tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67449067461925680032024-03-05T05:56:21.666-05:00Prince Snow Farmprince snow farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171423443511809026noreply@blogger.comBlogger532125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744906746192568003.post-90077302750269906652022-07-28T16:27:00.000-04:002022-07-28T16:27:04.086-04:00July in Coastal Massachusetts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInAw9efEDl0lfglz1t6fYjB53UUxG1eEMZ53SZlWCGuz4TAm4CSGwxn5jTji9AOunvjUAGkopOpTvUblipmSezkEwtLWi4xDyOJ81z820wl1a8fxU8bZF1_KF16lRJqoFnNG85VSRCIAKsd8_fW5VlIjvAC2uYrw_nk-5_AkHZ2Fqjq0FvAKbivz5/s4032/IMG_7851.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInAw9efEDl0lfglz1t6fYjB53UUxG1eEMZ53SZlWCGuz4TAm4CSGwxn5jTji9AOunvjUAGkopOpTvUblipmSezkEwtLWi4xDyOJ81z820wl1a8fxU8bZF1_KF16lRJqoFnNG85VSRCIAKsd8_fW5VlIjvAC2uYrw_nk-5_AkHZ2Fqjq0FvAKbivz5/w480-h640/IMG_7851.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, how's summer going in your little corner of the world?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot believe July is already coming to a close. And what an odd July it has been! We have been trapped in a month long drought. The grass is crispy and the gardens have needed way too much handwatering. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then there's the groundhog. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5UCATvH2j2LSY7tLOUd8_HIeigEiDY_PSOn4d75icxdQaFfllRMK_bLLS5r8cHf8DfELqG_0M7wRZFz238tzgtd6bILflts-WCwlOaLK3Ga-faaMzw0ODm2wNsDrDEuxaVh0c46TjuazEo5o4q6xF-RwObr0mIyIx5ZL93hHm5hwbN8729qsRM7u/s4032/IMG_7827.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5UCATvH2j2LSY7tLOUd8_HIeigEiDY_PSOn4d75icxdQaFfllRMK_bLLS5r8cHf8DfELqG_0M7wRZFz238tzgtd6bILflts-WCwlOaLK3Ga-faaMzw0ODm2wNsDrDEuxaVh0c46TjuazEo5o4q6xF-RwObr0mIyIx5ZL93hHm5hwbN8729qsRM7u/w480-h640/IMG_7827.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The groundhog ate all of my pumpkins, squash, swiss chard, beans and cucumbers. And all 1000 sunflowers. After the rabbit fence was dug, I replanted them all and I am happy to say they are flourishing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However...then the groundhog found his way into the dahlia garden, and ate all 92 dahlias down to the stems. That recovery might not be as easy! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshN54SSgpaL6EuT2hrQIchLjvCVYmg686BgkYM4i3UjTiZ6WDuQyWrcIvPnAomHbeiqJzGRu54kvSBuo2Hl6W5tFrmpOOgjkRtrFVXj-qHd7_rzI2wor-UDegmlb9zVrSVoyiO9SPkRh9Cc8zwp7TN_mxPdCajE2LUNW1LqCsJeKN3I55WDWoR385/s4032/67923216880__6C05198E-6661-471D-A220-8F2227A06BC2.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshN54SSgpaL6EuT2hrQIchLjvCVYmg686BgkYM4i3UjTiZ6WDuQyWrcIvPnAomHbeiqJzGRu54kvSBuo2Hl6W5tFrmpOOgjkRtrFVXj-qHd7_rzI2wor-UDegmlb9zVrSVoyiO9SPkRh9Cc8zwp7TN_mxPdCajE2LUNW1LqCsJeKN3I55WDWoR385/w480-h640/67923216880__6C05198E-6661-471D-A220-8F2227A06BC2.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I covered all of the dahlias with little cages...and then the groundhog found</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the potted plants on my deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8gBhsAqLZqR1jlY2CYlXfWb7yF9opr5d3t_u0Z0HM5ETfgeDN5O67UmenWXQVYp4QQ8uSDk47dUbEfabGjnjQcTaBOIa8P_MBxJjdiDm8nX20O8Y59xMDvH7O9tpfFaoIiGEVY1tp7L7opzXF4lijdVTp0_5npeXWns3lG2dPNw0Z1zp25MYYd0L/s1800/66A21F51-C423-47E5-8BE1-16665077B6CF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8gBhsAqLZqR1jlY2CYlXfWb7yF9opr5d3t_u0Z0HM5ETfgeDN5O67UmenWXQVYp4QQ8uSDk47dUbEfabGjnjQcTaBOIa8P_MBxJjdiDm8nX20O8Y59xMDvH7O9tpfFaoIiGEVY1tp7L7opzXF4lijdVTp0_5npeXWns3lG2dPNw0Z1zp25MYYd0L/w512-h640/66A21F51-C423-47E5-8BE1-16665077B6CF.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've kind of decided that this might be the lost garden year. Perhaps ALL will not be lost, as the zinnias, asters and herbs are looking like they are ready to start producing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUkO63gmsgpN745BOxyZaxpTzsrosV67-0oWv0sOO4jX-YQ2-TwVtGVSi9KUSo1hFoXkNnZjCRP-i1Q9SpjJR24LYsVvNI15oleQrm2lJa9X5O0uNhQuaqcjV48rQUPE_B1A1l8USBDLqdyzsZXits2gcMpChN5ZBPxYwgjHfyJ9gPaApTroaMklg/s4032/IMG_7907.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUkO63gmsgpN745BOxyZaxpTzsrosV67-0oWv0sOO4jX-YQ2-TwVtGVSi9KUSo1hFoXkNnZjCRP-i1Q9SpjJR24LYsVvNI15oleQrm2lJa9X5O0uNhQuaqcjV48rQUPE_B1A1l8USBDLqdyzsZXits2gcMpChN5ZBPxYwgjHfyJ9gPaApTroaMklg/w640-h480/IMG_7907.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hoping for an August filled with late-afternoon showers, tomatoes for the dinner table, and bouquets at the roadside stand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How is your summer going? Leave a comment below!