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Category: Animals and Insects

So much more than a walk
Animals and Insects~Cities and Towns~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Story Garden

So much more than a walk

I don’t need to tell you that we are all living in strange times. We are reminded everywhere we turn. While it is important for us all to be vigilant about our health and figure out our new normal it is also important for us […]

June 17, 2020
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“Stay-at-Home” Plant Stories
Animals and Insects~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Flowers~Houseplants~Story Garden~Uncategorized

“Stay-at-Home” Plant Stories

Most of us are living strange, upended lives these days–isolated and indoors, struggling to maintain precious connections to family and friends. In many cases, our access to the out-of-doors and to the soothing power of the natural world is severely limited. Writing a “stay-at-home” story […]

April 2, 2020
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Our Garden Through Six-Year-Old Eyes
Animals and Insects~Childhood~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Stay-at-Home Stories~Story Garden

Our Garden Through Six-Year-Old Eyes

Our garden through our six-year-old daughter’s eyes. Her story is: “These flowers caught my mind because I love pink. Baby Fluffy loves the flowers and I love seeing the flowers in my garden too!!!” Baby Fluffy is an orphan baby bird we rescued from the […]

June 13, 2019
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Of bugs and brothers
Animals and Insects~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Stay-at-Home Stories~Story Garden

Of bugs and brothers

Is this a garden story? My brother ate a bug from the garden, then he went to the hill in the backyard and tried to fly.   My mother laughed her head off. Author: Susan Medalie Featured Image Photo Credit: CC0 Public Domain. See more […]

January 14, 2019
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  I Love The Bees
Animals and Insects~Story Garden

  I Love The Bees

An Apiary in Hull? After I retired I attended a bee-keeping school and got my first hive the following spring. My apiary is located at the old family home which is four towns away. I live in a condominium on the ocean overlooking the Boston […]

August 2, 2018
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  • Juniper herbarium specimen collected 1929 by Susan Delano McKelveyLeah, My Juniper Bonsai Tree
    From the nursery I returned with what one day I would […]
  • Sweet Pea Herbarium Specimen (1917)Sweet Peas
    Sweet Peas by Donna Williams I am struggling to paint […]
  • Musing from Under a Moss Leaf
    Whenever I’m in the forest I like to imagine that I’m […]
  • Colocasia esculenta (L.) herbarium imageMy Ancient Older Brother- Kalo
    “Kalo is our oldest brother. An ancient ancestor.” I […]
  • Me and My Tomato Plant
    I was an avid gardener as a kid. I helped out at the […]
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