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    Laugh A Little

    … on small gestures that hit the high notes

    I like to consider myself a fairly together person. Well, not completely and totally together. But, like…. mostly. And being mostly together, it is a bit of a riot that... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', southport maine, secrets of happiness, boothbay, maine blogger, maine photographer, old nails, quiet gestures, musings, old yankee men, old house restoration

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    Laugh A Little

    … on preparations for 500

    I got a message from a friend recently, along the lines of “Uh… where are you and what are you doing, dork?!” My brain inserted the ‘dork’, but I... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, maine photography, Boothbay Region Garden Club, Home and Garden Tour, musings, Boothbay Home and Garden Tour, gardens, labyrinth, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, coastal maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a prep parade

    I told you I would write about it and so here I yam! Okay, so there was this parade. But here is the preamble: We the people, in order to... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, maine writer, lighted boat parade, boothbay harbor windjammer days, musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, windjammers, maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the unintended, intentionally

    I was in a hurry. No really. I had been invited to participate in the pre-cursor or all pre-cursors… Okay, I don’t want it to get around, so don’t tell... Read More

    Tags: secrets of happiness, Boothbay Harbor, maine photographer, maine, photography, midcoast maine

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    Think A Little

    … on the ‘going on’ thing

    Yesterday was a pretty cool day. Actually, it was a really cool day. I’ll tell you about it in just a sec, because I need to give it some... Read More

    Tags: Blessing of the Fleet, Boothbay Harbor, coastal maine, maine blogger, maine, maine photographer, photography, life goes on, grief, Boothbay Register, being present, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on a late poppy

    The fairies came by ones and twos Some with colors, reds and blues Others with the Ladder Crews (Each with Ladder Crew tattoos) See, Poppy’d been about to do... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, poppy, The Inn and gardens, poppies, maine, poem, poetry, photography, Boothbay Register, midcoast maine, coastal maine, maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on security training

    First, I want to thank each and every one of you who commented here, or on Facebook, or who messaged me privately with incredible empathy and sympathy surrounding Templeton-the-rat’s... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, humor, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, german shepherd dog, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Laugh A Little

    … on pride goeth-ing before the fall

      So, funny thing. About a week ago, a friend had a Facebook post about a Certified Wildlife Habitat tour that was happening in her neck of the woods.... Read More

    Tags: Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Maine gardens, landscaping in maine, midcoast maine, maine blogger, rats under birdfeeder, rats in garden, The Inn and gardens, maine writer, musings, Certified Wildlife Habitat

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    Laugh A Little

    … on kids these days

    Kids these days are awful. Entitled. Not even taught manners. If the world has to depend on the next generation of kids, we’re all goners. Ruined. Doomed for sure.... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger, musings, maine photographer, maine, kids these days, photography, Southport, joy, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on appreciation

    Appreciate Out loud Fearlessly Those who have been there Have done for you Checked on you Supported you Called you a brat when you deserved it Shed tears of... Read More

    Tags: appreciation quote, appreciation poem, pay it forward, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, appreciation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on another sign of spring

    This spring has been a season of firsts for us here. For many, many (did I say ‘many’?) years, we were trapped in the grips of school and sports... Read More

    Tags: coastal maine, maine photographer, sea smoke, The Inn and gardens, musings, photography, just ponderin', fog, midcoast maine, spring in maine, southport island maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a freakin’ chicken

    This morning, the Nearly Perfect Husband and I headed out the door that hangs out just beside these windows. We passed the roses, showing off their newborn leaves, and... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', Southport Island, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, chickens

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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