My sister taught me how to force open inexpensive grocery store roses. I love how the pedals are bent back. The whole rose explodes to a much bigger flower.
Living each day in a simple way, with ideas, hopes and dreams.
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Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue, ~George M. Cohan
Bella
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” ― Josh Billings
No matter how little money or how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
Lily
Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic. ~Lillian Jackson Braun
Fall In New England
Apple Orchard
Lonfellow's Wayside Inn
"A region of repose it seems A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among the wooded hills!" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from his poem Tales of a Wayside Inn
Grist Mill Sudbury MA.
“Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative. We find that it is not a new scene which is needed, but a new viewpoint.” -Norman Rockwell
Cranberry Bog
Carlisle MA.
“Earth here is so kind, just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.” Douglass Jerrold
Spring in New England
Branches creek in chilly breeze, time to tap the maple trees...
Lily of the Valley
Earth laughs in flowers. Henry David Thoreau
Winter in New England
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell
Battling the Wicked Storm
My Hubby
The Mt. Washington Hotel
Bretton Woods NH
Bean Boots
New England Treasures
Hot Soup
“Soup is the song of the hearth... and the home.” Louis P. De Gouy, ‘The Soup Book’ (1949)
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.” Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Charles Dickens "
Vermont Country Store
Sleepy Hollow Cemetary
Concord MA.
Boston Public Library Courtyard
A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. — Samuel Niger (1883-1956)
Portland Head Lighthouse
Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
Maine Lobster
A truly destitute man is not one without riches, but the poor wretch who has never partaken of lobster. Anonymous
Rye, New Hampshire
“My soul is full of longing For the secret of the sea, And the heart of the great ocean Sends a thrilling pulse through me”. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -
My husband and I have been married for 32 years. We have three wonderful children,a perfectly lovely little black lab and a sweet and playful spoiled cat .