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Surviving February

    Living in Maine, we expect long and cold winters. Our first snowfall usually arrives by early November, and many years we don’t see the ground again until late March or April. We didn’t get multiple feet of snow this year, but it has been typically cold. Even though January is our coldest month, February is the hardest for me to… Read More »Surviving February

    Revamping the Garden

    Revamping the Garden

      This year’s garden was a complete failure. It’s mostly my own fault. Successful gardening, like anything else, requires time and effort, and I just didn’t put in enough. And the deer, for some reason, decided to use our gardens as their own buffet. Even my dependable blueberries were eaten by the deer, forcing us to go to neighboring farms to… Read More »Revamping the Garden

      In the gardens

        Last week I showed you what was blooming in our flower gardens. This week it seems that we made a leap from early spring to late spring. All the trees have leaves on them, creating a green hue to everything inside our little home. This week we have so many new flowers to enjoy. Come have a seat with me… Read More »In the gardens

        Mom, Our Two Lips are Blooming!

          Emma and Sophie helped me plant bulbs last fall. Emma had asked what we were planting and I told her tulips, and that they would bloom after the snow melted. So once the snow finally disappeared, Emma would ask, “When will our lips grow?”   The other morning, just in time for Mother’s Day, she looked out the window and said,… Read More »Mom, Our Two Lips are Blooming!