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Monica</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>prince snow farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171423443511809026noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744906746192568003.post-68109460594278347142021-02-18T09:00:00.005-05:002021-02-18T09:18:18.790-05:00A New Day<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUQfzVGLd8h7ejO3jkTj3QoaJSRutvIupomTFJPWegbwn9KKTFVdkclmugvTgzhOa8lOgu9aKxYSNbPEyopyKTiisbmqtLOTvFDOYQueNqbw6nOsqLw-BkMA8UBf38hyXLpmIo_fwp04/s3780/16468987-0D7B-41CA-83E1-79411205D84E.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUQfzVGLd8h7ejO3jkTj3QoaJSRutvIupomTFJPWegbwn9KKTFVdkclmugvTgzhOa8lOgu9aKxYSNbPEyopyKTiisbmqtLOTvFDOYQueNqbw6nOsqLw-BkMA8UBf38hyXLpmIo_fwp04/w320-h400/16468987-0D7B-41CA-83E1-79411205D84E.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have missed all of you! And in this time I have been away we have all been living in a much different world than we knew a year ago. We have watched COVID change our lives in ways that none of us could have predicted. We have marched to fight for freedom and we have prayed for better political times. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGwToHXVaeMJMPizS0Gilq7k3AZ0FUZzlt3SUCQd76sM-5GJkdpb7QEprrqcejgtCI_LD10eWLgmXsWl_zjHMNL_0oR97q3xAT-KpWkNYhTGzaF3Gr_TL8OMhJP8lAmEu50Ehd-PGDeQ/s4032/IMG_0188.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGwToHXVaeMJMPizS0Gilq7k3AZ0FUZzlt3SUCQd76sM-5GJkdpb7QEprrqcejgtCI_LD10eWLgmXsWl_zjHMNL_0oR97q3xAT-KpWkNYhTGzaF3Gr_TL8OMhJP8lAmEu50Ehd-PGDeQ/w300-h400/IMG_0188.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> In that time so much has been taken, yet so many blessings abound. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Fsyd1yhlfZQ-_o_Wgpf5VrSP6yUQdc5Z6rJaoBKjyodzec_m7XuZCCQOIOHcrHgb5WSNSGGIOBa6Flk4iPnPb8Wtax2ABu5-wNNbmXaWJsFHmu0Z5O5VZrZbLcZ-AIqNyaJGq95LtEQ/s3780/F67C5CA7-0DC8-4D39-96A3-5442DD63658B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Fsyd1yhlfZQ-_o_Wgpf5VrSP6yUQdc5Z6rJaoBKjyodzec_m7XuZCCQOIOHcrHgb5WSNSGGIOBa6Flk4iPnPb8Wtax2ABu5-wNNbmXaWJsFHmu0Z5O5VZrZbLcZ-AIqNyaJGq95LtEQ/w320-h400/F67C5CA7-0DC8-4D39-96A3-5442DD63658B.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am still teaching. Six feet apart, double-masked and half of</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the students at a time. But I have a job! </div></div><div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8qsgUqx5tK9-tEnm639oALS_UtOx2PbL32FT5-46EX6hDiHePQYtgXsVlGb-8HSN_wbCjKNr1FTcDtK67dkdy2nLXFEqLLCq0NTgeL6veJirsihkp8JbMKf0zUuAhEnphbUnuB4bWKI/s1800/D5BCDBCB-06D9-4AC5-9752-C53379532D9F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8qsgUqx5tK9-tEnm639oALS_UtOx2PbL32FT5-46EX6hDiHePQYtgXsVlGb-8HSN_wbCjKNr1FTcDtK67dkdy2nLXFEqLLCq0NTgeL6veJirsihkp8JbMKf0zUuAhEnphbUnuB4bWKI/w320-h400/D5BCDBCB-06D9-4AC5-9752-C53379532D9F.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">For many months I taught at home. It was different, and a bit stressful...but I was with my kids all day!<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9eEwmKVTv6OSluBQ0tHgioOI-BbefaY472oUYg3muU1J9UTj9wSe-KPXTmaSJVPEIw7ZX2kuNjbJR-u7VgrKW-m0-I7f8OYpGtrana1f4biLnJKayRyoeqbkrfA4an0C6a133na2ufE/s4032/IMG_0052.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9eEwmKVTv6OSluBQ0tHgioOI-BbefaY472oUYg3muU1J9UTj9wSe-KPXTmaSJVPEIw7ZX2kuNjbJR-u7VgrKW-m0-I7f8OYpGtrana1f4biLnJKayRyoeqbkrfA4an0C6a133na2ufE/w300-h400/IMG_0052.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Being home last spring allowed me to start the gardens earlier.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFm5Rv4vB7edpiypNhbkohJte1Fk1vYVrP2PlQ-p_Jj-cqaIqEsGcprW_JoAB0ss3_1VETvUzoIbLqFm_i4AW-_vt1B9ZBJudm8g8a3LlK_Kxe-asezI6oDcAgsqYO-Jh8V9ycyTBV3M/s2886/9E7DC647-AEF1-4344-8C9A-4C6BF0280C28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="2886" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFm5Rv4vB7edpiypNhbkohJte1Fk1vYVrP2PlQ-p_Jj-cqaIqEsGcprW_JoAB0ss3_1VETvUzoIbLqFm_i4AW-_vt1B9ZBJudm8g8a3LlK_Kxe-asezI6oDcAgsqYO-Jh8V9ycyTBV3M/w400-h400/9E7DC647-AEF1-4344-8C9A-4C6BF0280C28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And spring led to summer and summer to fall...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2Q6XFT6vFeWMdLwENmyskPqPn5dpfVD8VMbZey7bQSkYO6wRRcYlWIjbrhH1QG6epIIJ_hZIgzLjOebQyAz3QEcNQ1eWRO4eO-xtDjn4N91IjOkVAnz7zvcY08FQkJQtQI-OtPq5qfQ/s3780/9679B5D3-EC7C-4817-AF20-90B1B8DFE00F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2Q6XFT6vFeWMdLwENmyskPqPn5dpfVD8VMbZey7bQSkYO6wRRcYlWIjbrhH1QG6epIIJ_hZIgzLjOebQyAz3QEcNQ1eWRO4eO-xtDjn4N91IjOkVAnz7zvcY08FQkJQtQI-OtPq5qfQ/w320-h400/9679B5D3-EC7C-4817-AF20-90B1B8DFE00F.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">...and then suddenly it is winter and we have been in this state of modified life for almost a year!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G5RtEdTDHZfFBIuAeQfg3rrK-RcKy4sDOf_mHI2RZdK6juOVJAnTAXxrFJeObnK7hMs1k1vJ0IPBmkkcLc2MZdRLTgmY0mfNadBCeV9uX1v5NYyWlDoooYn3oO60RQNu8cMAtSJNzmM/s4032/IMG_9914.