Texture Tuesday...white

At certain times of the day (usually in winter), the greenhouse positively glows.  It sits therein its woodland domain, looking all ethereal, as if it's lit from within.Just the magic of low light, nothing else.A kind of mirage...fleeting. I admit, I was...

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Natural succession...

isn't always pretty. A typical scene from our woods in winter...blow down, something we can count on.Topsoil levels are shallow in most parts of our island.  Saturate the ground with enough rain,throw in some wicked windsand you might find this on your...

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The expectation of happiness...

...this is mine: spring is coming ~ the hummers will return, and shortly after, the roses. Ohhh, the roses... It's Texture Tuesday and I'm linking up with the rest of the gang... I've used KK's 'Revolution' and 'Start' and an old roses border texture from Playing...

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Full hearts

This, my friends, is my one hundredth post...I had not been intending to mark the occasion in any particular way,butit's almost Valentine's Day and because of some sweet, sweet friends'round this blogging world of ours, here I go... 'Seasons of the Heart'~ by...

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My grandmother's needles

We may have heard that old saying about characteristics or traits skipping a generation...true or not, I am testament to this saying in my own lineage.  In so many ways I am unlike my mother. Dearest heart and dearest friend that she was...

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Inside all of us is a wild thing...

...some just show it better than others. : : : Linking with the theme 'Free & Easy' for Texture Tuesday, using Yesteryear...

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I went to Google & ended up at the Met...

I'd seen this bead posted somewhere, thought I'd find out a little more about it...it was the date that fascinated me,created somewhere around 500-600 A.D.So, what else does one do?  I Googled it... Circular BeadCulture: Frankish ~  Medium: Glass ~...

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