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    Think A Little

    … on yours, mine, and ours

    I have said (well, typed), more than once on these pages, that no one – not me or you or that guy over there... Read More

    Tags: sonder, John Koenig, musings, photography, secrets to happiness, maine blogger, maine photography, justponderin', 2020

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    Think A Little

    … on the lovings from, and of, a dawg

    Every afternoon, usually between 2:00 and 3:00, JoHn heads into town to pick up a coffee and have a chat with the folks who... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog, musings, photography, just ponderin', dog photography, secrets of happiness

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on kicking off summ-ah

    As you can see, green is happening. Also there is some purply-pink in the form of a certain rhododendron who lives just outside the... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, lobster boat, musings, photography, just ponderin', Lobstering, midcoast maine

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    Think A Little

    … on bird food and wonders

    This morning, I texted a photo of these oranges to a friend and included the label, “Bird food”. I knew she’d get it. We’ve... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, COVID-19, john krasinski, some good news, baltimore oriole, musings, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on the hound’s way

    Yesterday I wandered ’round the house And I wept I wept for those so certain That they are terrified I wept for those so... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, english pointer, hound, musings, COVID-19, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, wonder

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

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    Think A Little

    … on anticipation (a.k.a., faith)

    In the first week of the President’s request for us to stay at home for fifteen days to ‘flatten the curve’, I made the... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, quarantine, flowers, stargazer lily

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    Think A Little

    … on daily traditions

    Each morning, JoHn gives The Report. The Report goes something like this: “There are two doves on the bird bath and they have no... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', winter in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, birds in winter, gurgling cod, morning chores, morning in maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the importance of content

    I received a box from Amazon in the mail last week and was very excited that I remembered exactly what was inside of it... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, photography for beginners, beginner photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on not washing the dang door

    I just want to say… I’m not washing the dang door. The other day, I read an article about making one’s home more welcoming. I... Read More

    Tags: cleaning, just ponderin', just pondering, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, creating a welcoming home, musings, welcoming home, comedic writing, dinner parties, humor, photography

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    Wag A Little

    … on whole new worlds

    She probably saw some snow, I think, in the two-ish years she lived in the Oklahoma countryside. But did she wake up to find... Read More

    Tags: dog photography, winter in maine, maine blogger, rescue dog, hound, maine photograper, photography, holiday magic, maine winter

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The Chipmunk Channel

The ShepHerds’ (and all dogs who have gone before) favorite channel to watch in Maine (basically we just throw the windows open in the Vampire Room and they climb into their comfy chairs, lean their chins on the window sill, and boob in front of the “tv”. The chipmunks on the front lawn can entertain for hours.

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