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Monday Morning Muse
This impromptu photo taken in my kitchen last weekend (click the image to enlarge) reminds me of a couple projects I’ve enjoyed in recent journals: Full Frontal Fridge: A Portfolio. Photographs by...
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Common Sense (or: a modicum of self-discipline)
In recent months (ok, years) I haven’t exactly devoted a lot of time and attention to my own well-being. I could point to a few causes, but mostly it comes down to this: my life has been crazy busy...
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New Moon Set
Last night I watched the bright waxing moon set in the west, heralded by the first coyote calls that I’ve heard this season. In fact, yesterday morning on my way home I watched a coyote dash down...
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You, friendly forest
For the Festival of the Trees 49, host Yvonne Osborne encourages us to muse upon our favorite tree. All month I’ve wondered how to pick a single favorite, and I finally decided to take a page from the...
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Celebrate Plants with Botanical Blog Carnivals
Summer Moonset Among Alders (Alnus rubra) Join in the green festivities online with two lush blog carnivals: The Festival of the Trees First, high thee hence to The Organic Writer blog where Yvonne...
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Christmas Not-a-Spruce Tree and Summer Solstice Foxglove
NOTICE: Correction to the true identity of this tree forthcoming! This Christmas tree was planted about ten years ago, an evergreen (not a spruce) tree Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) which...
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The Makings of Good Tree Forts
Western Hemlock Passageway When I was young I spent much of my time, especially my summertime, making and playing in tree forts. Although my sister and I took advantage of the neighbor boys’ tree...
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Berry Go Round 30 – Come Together
Garden Strawberry (Fragaria) Greetings and Welcome to Berry Go Round #30, the blog carnival which celebrates all things botanical! Kind thanks to the coordinators from Seeds Aside and A Neotropical...
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Runaway Pumpkins
After growing pumpkins in Pennsylvania, things don’t feel quite like home without a big, sprawling, crazy pumpkin patch in the front yard. These sugar pies are giving a much stronger showing this year...
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Festival of the Trees 50 now online, submit to Festival 51
Citrus Tree The Festival of the Trees 50 celebrates the tree-loving child in each of us. Join Roberta at the Growing with Science Blog for Festival 50 – Through a Child’s Eyes for a hop and a skip...
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Monday Morning Muse
Happy Spring to my northern friends, and Happy Autumn to my southern friends! Learn more about Federation Forest State Park and the White River Watershed near Mount Rainier. Share/Save
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15 Celebrations in Spruce and Birch
welcome to the party – grab a shovel! A happy intersection of events resulted in the planting of 15 trees at the homestead this March. Our new saplings were procured from the Pierce County...
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Live from the late summer garden: a quick veggie patch tour
What have I been doing all season? Working backyard veggie patches, picking friendly orchard fruit, digging rocks on mountainsides, crafting small business web copy, perusing new poetry, and doing my...
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Pink Boots Go Places
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Happy New Year! Честита Нова Година!
Greetings of the New Year! My literary and language adventures for 2020 include learning Bulgarian. My goals: learn enough Bulgarian to be able to easily navigate Bulgarian grocery stores and read /...
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