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and in with the new!  wishing you a happy and healthy new year, full of wonderful surprises! ♡

the merriest of christmases to you all. god bless us, everyone. 

t his morning, i make sand tarts. or at least i try to make sand tarts. i've tried them before, over several christmas seasons, and i ...

t he weeks since thanksgiving have flown. i find myself with too much to do yet i'm unable to get out of my own way. as much as i don...

a t the end of november, every year, i give the little girl an advent calendar, as i did her mother before her. she takes it home, hangs it ...

o ver the weekend, the little girl was here, helping to decorate the christmas tree. although there are many, many ornaments to choose fro...

t his week, i've been away, at an event connecting with former colleagues and distant friends. a few folks pointed out that i'd m...

w alking up from the mailbox this frosty morning, i stop to marvel at an oak leaf standing upright in the grass, backlit by the sun. and i...

o h, the things you find when you are sooo very late in putting your summer gardens to bed... a cocoon, or an egg sack of some sort, fir...

y esterday, i bought this tiny-but-tall bottle for a dollar at a goodwill store. a matching one in my kitchen is filled with dried orange ...

d riving the long way last evening, marvelling at the browns and russets and golds of the late october landscape. more rain, wind, and cold ...

r ed sunrise early this morning confirms what the forecast says: storms are coming and it's going to rain. this rain will quickly end ou...

t here's no better place to live in the fall than in new england. it's been beautiful here - although difficult for me to capture wi...

o vernight, it's gotten cold and i wake to an early, spotty frost. even though it seems too soon in the season, i know it's time t...

d espite my best efforts at attracting them, again this summer i have had no evidence of monarch caterpillars or butterflies, nor have i see...

f or several mornings this week, the little girl and i spent some time organizing her bedroom, a rather large space with lots of nooks and c...

e arlier this month, there was a hawk hanging around the fringes of the woods. at first, i was excited and thought he was just passing throu...

p laying catch-up tonight with blog posts from this month. photos uploaded here, notes made there, but nothing cohesive until i took the tim...

i 'm a pocket person but i'm picky about what i keep in them. a beach rock, lip balm, a token from a friend, a flash drive. bills, n...

t his has been a good summer. there have been warm days and comfortable nights, enough rain (i think), good beach days and lots of time to...

a fter a fitful night's sleep, the day dawns clear and brilliant. the wind still howls and the weather vanes on cottages can't seem...

W ild weather this afternoon with driving, windswept rain. even soaked to the bone, i stood at the rocks in awe of the color of the ocean, t...

S ome time away at the ocean, my happy place. salt air, crashing waves, herons on the marsh. visiting with family, reading on the deck, ...

r ecently, i took a day trip to maine with a friend. a lovely day - and i'm so glad i brought my camera... we visited an apple orcha...