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Fresh as a Daisy
“If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a lack of flowers.” ~Doug Larson No shortage of those daisies around here! I’m talking about ox-eye daisies like...
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Remembering on Memorial Day
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men. ~Minot J. Savage Most historians believe that our present day Memorial Day which began as Decoration Day was...
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Favorite Flowers and Stories
Only a few more hours until the midnight deadline for my spring giveaway of the cute little Willow Tree Gardening Angel and books. I’ll contact the winners in a couple of days via e-mail and then...
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Winners are Blooming Out All Over
My spring giveaway is finished. It was fun hearing about all your favorite flowers. Some favorites were hardy varieties easy to grow like daffodils, sunflowers, tulips, iris, sweet peas and columbine....
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Flowers are Love
I sent the prizes out for my recent giveaway, but that doesn’t mean I can’t share a few more of your gardening stories. I always enjoy reading your stories and each time one of you mentioned a favorite...
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My Dog, Oscar
Some of you who read my posts here and on my Facebook author page have gotten to know my dog, Oscar. I’ve had him about eight years. My husband found him on an internet site where his owners were...
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Birthday Time for Darrell
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul It’s Darrell’s birthday. He’s gathered quite a few of those feathers in that broad wing of time. And we’ve shared most of those years...
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Dads, Mystery Pictures and Pies
Dads: Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, ‘Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.’ (Gina Rodriguez) Happy Father’s Day! Isn’t it fun to celebrate our...
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A Rose is a Rose & Mystery 2
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. ~Alphonse Karr Well, as old Abe Lincoln once said, you can fool some of the people some of the time,...
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A Moth to the Flame & Mystery Photo 3
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” Aristotle And sometimes mysterious. As those of you who have played my mystery photo games in the past, you know I sulk when the photo...
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Who Let the Dogs Out & Mystery Picture 4
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” (Bernard Williams) When one mystery ends, sometimes a new one begins. And so, we have mystery photo four. Thank you all for...
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Serendipity
Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. At last. I know I’ve been dilatory about posting lately. Don’t you just love that word dilatory? Sounds just like what it means and goodness...
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A Mystery to Guess and Imagine
“You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.” (Janet Erskine Stuart) And so the mystery photo game is nearing an end. You guys have been great fun this time and good sports about the challenging...
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Mystery Photo Turns Out to be a Home Run
You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball. ~Cal Ripken, Jr. Well, I finally did it again. Got a mystery picture that flummoxed you all, and I really thought this one wasn’t...
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Blackberry Picking Family Tradition
Have you ever been blackberry picking? Wild blackberry picking? We have some tame thornless blackberries in our garden now. It can be an adventure to pick those since we didn’t keep them trimmed as we...
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A Dog on the Cover
Cover Reveal Time How do you like the cover on my upcoming September release, These Healing Hills? I know. The cover has been out there on Amazon and other internet sites for a while, but I hadn’t...
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What Mom Taught Me
This morning at church, our talented pianist played “It Is Well with My Soul” for the special music during our offertory. For me. Not because I asked but because she remembered that was a song we...
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Decks and More
We’re having a heat wave here in Kentucky. Upper 90’s and all those crazy heat index numbers the weather people came up to make us feel miserable in the summer the way we do in the winter when they...
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Do You Judge a Book by the Cover?
Did you ever have someone tell you that you can’t judge a book by the cover? Usually when I heard that from my mother or someone else when I was a kid, it didn’t have much to do with a book. They were...
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Bean Picking Frolic
Have you heard the story about the little boy who went visiting for dinner? When he got home his mother asked him what he had to eat? He said they had a thousand things for dinner and every one of...
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