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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Winter Beauty

Sometimes nature can just take my breath away!

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A Time to Kill
Dearie, the Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Following Atticus
Maisie Dobbs
Pride & Predijuce

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An Affair to Remember
Casablanca
Downton Abby
Once Around
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Seaside Garden

Summer Peony 2013

Luscious June Strawberries

Spring 2013

Sisters ~ Valentines Day 2015

The best color in the world is the one that looks good on you. ~ Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971

Wicked Good

It truly is a New England thing!

My Freshly Preserved Dill Pickles

Zesty Dill, Hot Dill & Dill . . . yum!

Autumn

Up from the meadows rich with corn. Clear is is the cool September morn. ~ John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Home Made Apple Pie

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness. ~ Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Seaside Decorations

A Cottage Porch

Farm Fresh

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken. ~ M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992)

Need Glasses?

Area Code 207

August Sunset in Maine

"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart." ~ Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)

The Cottage Guest Room ~ No RSVP

"Stay" is a charming word in a friends vocabulary. ~ Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

Lupine

Chives

Cottage Garden

Bouquet of Spatula's

King Arthur ~ Norwich, VT

His name is Duke, but he's really the king!

Lounging on his throne!

Smile

Dogs are my favorite people. ~Richard Dean Anderson (1950- )

Raspberry Cream Charlotte

Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. ~Ernestine Ulmer (1892-1987)

Mom & Dad, August 1955

Love betters what is best, even here below, but more in heaven above. ~ William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Our Wedding ~ April 24, 1993

Pulse of my heart, song of my soul, light of my night. ~Author Unknown

Morning Has Broken by Eleanor Fargeon

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird

Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the Word

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day

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