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Monhegan Flowers in the Dining Room
The flowers at the Island Inn (Monhegan, Maine) were stunning this year! These flowers in the dining room caught my eye and I had to sneak over and snap a photo. Flowers add so much and these were...
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November Sky!
Fall skies are so amazing to me. Just look at these clouds with the light filtering through. Out walking when I snapped this photo. The sky was FULL of these stunning clouds. Take time to look up and...
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CFL Bulb Public Service Announcement: DISPOSAL
CFL Bulbs (I just happened to snap a photo of GE, it’s not to single them out) Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL). Ick. (Well, that was grown up, wasn’t it?) I have to admit I have never been an admirer....
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Oh! The light!
We have many old, large, live oak trees where we live – each one is so breathtaking. Their canopy is very large and this time of year when the light hits it’s just stunning! Some trees have more...
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Tis the Season!
Tis the season! Wishing you and yours a warm holiday season – can you believe 2018 is right around the corner? Time to… curl up with a good book or sit around a toasty fire, whether inside or outside...
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goals & gratitude
This post may look familiar to some of you who are on my mailing list. This is the one time I hope no one opened their email, ha ha. I write my posts ahead of time and schedule them to publish (appear...
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Just me… being me…
It’s funny, I receive emails from people saying they would like to know more about me. It makes me laugh, I’m not sure why… but here is an attempt at a “more about me” post… I remember when this photo...
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Dogwood Bloom & Easter…
Dogwood Bloom – Charleston, SC Dogwood blooms are so interesting – so pretty in the Spring! Read this interesting blip below regarding their blooms! Wishing you all a beautiful day – Easter truly is a...
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Shaggin’ on the Cooper!
Dust off the dancing shoes! The Charleston, SC area has so much to offer. Something is always going on. Always. There is always an event of some sort. Fred and I went to the Mount Pleasant Pier...
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A Canopy of Oak Tree Limbs
The Charleston, SC live oak trees are something to be treasured. In this photo, I shot upward. The limbs form a canopy over the road which is magnificent, especially on hot days! There is enough shade...
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How To Store Fresh Cilantro!
I was whipping up a batch of Cowboy Caviar (If you haven’t tried it, ohmy! Give it a whirl, it’s good by itself, as a dip or added to other recipes – delicious!!) and had a large bunch of cilantro I...
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Time…
Happy birthday Kiddo! Just look at this water! It looks so clear – and so chilly – as in teeth chattering, at least for someone who has lived in the heat of the South for the past 29 years. I grew up...
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Marigold – A Portrait!
Marigold – A Portrait! Portrait of a marigold! Why not, right? We were visiting my family and they had bought many flats of flowers – so we were planting and I took this single plant out and set it on...
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Charlie… a big dog trapped in a small body!
Charlie This is Charlie – I’ve never met a dog quite like him. People aren’t his thing, other dogs on the other hand… he’s a social butterfly. He’s also a very big dog trapped in a small (but tough)...
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#hotmess
“What???!!!” OH, CHARLIE! Seriously? This dog loves dirt… unfortunately. He gets bathed more often than most people. Our last Jack Russell didn’t like to get dirty. I loved that about him. Charlie…...
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Gorgeous Geraniums!
Early Spring, I bought several geraniums from our local Harris Teeter (grocery store). They were a deal at $5 each. They’ve since been repotted into larger, prettier pots and they are doing...
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Happy Birthday Charlie! 🐾
Charlie is 9! It’s hard to believe Charlie, our Jack Russell is NINE years old today! I started my first blog with Charlie as the subject “Life With Charlie” because it was the only way I could get any...
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Morning Walk: The Bridge is Open
Morning Walk A weekend or two ago (they fly by so quickly!) we walked one of our weekend routes, which has a nice view of the marsh and the Wappoo Creek Bridge (interesting info in that link BTW)… This...
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A friendly reminder…
How is it possible that it is the END of July already? End. Of. July. I guess I could also say how did Fred and I go from being the “young ones” in the neighborhood to being the “older ones” – Life...
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The Conference on the Front Porch – 2018!!
The Conference on the Front Porch 2017 Image The Conference on the Front Porch 2018! I tried putting it into words better than those affiliated with this great event, but I can’t do better, so here is...
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