DIY Garden Ideas

I haven’t made anything in quite some time.  The last thing I made is this wreath which is still happily hung on my door and I think it will be throughout the summer.  It’s been a few weeks, so I’m itching to craft something up.  I patrolled the pages of Pinterest and found some great …

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Spring Quote

Friday, finally. I feel like Spring in the Northeast doesn’t have a beginning.  It has a battle to the death with winter and eventually wins.  Wednesday was beautiful, sunny and warm.  Spring kicked winter’s butt that day.  But winter blasted spring in the face on Thursday with 60 mile per hour winds.  Today was an …

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Hidden Paradise – Alpine Bog Walk

My town has a little secret.  It is home to a very rare thing. It’s an enchanted place.  You can imagine fairies and sprites in the dappled sunlight. Or, you can look for the real life endangered species in this rare Alpine Bog Boardwalk.  There are 17 of them here.  Right in my backyard. Be …

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#write31days – Setting Myself Free

I’m releasing myself from the yoke that has been my chosen topic of organizing for 30 days for the #write31days challenge.  It was a bad idea almost from the beginning and it made me hate writing.  It made feel like a failure  because I was not doing a great job at organizing and it made …

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Poison Ivy

I have to veer off of my organizing challenge tonight because I finally broke down and went to the doctor’s after work for the poison ivy that has been bugging me for two weeks.  In addition to the fact that I simply didn’t have time to do any organizing, I learned some interesting things about …

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What I Saw on My Walk

I’ve found, for the moment, a way to motivate myself to exercise.  I’ve been taking walks in one of the neighborhoods in town with beautiful homes.  It’s a 2 mile walk from my house and back, so it’s not my neighborhood.  I don’t want you thinking I’m rolling in the mommy blogger dough.  I love …

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If It’s Free It’s for Me

This is an ode to my father my in law. I was walking my non-sick child (I don’t even remember which one it was that day.  We are passing a stomach bug around the house and it’s been a bit miserable.  My poor son got it twice!) and my neighbors had a stainless steel grill …

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Come on Baby Light My Fire

I promised in yesterday’s post that I had a fun project to share, and I do!  I’m going straight to the after photo,  because I am that excited!     This is something that my husband and I always wanted to do.  We love sitting outside at night after the kids go to bed, but …

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Unique and Inspiring Outdoor Spaces

I’m a little overwhelmed with the amount of work my yard needs.  Generally, when I am overwhelmed, my first course of action is known as the Ostrich.  I stick my head in a hole and pretend it’s not happening.  That usually is a fail, so the next thing is find some inspiration to get my …

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