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

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

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

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

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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: comedy, humor, photography, 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

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Puppy Crack

Freeze-dried beef liver bits that we buy by the bucketful for our addicts.

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