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G5RtEdTDHZfFBIuAeQfg3rrK-RcKy4sDOf_mHI2RZdK6juOVJAnTAXxrFJeObnK7hMs1k1vJ0IPBmkkcLc2MZdRLTgmY0mfNadBCeV9uX1v5NYyWlDoooYn3oO60RQNu8cMAtSJNzmM/w300-h400/IMG_9914.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I miss my family. I miss being able to have birthday parties, and Thanksgiving and Christmas. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriE8EXwwrZC3Y9uJFx86JOYdQd2FID-2uDofC1O80A-p-IGtbcP4Rg8Fl_e6YcbgXWXLMMEDO2UrbU7gnen3Rt2JMVOBly1Lo4q9eK7cFE_2YfckdQWK8DmlwohqSlIAJVTt_rrW33XY/s4032/IMG_9839.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriE8EXwwrZC3Y9uJFx86JOYdQd2FID-2uDofC1O80A-p-IGtbcP4Rg8Fl_e6YcbgXWXLMMEDO2UrbU7gnen3Rt2JMVOBly1Lo4q9eK7cFE_2YfckdQWK8DmlwohqSlIAJVTt_rrW33XY/w300-h400/IMG_9839.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I miss my friends. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD41GXMAoy_UOe0qEaePSKRpO1qE7DK8QQQvRRPhmatdN5rq0flgUv53SsF9NWsICt6X3UaVeM4XJKTICkE_X_ZpBW5T3Rhjxbm_RWuhCsacEE2lGc6H0ro3UgYuA4lWTkXoCGr5C6RLI/s4032/IMG_9796.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD41GXMAoy_UOe0qEaePSKRpO1qE7DK8QQQvRRPhmatdN5rq0flgUv53SsF9NWsICt6X3UaVeM4XJKTICkE_X_ZpBW5T3Rhjxbm_RWuhCsacEE2lGc6H0ro3UgYuA4lWTkXoCGr5C6RLI/w300-h400/IMG_9796.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And I think it is perfectly OK to say that we feel sad. Or stressed. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqfuZbKX_nixotNBWv9KpMJ81mNMk40dhIW9a1EmkYHftTsBqJqvsJruQCKGpIUKn1hK2rW_iGIbr02FuXZ5v_bYEk2czhRf_eA89QT9bsA84rquhonR6tK8oj8RSSifLkgNfbCwKQPk/s4032/IMG_9690.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqfuZbKX_nixotNBWv9KpMJ81mNMk40dhIW9a1EmkYHftTsBqJqvsJruQCKGpIUKn1hK2rW_iGIbr02FuXZ5v_bYEk2czhRf_eA89QT9bsA84rquhonR6tK8oj8RSSifLkgNfbCwKQPk/w400-h300/IMG_9690.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">We are human after all.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TPh9b1X2W66xY_1U2Wj2VA8-Ybeq7xDFz7f1uutEI4Hp3joTc3yNimCBgiENtiBznKeqZ5Gn3YHQwmV1zEmRTTEiX3p17bt7fi358_hEZM9yz1ptI5YgHnT0_J_YX3d6zHhJVEOXMuc/s4032/IMG_9668.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TPh9b1X2W66xY_1U2Wj2VA8-Ybeq7xDFz7f1uutEI4Hp3joTc3yNimCBgiENtiBznKeqZ5Gn3YHQwmV1zEmRTTEiX3p17bt7fi358_hEZM9yz1ptI5YgHnT0_J_YX3d6zHhJVEOXMuc/w400-h300/IMG_9668.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And expressing emotion is a necessary part of existence.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJ-fFs-D5gD-Ffxts73JEa_wmMYYIIbShlRVgd4CYFp8PhNiG3OLZIIYDpOh2qwa1T8tPwBrWz7JjoH4Jj7clNEe0J4-2-ca1vtC3JwRu4dOie9nm2aDTwkYGDb-JMKHtih3Iag7Qu_g/s4032/IMG_9565.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJ-fFs-D5gD-Ffxts73JEa_wmMYYIIbShlRVgd4CYFp8PhNiG3OLZIIYDpOh2qwa1T8tPwBrWz7JjoH4Jj7clNEe0J4-2-ca1vtC3JwRu4dOie9nm2aDTwkYGDb-JMKHtih3Iag7Qu_g/w300-h400/IMG_9565.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Over the last few months, I have found JOY in sunrises and sunsets. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeVMuRF4anfa-KQgDntvN9c9Pl24jsWu0jFcGchVc_jy4PS4qJ95oPcqT6ihH91TMl-hUomPX00jbcnnbMMa1wY8EqEWF2sRRwD_vUJpjinyjkQYDUbFgUv_yXmz3Na61Pozr7agCg7g/s4032/IMG_9555.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeVMuRF4anfa-KQgDntvN9c9Pl24jsWu0jFcGchVc_jy4PS4qJ95oPcqT6ihH91TMl-hUomPX00jbcnnbMMa1wY8EqEWF2sRRwD_vUJpjinyjkQYDUbFgUv_yXmz3Na61Pozr7agCg7g/w400-h300/IMG_9555.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I feel called to the ocean for these magical moments. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeid6Vr3ApYgkBkdvmJBHoVf32K4Ml0etvq54JCjyTNPzoyfZMXcaQMzLxQl9ExI9ZT6WL0CTyU1qi2KbYM5_D-D8w01tRX3wb77j5v4X84WsM_l-mtsZQtqUZk1dIctNFpQnEVhPEic/s4032/IMG_9522.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeid6Vr3ApYgkBkdvmJBHoVf32K4Ml0etvq54JCjyTNPzoyfZMXcaQMzLxQl9ExI9ZT6WL0CTyU1qi2KbYM5_D-D8w01tRX3wb77j5v4X84WsM_l-mtsZQtqUZk1dIctNFpQnEVhPEic/w300-h400/IMG_9522.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Even if I have two minutes on my way to work, or fifteen minutes before starting dinner, I have been taking time myself in the beauty of the day. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXLSw9M1Z2uANEYYE73ivjxd5_4FWbl6J5YdLsvk3Dgoe0_PfeeZs8iblx1v16-inp7m5RMOa0mCzQX6fu7SwvIHNNgD9a9UllsoazsChxb2noiLBMrBcKpJeDGeVMfWwvKDtdmqNVSU/s4032/IMG_9525.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXLSw9M1Z2uANEYYE73ivjxd5_4FWbl6J5YdLsvk3Dgoe0_PfeeZs8iblx1v16-inp7m5RMOa0mCzQX6fu7SwvIHNNgD9a9UllsoazsChxb2noiLBMrBcKpJeDGeVMfWwvKDtdmqNVSU/w300-h400/IMG_9525.HEIC" width="300" /><br /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> How have you been this past year? Are you happy? Is your family ok? Did you lose your job?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me know in the comments! I want to be here to listen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">xo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Monica<br /></div><p></p>prince snow farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171423443511809026noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744906746192568003.post-38508899536522991252020-01-05T16:24:00.000-05:002020-01-05T16:24:47.682-05:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, the frost finally arrived and blanketed the last of the flowers in a robe of sparkly jewels.</div>
