Dry-stacked stone walls in the English countryside. image sourceHello again! You must know, I love my beloved USA. But I visited England once and was forever charmed. The history, the people, the...
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An Old Trunk and a Story - Welcome Summer Daily No. 4
When my husband came home from work today, he had with him this old, cobweb covered, wooden trunk given to him by one of his clients, a gentleman about 75 years old.While I was looking it over admiring...
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Living Walls - Welcome Summer Daily No. 5
Far Out Flora photoHi there, dear readers! This is just a short post to share some resources for a gardening trend that's becoming increasingly popular--growing vertical gardens.Fast, easy, beautiful...
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Painted Stairs, 1 of 2 - Welcome Summer Daily No. 6
Farrow & Ball's floor paint on staircase. Farrow & Ball photoWriting this series of short daily posts for the past week has had the desired affect on other parts of my life: taking a "just do...
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Painted Stairs 2 of 2 - Welcome Summer Daily No. 7
Shame, shame.. look who's late to her own party.. :/Houston, we've had some problems... which I would just as soon forget. I'll just sum them up with this:I. Hate. Painting.I still have the awful task...
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
For better or worse, I have lived all my life a left-brain dominant being, fully in touch with that side of my brain that I'm told is responsible for logical, analytic functions. In school, this may...
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Weeds are telling the Tale & Updates
Hi, my name is Keri, and there are weeds in my flower beds. They're eagerly telling the tale of my summer -- the good and the not-so-good all tangled up together. I'm happy to see August & the...
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Guest Post at Curious Looking Glass
I have written a guest post for Clare of the Australian blog, Curious Looking Glass. Clare has spent the last several weeks on a South American adventure including a trek on the Inca Trail to Machu...
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Whipped Cream, Dairy-Free
Coconut Whipped Cream - Photo courtesyGirl Makes FoodI wish I could invite you over and treat you to a delicious creation from my kitchen to make up for my long absence. Ooey, gooey brownies, perhaps,...
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The Cinderella Pumpkin
Long Island Cheese "Cinderella" Pumpkin. Photo by my sister.My sister's Long Island Cheese "Cinderella" Pumpkin.Rouge Vif D'etampes "Cinderella" Pumpkins sold at an urban farm in my city.Musquee de...
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Verdigris & Fall
On the shutters of my house, Benjamin Moore's verdigris-ish 'Nocturnal Gray'.The most brilliant and colorful part of fall may be nearly over with most of the leaves now brown and crunchy on the ground....
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Christmas Sheet Music
Happy December! It's my favorite time of year to skate about the blogosphere checking out everyone's clever Christmas craftiness. Speaking of being crafty, last year my sister gave everyone presents...
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The Nativity Scene
My Nativity SceneThe first time I can remember watching A Charlie Brown Christmas I was an adult and kept hearing friends talk about how it was still their favorite Christmas movie. So I had rented it....
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Gifts for Gardeners
We're definitely on the Christmas count-down now! How's that shopping going for you? I've compiled a list of unique & useful gifts for garden lovers from under $15, & you can buy all of them...
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Comfort
The best thing about the end of the holidays is coming home. As wonderful & festive as all those holiday gatherings are, I've always felt that Jane Austen had it exactly right when she wrote in...
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Growing Boxwood in Containers
There's still plenty of snow on the ground, but I'm sure I feel a little spring fever coming on. Around here that means two things: more stabs at making a suburban yard into a garden, and more than a...
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Hyacinth Bean Vine, (Lablab Purpureus)
I'm still here!-- not frozen in place or blown away with the snow, just being a little hermit-like while spending time poking seeds into little containers of potting mix, my futile attempt at hurrying...
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All Change
Photo: Mark Turner, This Old HouseSome weeks are full of change. This has been one of them for me. Not big, exciting, dramatic changes-- just small ones-- changes of schedule, changes in plans, slow...
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Espalier, I
Free-standing espaliered fruit trees in the kitchen garden of landscape designer, Bunny Guinness.Photo by Robin Baker for Contemporary Designers' Own GardensWhimsy and personality in the landscape are...
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Espalier, Part 2
An illustration of espalier from a late 17th c. Dutch gardening manual, New York Public Library. photo courtesy, Streets of SalemI often think the more I learn about gardening, the less I know. As my...
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The Summer Plan
Summer! Though some of us might've thought it wasn't actually going to happen this year,(kind of like an update to this blog, ahem)it's officially here! And like the inevitability of Midwestern...
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Chincoteague and Assateague Islands
I have a white-knuckled grip on summer. Blame it on Atlantic Ocean salt breezes and island music. I've just returned from the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague off the coasts of Virginia and...
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Tulips Understand
This may be the most wonderful time of the year, but for me it has its difficult side. These beautiful late fall days are a reminder of the stark winter that's just around the corner, and like spending...
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Roses by Mail
Pierre de Ronsard (Eden) climbing rose in its third growing season with Clematis 'Jackmanii'The long warm summer has been eventful and happy and nearing the end of it is bittersweet. Noisy children, my...
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In a spin on the ubiquitous serenity poem, some clever soul has quipped,God grant me a vacation to make bearable what I can't change, A friend to make it funny, and the wisdom to never get my knickers...
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