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    Think A Little

    … on a garden from the inside out

    Years ago, a former neighbor’s daughter-in-law (perhaps in her late sixties at the time (though I am terrible at guessing someone’s age (she could... Read More

    Tags: gardens, maine, grief, gardening, gardening in Maine, processing grief

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    Think A Little

    … on inside-out beauty

    Just now, a male cardinal flew to the top of the wrought iron shepherds crook that holds my bird feeder – the one with... Read More

    Tags: grief, Love, gardening in Maine, signs from beyond, cycles of life

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    Think A Little

    … on blooming and resting (and budding)

    Some – not all – just some crabapple trees work so hard blooming up a storm one year, they need a longer-than-twelve-month break before... Read More

    Tags: garden photography, crabapple tree, malus, musings, photography, just ponderin', gardening, gardening in Maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a birth

    Shhhh… I know, I didn’t want to gross you out first thing. Some people don’t like pictures of a birth… with all the lady... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens, rugosa, gardens, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on the first return (and having faith)

    The flowers in Maine – from peonies to roses to poppies to I-have-no-idea-what-so-many-are-called… Anyway, all of them. They remind me to have faith. Having no major... Read More

    Tags: gardens, maine, photography, gardening, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens, musings, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a new and exciting addition to the inn

    At The Inn*, we are always undertaking new and exciting projects for our residents and guests. The inside of the main building has recently... Read More

    Tags: adding height to fence, bird feeders, garden restoration, The Inn and gardens, gardening, comedic writing, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens, gardens, squirrels and bird feeders, maine, comedy, humor, photography

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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