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I have the hardest time giving up what has become a piece of my heart. </div>
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Yet at the same moment, I know it is time. Time to let nature cycle forward. To let nature breathe life and energy into this earth that has filled me and so many others with total and complete JOY! </div>
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I visited the gardens the night before the frost came...enjoying a peaceful time tucked in near the edge of the woods. The birds were still boisterously singing...obviously in denial right alongside me. </div>
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I picked a large, clumsy bouquet. It was probably my favorite of the season. My peachy coral dahlia had flowered for the first time that day. How lucky I was to enjoy this last minute, early-November, armful of beauty. </div>
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I am already plotting and planning for the gardens of 2020! I hope they remember me in their slumber...as caretaker, protector, friend and dreamer. </div>
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So 20 years after moving into our house...I decided it was time to replace the original furniture we had purchased. My budget was on the low end; however, I didn't want it to look "low end". We wouldn't be painting, or replacing the wallpaper...</div>
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...but I knew I wanted it to have a fresh, peaceful feeling. The room (we call it the "fireplace room"), is on the small side, with low ceilings typical of the 1830 time period of our home. So my intention was to make it feel roomy, but allow for plenty of seating for my kids and their friends, or for family get togethers. We already have a large family room/kitchen where we hang out all of the time...watch tv, socialize, so this space was meant to be an extra space for socializing, curling up with a book, homework, naps, etc...</div>
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The starfish valances came from our local <a href="https://www.curtainandbathoutlet.com/">Ann and Hope outlet.</a> I had looked at many beautiful, high end window treatments; however, I couldn't spend $400 on 3 windows. These are a cotton/linen and are fully lined and I spent about $60 total! They are gorgeous! (They were called Sea Friends in Grey. I do not seem to see on the site, but perhaps at your local store).</div>
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The shells were collected over a lifetime of beach adventures with our kids. ( and the drop-leaf table they are sitting on was my husband's Nana's) The stacked books are all by local artists and authors.</div>
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The stones (in the glass bowl) were gathered on different beach trips and cross-country adventures. My daughter Callie hand-lettered each one. It's like a bowl full of inspiration!</div>
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The Kennedy book next to the bowl of stones was picked up at our town library's monthly book sale. (and the vintage chest they sit on was left here by the previous owners). </div>
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The massive gold-trimmed mirror was my husband's great-aunt's. Now we have a walkway behind the couch that leads right up to it! This is the mirror we all "check ourselves" in before leaving for school/work. I love that we now have a full length view!</div>
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I hope you have enjoyed my mini tour!! I have tried to link everything to be helpful. This post is not sponsored in any way...just sharing some favorite things!! Please feel free to pin or share my post!</div>
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I'm still here. Cleaning out the closets and under the beds...spending time with big kids when I am gifted the chance, and trying so hard to create a simpler home that allows more time for what we all crave.</div>
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Yesterday it was spring and today it is fall, and yet in between summer happened. </div>
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I have been practicing as a flower farmer. Just on a teeny tiny scale. </div>
