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A Pleasure Garden
It was a sunny, sultry Sunday, but the many joys I discovered at Chanticleer made the trip worthwhile. Chanticleer, the former Main Line estate of Christine and Adolph Rosengarten Sr. in Wayne, PA,...
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Bird Photography Made Easy
Armed now with a camera with a decent zoom, I have started taking bird pictures. The experiment has had only spotty success -- for every fair bird I've snapped, I've had nine other shots involving...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day!
My Mother's Day gift to you is a repeat from last year, but it's too good not to share again. It's Dar Williams'"The One Who Knows."There's no better tribute to moms.Happy Mother's Day.
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"The Risk It Took to Blossom"
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."-- Anais Nin.
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Field Trip: Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Your intrepid reporter has been quiet the last two weeks -- but has been gathering blog fodder all the while! I've been visiting my parents in Massachusetts and, along with helping them out with some...
View ArticleThe Lost Season
I'm astonished my hit counter shows me with any readers at all after I didn't post for four months!It has been a physically and emotionally exhausting four months. Much of it was spent in...
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The Snuggie From Hell
"Could it be...SATAN?"--The Church Lady from SNL.My Snuggie was possessed.Yes, we're talking THE Snuggie, "the blanket that has sleeves!" For many months, I'd been making a point of ignoring Snuggies,...
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Gettysburg: Part One
After living in Pennsylvania for almost 25 years without visiting Gettysburg, we finally made the trip. There was a dusting of snow that weekend on the battlefield and the cemetery, which lent the...
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Light and Shadow: Our Two Sides
I am attracted to light, but I am much more a woman of shadows...
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Flower Power
Here are some scenes from the 2010 Philadelphia Flower Show...a welcome burst of spring after a long hard winter! This year's theme, as you'll see below, was "Passport to the World."
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One More Wave
Driving home the other day, I saw a man watching his young son climb aboard the school bus. He stood there as his little boy, wearing a baseball cap and bookbag, vanished into the bus, and before the...
View ArticleDevon Horse Show and Country Fair 2010
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair is a classic yearly event on the Philadelphia Main Line. It has something for everyone, whether you love equestrian events, shopping, games on the carnival midway,...
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Longwood Gardens
It's therapy.I dare you to spend an afternoon at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, and not emerge refreshed, nurtured, relaxed, as I did after a Saturday walk there with a friend.See for yourself.
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A Day at the Beach
"A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." -- Robert Orben.
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"Second Spring"
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf's a flower."-- Albert Camus.
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