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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on whispers from within

    Here are the samenesses between Monet and his gardens at Giverny and me and my gardens in Maine. *Monet and I are/were/who-knows-may-be-again humans. *Monet... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, secrets to happiness, gardening, Maine gardens, covid, garden design, garden therapy

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

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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... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on just waiting on a room

    I had a dream. Totally not in the same realm as the civil rights movement or anything. My dream, when we first set eyes... Read More

    Tags: maine gardening, attached garden shed, gardening room, musings, just ponderin', Maine gardens, midcoast maine, maine blogger

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

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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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