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But I think it's working. It feels right. It is joy and sweat and beauty all wrapped together in the most extraordinary packages. </div>
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The sky, the woods, nature surrounding me.</div>
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...blessing others with these stems topped with every color of the rainbow.</div>
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1.) What is your favorite cut flower?</div>
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It's that time. The time where I shed a tear or two for all that summer has meant to me.</div>
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Next week school starts, and I part with a place and a light and a pup that have my heart. </div>
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But I am blessed. I mean I get to drive a minute to the ocean, or walk down our hill and have an armful or bucketful of flowers in minutes. Vibrant, fragrant, fresh flowers. </div>
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There is an incredible sense of peace here. The kids are older, yet they are here...in and out with friends, yet close enough for frequent mom hugs. </div>
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I work hard in the summer to clean out the old and bring a fresh feeling to this little 1830's farmhouse perched atop a hill.</div>
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I allow myself an equal amount of time for reading, writing, and most of all....dreaming.</div>
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Seeking PURPOSE is a serious undertaking. One must wait patiently for signs, even when craving answers more directly. </div>
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How do we know? How are we sure? Have you ever wondered the same? </div>
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I know I want to write in some capacity...to grow flowers...to tend our home...to photograph life</div>
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Well, July has been a beautiful month! </div>
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The flowers have started blooming and promise to bless me with an abundance of beauty. </div>
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I am experimenting with many new varieties and have not found one I dislike! </div>
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Every week has brought a new look to the garden. At first it was lush and green, then color burst on the scene . Even the squash and pumpkin flowers light up the landscape with their beauty.</div>
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The garden is something I never take for granted. It is beauty at its finest, but the beauty must be guided and coddled. In return we are given shadow and light, texture, color and scent.</div>
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I hope to carve out more writing time. I have always known that growing beautiful flowers, and writing are my two purposes on Earth. </div>
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I used to think I was supposed to find a way to combine the two. Recently I have been thinking that I am meant to let each take on its own unique entity. </div>
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and brought with it a glorious palette of sherbet-toned blooms.</div>
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Ranunculus proved to be a glorious reprieve from a long-anticipated spring.</div>
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I will pull the corms soon and save them for next year's field planting.</div>
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What was a trial has morphed into a new spring flower LOVE.</div>
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You pick these blooms when starting to show color, and they unfurl layer</div>
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The wild growing Grandiflora roses made a perfect accompaniment.</div>
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These blossoms restored my spirit after a very long winter. </div>
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Now we are on to summer...and anxiously await an abundance of blooms. </div>
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This weekend's heat wave has ushered us quickly into summer.</div>
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I have been tending my spring babies...some exciting flower experiments that are proving to be wonderfully successful. </div>
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I am enamored by all that has laid tucked beneath the frozen earth. IT is awake, I am awake! </div>
