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The Passion Plunge
Dear Reader: I don’t know who is growing faster….the grandchildren or their Japanese Maples. Eva Cate’s tree (seen here) was planted over a year ahead of the others and I love having it as a compass...
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“It’s Always Something”…
Dear Reader: Early yesterday morning, when I walked into my “office” to check on the blog before eating breakfast, I looked out the window (by the computer) and saw this beautiful foggy scene. I felt...
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“It’s A Southern Thing…It’s a Caring Thing”
Dear Reader: Yesterday was an amazing day…a day filled with surprises galore! Before I tell you about an astonishing wink that occurred….let me start with my thoughts about my garden and The Race for...
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“On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!”
Dear Reader: It is here…finally…October 17…my seventh Race for the Cure! Who would have thought it seven years ago? I know who…God! Yesterday was a day of running around….first to Mt. Pleasant to...
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IT Was a Glorious Day! A Day for the Memories!
Dear Reader: Yesterday was one of those spectacularly beautiful days that you remember years after the day is over. The whole family was able to attend this year ….which made me so happy…with...
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The “Boo-ti-ful” Sayings from our Favorite Childhood Stories
Dear Reader: As I have mentioned several years now…(thank you God!) fall, autumn, and halloween are my favorite times and events of the year….give me a pumpkin patch and a hayride…and I am a happy...
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Add a Friend…Change a Day
Dear Reader: Yesterday I told you I was off again to Mt. Pleasant to spend the night with Miss Eva Cate and take her to the Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch. We had so much fun! It was exactly the memories I...
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Getting Rid of “Over-used Words” like Weeds in the Garden
Dear Reader: The shadows are the number one indicator, to me, that the seasons have changed. My garden stays bathed in shadows longer and longer each day. The little bright yellow and white mums look...
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When Leaves Fall…Look Up!
Dear Reader: It is hard to believe that it has been a year since I was making the daily trek (for three months) to St. Francis/Roper hospital in West Ashley and my physical therapy treatments for...
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Slowing Down Our Lives…
Dear Reader: Wednesday when I stopped by Mandy’s house (before we all went to the fund-raiser) Mandy and I took a moment to take Jakie outside to see the herons. He loves watching the birds…especially...
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Telling Our Own Story
Dear Reader: As children we only have a limited amount of control over the memories we take with us from this brief brevity (stage) of life. Childhood is very short..retaining memories from it…made...
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The Mosquito Misadventures at Hollow Tree Nursery
Dear Reader: Anne and I planned to go to Hollow Tree Nursery yesterday morning and time it so we would arrive early at Duke’s for the best chicken/barbecue/veggies around. What should have been a...
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October: Pink Strength, Legends, and Moonflowers
Dear Reader: One knows when a story is supposed to be told by how the pieces of prose all come together at the right moment, the magical moment. Saturday afternoon I heard two voices calling from the...
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A Different Kind of Quiet…
Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I woke up to the strangest kind of quiet. My Iphone wasn’t beeping text noises or letting me know emails were arriving and especially…the phone wasn’t ringing…it...
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Hello October!
Dear Reader: October is flying too fast….if I could be a witch (a good one, of course) and fly on my magical broom through the night…it would be to turn back the hands of time to October 1 and...
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“It’s on the Tip of my Tongue”
Dear Reader: Isn’t one of the most exasperating annoyances (that start occurring as we age) forgetting names and words? When I looked up the reasons for this common frustration…it deals with harmones,...
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It is the Day Before Halloween…
Dear Reader: It is the day before Halloween and Boo is revealing her mask for the big day. In tribute to my garden (which brings me such joy) I am the “lost” monarch butterfly….who is running late...
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Halloween- Beauty Full
Dear Reader: I received this adorable old-fashioned Halloween card from Honey who said she saw it and immediately thought the card was saying:” Please send me to Becky Boo!” She was right…the card did...
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Too Cute to Spook on All Saints’ Day!
Dear Reader: With Halloween over and All Saints’ Day here….the weather seems fitting today with its cloudy overcast skies. This is the day we remember loved ones we have lost in the past year and/or...
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The Garden of Paradise
Dear Reader: Finally…after waiting all summer…a moon flower bloomed last night on the outside of the garden…the first one all season. The other moon flower blossoms have bloomed inside the garden gate...
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