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An Annabelle Hydrangea greets visitors at the front door of our cottage.  It is by far my favorite plant at the cottage – and I only have one plant. I’m working on DIY Guy to let me plant these beauties across the entire front of the cottage instead of only at the door so far, … Read More

I’ll take these

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You can keep the roses  . . . I’ll take a bouquet of lilacs please. and I will hope that DIY Guy doesn’t start to sneeze  If he does, out they go . . .  to the front porch.  Or to work. For now I’ll enjoy the fresh smell.  Only the fresh, actual lilac aromas … Read More

Top 3

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Watching Idol tonight … wondering who the top 3 will be. Hopefully Crystal and Lee will be in the top 2.  My verdict is still out for the #3 spot. These are my top 3 photos from the last 3 days. oooooh…..is that bokeh I see? yep.  it is.  Hooray for me….I found me some … Read More

Bloom’n Cactus

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DIY Guy has a cactus collection.  It all started when his mom sent him to college with a cactus “start” from one of her cactus plants.  Over the years his cactus has had many “babies” which he likes to plant as starters for other people.  There have been times when we’ve had dozens of little … Read More

mess’n

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I had plans for a bigger post tonight. However many things got in the way…Like a movie to watch, invites to make, a phone call from Cara, and a computer program that isn’t cooperating!So, you get to see one photo Two ways Sometimes you just gotta let nature stand on its own, and not mess … Read More

Flowers

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Yesterday DIY Guy picked up my our camera   and started shooting photos of our flowers Mostly the peonies He’s very good at taking pictures so good that I didn’t edit ANY of them I took this one tonight… I didn’t edit mine either!

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Recycling – in the flower bed ! Another revelation about me – I like bottles – not just any bottle, but the ones with some character or that are old, antique-y, vintage-y bottles. Or pretty colored bottles. I don’t have many bottles, but I love to look at them and am drawn to them in … Read More

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The Earth Laughs In Flowers Ralph Waldo Emerson This petunia “volunteer” showed up between the pavers around the pool. It’s pretty hard not to smile at the tenacity (can flowers be tenacious?) of the little bloom. Of course if I had tried to plant petunia seeds in a pot — they wouldn’t have grown.