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xo Monica </div>
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I have discovered an artist who fascinates me. </div>
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They are ocean and sky...solitude and emotion. </div>
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They are the past blending so seamlessly into the present.</div>
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Their work makes me wonder and contemplate.</div>
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It allows me to feel and hope.</div>
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And most of all, to dream.</div>
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The artist is my son, Noah.</div>
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I hope you will follow him on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nft16/">Instagram as @nft16</a></div>
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He is carving out his way with an artistic soul.</div>
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Sunday Mornings are so satisfying. Coffee. Sunshine. Garden Plans.</div>
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Not that this is the first day I have stepped outside to check on things...or the first moment I have thought about that place that captures and holds my heart... </div>
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My house is currently overrun with seedlings. Tiny soil blocks holding a precious and hopeful new plan. I am growing "Cool Flowers" this year!</div>
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I was inspired by Lisa Mason Ziegler's book by the same name, "Cool Flowers". </div>
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I have always wanted to close the gap between tulips and daffodils and the first flowering annuals. Sometimes this is literally months. After researching, and reading Lisa's book, I am so inspired to plant seeds for flowers that are meant to grow in cool weather!</div>
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I have always wondered why I haven't been able to successfully grow annuals like Strawflower, Bells of Ireland, Stock, and Feverfew to name a few. Now I know that it was just too warm here in coastal Massachusetts by the time I was sowing their seeds. </div>
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I will keep you posted on this new venture. Today may involve planting anemone and ranunculus, and doing a bit of clean up. </div>
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Each year, during the lost week between Christmas and the New Year, I await the arrival of my "one little word". </div>
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Some view it as their theme for the year. I choose to harness its power as more of a spiritual guide. </div>
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It's a word that will hover close for the coming year...something to turn to, to find resolve with... <br />
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In 2017, my word was PURPOSE. </div>
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I was at a standstill of sorts. Searching for more? answers? guidance? </div>
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And 2017 led me along a path of light and answers. </div>
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I feel my path is aglow and now I must follow the light. </div>
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I had a bracelet made late this year with the words PURPOSE and GRACE. Those two words have allowed me to chase dreams in a manner that feels real and true. </div>
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As I awaited my word this week, my mind was a jumble of synonyms and antonyms...of what I thought it should be, hoped it would be. </div>
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And then two words arrived: PURPOSEFUL and INTENTIONAL.</div>
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I knew at once that PURPOSEFUL was going to be my guide. </div>
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It is an undeniable extension of all I have felt and dreamed and worked towards in 2017. </div>
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Instead of viewing 2018 as a quest for answers, I will now leap into the new year with INTENT! </div>
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I am hoping to live more deliberately...to LIVE in the moment...</div>
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to rejoice in the every day, and to allow life to have meaning and significance. </div>
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Sometimes I think we get so busy with work...we come home tired..</div>
