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The row of pictures below are examples of one of my favorite
pastimes, gardening. Having gardened for better than twenty years, especially favoring work with my vegetable garden
and my herbs, I have truly enjoyed all aspects of the hobby, not only of getting dirt under my nails, but studying and
reading about the usage (culinary and medicinal)
and the history of herbs.
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This is a picture of my front garden. The airy, purple flower behind the birdbath is a dwarf lilac.
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I love sunflowers! They line the west side of my vegetable garden, and the birds appreciate the seeds in late summer.
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Gotta
love the stately Iris...
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A welcome visitor to the daylilies...
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The red firecrackers in the foreground are bee balm, with my favorite vine, clematis, in the background.
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Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Below you see some pictures of the more "animated" objects of my affection - two boys: 15 years
and eleven years old - home-schooled, growing WAY too fast, and great fun to hang with. Also, the two pooches in the other
picture are mother & daughter (Bailey, who has passed on, and Ursa Major, her "little girl"). We have enjoyed many
critters here on our miniscule homestead (chickens, turkeys, rabbits, even a couple beehives), but now we just have the one
dog and one cat (who THINKS she's a dog).
Oh, and my favorite critter of all:
Dominic, my dear, ever-so-patient husband.
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This is Andrew,
proudly displaying
his contribution to our
Thanksgiving table.
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Lukas, and a visitor
to the bee balm -
a hummingbird moth.
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Dominic, my dear
husband of 16+ years -
still going strong!
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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm & gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
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