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Husbands. They’re an odd bunch. Over the weekend I painted the little red desk I brought with us from the old house white so it would go with the interior of our new home. For the life of me I can’t remember if I paid $10 for the desk, or if I got it for Read More >>
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HH: What’s for lunch? Mavis: I don’t know, what are YOU making? Turns out… nothing. Well, unless you count the handfuls of peanut M&M’s he handed me to pop in my mouth. Aaaaaaand that’s pretty much how last week’s meals went. 🙂 Summer, it’s meant for snacking, right? The chocolate ice cream is all gone. Read More >>
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My 14 Goals for 2020 Goal #1 – Take Full Advantage of Having My Husband Home 24/7 This past week my resident handyman washed all our windows… and boy did they need it. He also discovered that the glass on the storm windows moves up and down and apparently last winter the glass was up Read More >>
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bits and bobs: A random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things The beach, at sunrise. How. Look what the tide brought in. And what hasn’t been swept out to sea yet. Another day another mask. How does one forget their shoes at the beach? Wouldn’t you notice there as nothing on your feet Read More >>
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Last weekend we went with our neighbors to check out the tiny seaside town of Camp Ellis along the coast of Maine. I was so busy looking around at all the little shops, lobster pounds, bait and tackle place, gift stores, restaurants and houses along the shore, that I only took this one photo of Read More >>
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It feels so good to have the garden finally in maintenance mode {harvest and the occasional watering} after all the hard work we put into it earlier this spring, moving the giant compost pile, getting rid of all those tree stumps, creating the brick flower border around the back and installing the raised garden beds. It Read More >>
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If you are looking for the best sour cherry pie recipe, keep reading, I have it! I think I could live off fruit pies and tea for the rest of my life. Have I told you this before? Why do I feel like we’ve had this conversation like 20 million times? 😉 C’mon…. pie has Read More >>
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Big purchase of the week $1.99 {local gas station} Yesterday I went down to the basement to grab something out of the pantry and on the way there I passed by a bin of acrylic paints sitting on a shelf. A spark went off and before I knew it I had grabbed a canvas and Read More >>
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