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Perhaps I should be writing or editing photos instead. Both are things I
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...more time by the ocean...more sunrises and sunsets... </div>
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...more time to absorb all the color and texture and brilliance that nature offers...</div>
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The final product is so vibrant. The card stock is a heavyweight, sturdy quality. Truly, these are frameable.</div>
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The base is sturdy enough to support all 12 months. What a great addition to your desk, kitchen nook, bookcase, or bedside table. </div>
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I love the feeling that I will now have flowers 12 months/year! </div>
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It will be a perfect spot for taking notes and making lists this winter as I prepare for the 2018 season. </div>
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The third item I showcased this year is this beautiful silver engraved bracelet.</div>
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It is also available in silver, gold and rose gold finish.</div>
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I really wanted to make it personal. I chose the word "purpose" because it was my word for the year. I chose the word "grace" because I have always felt that this word describes my mom so perfectly. She has ALWAYS lived her life with grace. Together those two words give me a daily reminder of how I want to live my life.</div>
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The words were harder to see on the finished product than I expected; however I really LOVED the quality and finish of the final product. I decided it was meant to be that way...almost a secret reminder to myself, without the whole world knowing. </div>
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I have been personalizing products from Shutterfly for over 5 years now. The number one TIP I have is TAKE YOUR TIME. If you are asked to review the product, review it! Several times! One year I ended up with envelopes for John Smith because I was rushing and didn't check the box blank envelopes, and the personalized template printed. Totally my fault. They were generous and sent more envelopes. </div>
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<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span>Ok
so I had such fun introducing this last summer! Who wants to join me
again....or for the first time? </span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span> <b>What's this all about?</b> Next week,
Monday - Friday,(August 21-25) I am going to eat super healthy at all meals. (
including snacks)</span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span>I am going to eat fresh eggs, and as many organic
fruits and veggies as I can get my hands on. </span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span>It's not a specific
"diet", just super healthy eating.</span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span> I would love to have you all join
in. Your healthy may be different than mine! But that's ok!</span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span> I grow
lots of veggies and look forward to getting creative with recipes!</span></span></li>
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hope is that we can share to the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fivedaysotf/">#fivedaysotf </a><span>, this would be on INSTAGRAM,
showcasing healthy recipes and encouragement.</span></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited"><span> If you'd like to join in,<b>
leave your name below, or on my original post</b> @princesnowfarm on Instagram!!! ( and P.S. : I'm not giving up my morning
coffee😉) follow along at </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/princesnowfarm/">@princesnowfarm</a></span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited">Hopefully we will feel so great after five days, that we will continue to follow healthy habits! </span></li>
<li class="_ezgzd"><span title="Edited">PLEASE SHARE SO WE CAN GET LOTS OF HEALTHY NEW MEAL IDEAS!! <span> </span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span></li>
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One can only contemplate the bravery of those who waited to protect our land and freedom as the British invaded. The original fort was destroyed in 1778; however it was rebuilt and aptly given its current name of Fort Phoenix, named after the bird of Greek mythological origin who was regenerated or reborn. </div>
