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I live on a farm ... — gardening

Things I look forward to

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Our lawn is beginning to show signs of the gorgeous, lush green glow that spring and summer bring to us.  As much as I love winter and the magical beauty of snow in a mostly monochromatic world, the anticipation of color returning to the world is very awesome.  I am sitting in an old fashioned, high-back chair by the window in our sitting area that faces the barn.  I hear birds calling, and see that glow from the lawn that promises much green to come, thinking of things I look forward to. I look forward to green, orange, pink, purple,...

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Spectacular October sunrise

• art • blogging • country life • faith • family • gardening • Halloween • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • photography • spirituality • thoughts • travel

This morning my husband called from work, just as the sun was rising, and asked if I had taken a look outside.  He told me to check out the western sky, which I did and it was mystical looking.  While I was still on the phone with him, my daughter looked to the east and called out for me to hurry to the kitchen windows to look outside. The eastern sky was even more mystical and beautiful looking than the west.  We ran outside in our pajamas and found that in every direction we looked there was something spectacular to...

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July is here, July is nearly gone

• art • country life • country living • faith • family • farm life • flowers • friendship • gardening • health • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • personal • photography • relationships • socks • spirituality • summer • yarn

Hello dear readers, I have been absent from my blog during the month of July.  As it turns out, I needed some time to recuperate from months of intense fine art painting.  Summer also brought with it many activities including a day of plein aire painting on the Master Gardener's Garden Path tour along with other painters from the county, our annual Chicken Barbeque fund raiser at church, and many chores around our property. Even today I don't have as much time to write as I would like to.  However, you have been promised a July Sock Yarn Give Away...

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Moments Show Opening

• art • country life • country living • culture • family • farm life • flowers • gardening • knitting • Life • love • marriage • photography • relationships • romance • socks • travel • Upstate New York • yarn

My summer art show, "Moments", opened this past Friday night at Shawn's Gate Gallery in Medina, New York.

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Enjoying a perfect moment

• agriculture • art • country life • country living • culture • faith • family • farm • flowers • gardening • inspiration • knitting • Life • love • marriage • personal • photography • Photos • relationships • summer • thoughts • travel

These perfect moments are happening all around us at all times, every day ... it is up to you and I to notice them and find at least one each and every day to thoroughly appreciate and enjoy.

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