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Category: Home, Garden, And Other Wonders

The Gifts Of Summer

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

Is the aroma from my kitchen wending its way out?  Do you smell cinnamon—- chocolate—-orange?  This is cookie-baking week —- a variety of cookies for that family gathering I mentioned in the last essay.  Pineapple cookies, ginger cookies, chocolate cookies and some melt-in-your-mouth buttery nut cookies.  One thing I’ve Read More …

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Mid-Summer Magic

Posted onJuly 17, 2022July 17, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

The birds aren’t singing as enthusiastically as they had two months ago, but they are still happily visiting the feeders and chirping away contentedly.  A very small hummingbird – probably this year’s baby —- zips in for the sweet fluid and hesitates when he sees Read More …

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Healing Of All Kinds

Posted onJuly 3, 2022July 3, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

“Oh, my back and Oh my bones” was a running commentary from a fictional granny in the Ruth Fielding series of books, every time she arose from her chair.  I know the feeling!! A small group of us were in conversation one day, reciting a litany Read More …

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Bounty And Blessings

Posted onJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

‘Tis the season of the Strawberry Moon, according to the Algonquin, Ojibwe and Lakota peoples.  And from ancient Rome, we’d be one day past the Ides of June! Few people realize (unless they sat through Latin classes with Mrs. Dunn) that the Ides come every month.  Read More …

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All Green And Gold

Posted onJune 5, 2022June 5, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

To quote a line from “Oklahoma” – “June is bustin’ out all over!” It is a symphony in green and gold. Read More …

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Remembering… Remembering

Posted onMay 22, 2022May 22, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

May is a marvelous time of year. Read More …

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Dirt And Dandelions!

Posted onMay 7, 2022AuthorCarol Bossard

Hands in the dirt bring good vibes to the psyche!   Read More …

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Spring Has Sprung!

Posted onApril 26, 2022AuthorCarol BossardLeave a comment

Easter is just past though one of my favorite lilting, happy songs says: “Every morning is Easter morning from now on….”.  It was a most unusual Easter morning which I will, perhaps speak of in a later essay.  It included the death of a long-time friend and member Read More …

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Mud And Magnificence

Posted onApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022AuthorCarol BossardLeave a comment

“The sun was warm but the wind was chill; you know how it is with an April day when the sun is out and the wind is still, you’re one month on in the middle of May.  But if you so much as dare to Read More …

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Revolving Beds And Lemonade Punch

Posted onApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022AuthorCarol BossardLeave a comment

Our recent spring-like weather has most of us who garden looking through our seeds and perusing the plant catalogs once again —- just to make sure we have all that we need.  Last week, the turkeys stopped coming down so often and I think the Read More …

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