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    Think A Little

    … on a morning in maine

    It’s early… cool… humid. The gardens’ heady scents, joined by saltwater, are invisible joys cast from, it seems, all directions. I am not fooled.... Read More

    Tags: gardening, coastal maine, maine blogger, maine writer, morning, slow morning, gardens, maine, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on hope and plants along a day

    One of the cool things that I get to experience each season, here in midcoast Maine, is the admiration – via my computer screen... Read More

    Tags: gardens, maine, just ponderin', gardening, Maine gardens

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    Laugh A Little

    … on gardening in and out of a pandemic

    May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, musings, gardens, just ponderin', spring, gardening, Maine gardens, spring in maine, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens

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    Think A Little

    … on the coming spring

    The timing of spring is relative in midcoast Maine. While others anticipate the days that fall in and around the twenty-first of March, we... Read More

    Tags: spring, gardening, Maine gardens, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, COVID-19, musings, quarantine, gardens, spring garden clean up, photography, just ponderin'

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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... Read More

    Tags: 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, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on a wedding garden

    The Gardens have been in a bit of scramble around The Inn*, getting ready for their wedding debut. On Saturday. Ya. This Saturday. I... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, roses, musings, wedding garden, gardens, maine, humor, photography, joy, just ponderin', midcoast maine, midcoast maine wedding

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dreams of a garden (wedding)

    Yesterday, I was googling away, in total wedding planning mode. The Nearly Perfect Husband walked by as I was looking up “skinny evergreens”. Then... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, photography, Maine gardens, maine wedding, landscape architecture, The Inn and gardens, landscaping, musings, landscaping in maine, family, maine garden wedding, wedding, gardens

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

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

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    Think A Little

    … on the last roses

    Petals to Stars… From pinks, to creams And creams to browns As cool breezes prevail The roses souls Retreat inside And golden leaves set sail... Read More

    Tags: gardens, poem, poetry, fall

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The Vampire Room

The room in Maine that was once a three season porch that was sinking into the ground, but is now (we hope) somewhat sturdy. It is our wake up room (with comfy chairs), and also doubles as a dining room. It is painted this red color and has windows all along three of the walls, so at night when it is super dark outside and all the windows are black, it reminded us of a paneled room from a Dracula movie. And who wouldn’t want to live with that?!

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