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We were just in time to see a fishing boat heading out to sea. I thought about the crew, and the time they would spend away from their family. Living here in coastal Massachusetts, I have always had family or known friends who fish for a living...but at that very moment, I felt something different, a compassion for their absence and dedication, a curiosity about the journey itself. </div>
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It's summer break. And this teacher is celebrating. I am celebrating 25 years of teaching middle school. Complete. Along with hormones (theirs and mine), an endless stream of changes....mostly for the better, and a forward vision that cannot be contained.<br />
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I'm sitting here alone this morning, every possible window thrown fast to the sky. The ocean breeze must be perfectly southeast today, its lingering salty thickness fills my nostrils and invades every open space, (although several miles away). I welcome it with a milky coffee and a pair of petite gluten free muffins.<br />
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I revel silently in the quiet of the kitchen, absorbing all that summer brings and means. It is planning and dreaming and hoping. It is a garden just planted, laundry to be hung, a house to be willingly cleaned and organized.<br />
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Summer has always felt like a friend lifting an unnoticed weight from my shoulders. Not a burden. Just a heaviness that carries with it too few hours of sleep, and a jumbled brain.<br />
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This new freedom sparks my creative side. I long to tug the color from the not yet ready flower blossoms. For now I will be content with their amazing structure and late afternoon shadows.<br />
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I look around at rooms filled with filtered sunlight and indulge in the dappled glow that I miss on early to school mornings. I pretend I am a stay at home mom, and coddle two teens a bit more than needed...or wanted...<br />
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I also sit here with regret. Regret for summers past...ones where my planning came up short... or my dreams became murky and lost.<br />
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So today I make myself a promise, one that only the ocean air and I will know...a promise to just live life this summer. A promise to feel joy or exude kindness. A promise to explore and listen and love. A promise to be patient with myself and to let some things go. A promise to write, write, write, to conquer the stack of books by my bedside and to carry my camera everywhere. A promise to head to the beach at least one a week (even if the house is a mess), to walk for pleasure and to eat healthy, yummy meals from the garden. A promise to not look back with regret...rather to look forward with hope.<br />
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It's summer break!!!!!prince snow farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171423443511809026noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744906746192568003.post-58580468288587426872017-06-06T20:57:00.001-04:002017-06-06T20:57:59.757-04:00Grateful<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting";">Drip.
Drip. Drip. I stood at the foyer door looking out over the wave of ferns and
lush green maples. The sound is what caught my attention first. A steady drip
from the gutter onto the leaves of a large potted rose below. A rose waiting to
be planted in one of the gardens down the hill. Yet here I was again, surrounded
by gray skies and plump drops falling in an endless stream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting";">I have
been patient. I have been hopeful. I have stood in knee high boots with hair
plastered to my face and cold, damp, goose bump covered arms coveting a fleece
blanket. (Or perhaps something steaming hot with an indulgent shot of Bailey’s).
I have let the drops encircle me for a bit…doing their own rain dance of sorts
as I tried to tuck at least one bed with seeds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting";">Yet
here I stand as skies fade from pale pewter to charcoal, nose pressed hopefully
to panes of leaded glass. My world has become a jungle of leaves and blades and
petals, shades of green from a Crayola box morphing into an eye-catching scene
from Van Gogh’s Irises, although absent is the sunny backdrop.</span></div>
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rain has forced me to stop and contemplate a moment in time that otherwise
would have been forgotten, if not nonexistent. A brief flicker of time spent
enveloped in one’s own senses. Overpowered. Overcome. Overjoyed. Forever
grateful. </span></div>
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