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    Laugh A Little

    … on stuff that wasn’t in the contract

    So. It has now been nearly two months since Belle-ah’s coronation as the newest Dingle princess, which came about when she was officially welcomed... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine blogger, rescue dog, rescue transport, dogs in trees, climbing dogs, english pointer, comedic writing, dog humor, german shepherd, humor, photography

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    Cry A Little

    … on what is handed down

    When Mom died And those who loved her Went back to their everydays When the dishes were washed And put away in the same... Read More

    Tags: death of a parent, grief, death of a mother, kansas, cosmos, poem, poetry, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on midcoast island introductions

    A few days have gone by since the coronation of HRH Princess Belle of Dingle, and I figured it was time that she begin... Read More

    Tags: southport maine, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine photography, rescue dog, ARLGP, maine, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on focal point(s)

    Spring took it’s sweet and flowery time arriving on our fingerling peninsula here in Maine, and I don’t want to say that it made... Read More

    Tags: perspective, chickens, ducks, champagne, musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, spring in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on gardening in the shade

    That’s a hellebore. They are funky and strangely mysterious and I love them. Here are some more… Very cool. There are oodles of myths... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', hellebore, shade garden, death of a pet, garden photography, musings, photography, death of a dog, Grieving, grief

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dreams coming true

    So. I was walking past the farmer…s….’s…s’ porch door (label depending, of course, on the number of farmers who gather there, or how many... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', maine birds, ducks, mallard ducks, The Inn and gardens, musings, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on being in it together

    The greys, the blacks, the blues, the reds They land amongst my flower beds All covered now, with mounds of white A singing songing... Read More

    Tags: winter, winter in maine, maine birds, maine blogger, maine photography, birds in winter, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on the peace of the present

    I took this pic in the pink light of early this morning. It’s not a perfect shot of the dove’s head, but that was... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, mindfulness, wildlife photography, musings, mourning dove, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, being present

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    Think A Little

    … on looking up

    When the writer Anne Lamott was 48 hours away from becoming sixty-one years old, she wrote down “every single thing I know as of... Read More

    Tags: moon, look up, gaining perspective, anne lamott, musings, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, perspective

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    Think A Little

    … on dream days (introvert-style)

    Blow me a bubble one without trouble Or people, or small talk noise free To float in, to ponder and let my mind wander... Read More

    Tags: day dreaming, coast of maine, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, musing, introvert

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a feathered bottom

    My friends like animal bums. Okay. Photos of animal bums. And they like them very much. One has even dreamt (or threatened) a coffee table... Read More

    Tags: animal bums, musings, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Boothbay Harbor, coastal maine, seagull, maine photography

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    Think A Little

    … on growing up so fast

    Well, let’s see. It’s been a few weeks since three baby squirrels – well, one very small baby squirrel – showed up… and then brought... Read More

    Tags: wildlife, olympus omd em1 mark II, gray squirrels, wildlife photography, grey squirrels, orphaned squirrels, tic, tac, musings, and janet, photography, nat geo, just ponderin', maine wildlife, secrets of happiness

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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