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Yesterday Kiln Guy and The Chef stopped by to check out our latest project and give their opinion. They brought us cookies and some purple Cherokee tomatoes from their garden and we sat around drinking tea and sampling a few treats I had brought back from London. I asked how their {vegetable} garden was doing Read More >>
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While I was in London last month I found a burrata and prosciutto salad with pesto and cantaloupe in the Harrods food hall that I knew I’d want to recreate as soon as I got home. And last night I did! 🙂 Tasting new things, and discovering new recipes are one of my favorite parts Read More >>
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Hello September! I was out watering the garden yesterday and snapped a few pictures to share. There is still so much in bloom! The bees are especially loving the purple ornamental onions and lime light hydrangeas. I suspect in another week they’ll be all over the autumn joy sedum. It makes me happy that we’re Read More >>
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Well, you know it’s definitely the end of summer when people are putting beach chairs and kiddie pools at the end of their driveways here in Maine. I think I spotted 3 kiddie pools yesterday on my walk. I didn’t need one, but if someone did, well, they wouldn’t have a problem finding a free Read More >>
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Seriously, how can it be September 1st already? Where did the summer go? On one hand it feels like summer just got started. But then when I open the door in the morning and I feel those cooler temperatures, I’m like BRING IT ON. I am so ready for fall. Do you know what I Read More >>
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Online Things I was finally able to check another goal of my list recently, and that was creating my fourth new pattern of the year; Sailor’s Delight. I LOVE hooking these large rugs, and I especially love hooking whale rugs. Something about them just makes me smile. The pattern is now listed in my Etsy Read More >>
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It’s time to head back to school here in Maine and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate way to decorate The Lobster House than with a bunch of pencils and books. Well, pencil buoys. 😉 Seriously, how cute are these!? I LOVE the way they turned out!!! And the books too. It was hard Read More >>
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On the flight to England I mostly slept. But on the flight home yesterday I was finally able to see The Ballad of Wallis Island. And it was just as fun and quirky as I thought it would be. I liked it so much that I watched it TWICE. 😉 I also watched Ford vs Read More >>
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