Last Saturday was Christmas tree day in our family! For the second year running, we made a day of it and headed to Homestead Farms in…
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November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first…
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Look at those sweet faces! For years and years now, I have longed to own sheep. But...ahem...not everyone in the family agrees that this would be…
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I hope you had a very blessed Thanksgiving Day! Ours was full of contemplating our blessings and enjoying them...food and feasting...phone calls to dear ones…
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I've realized that I am particularly fond of color. Although I admire those clean, white homes, or those with varying shades of white (like Nora Murphy's gorgeous home), I just don't think I could ever create that for our home. I just adore color so…
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Last night, our first good snow storm of the season rolled in. Flakes started slowly drifting down about eight o'clock last night and didn't stop until around noon today. The moment I was awake this morning, I became aware of…
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Last week, I took the week off of sewing for my shop (mostly) and concentrated instead on making the grandkids' Christmas gifts. I always seem to be scrambling to sew…
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A couple weekends ago, we had so much autumn fun planned that we dubbed the weekend "Autumn Fest". Three days of reveling in the delights of the season for which New England is…
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Recently, Julia and I took a day trip to Manchester, Vermont. We took the back roads, through small, New England towns and past all the glorious autumn splendor that is quintessential New England…
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The grandkids look forward to the county fair each year with all the giddy anticipation one can imagine. I love its wholesome delights...rides, cotton candy, prize homegrown vegetables…
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Four days after the wedding, our friends departed from our own personal B&B, and my family moved in. Here’s a glimpse at the fun we had with them…
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Starting three days before the wedding and continuing for eleven days after, we had family and/or friends staying with us. And we had a long list of fun things to do with them…
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