Posted by mrssmythe on November 1, 2019 in
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October greetings to everyone! Isn’t this a fun picture of the girls? We stopped in at Yankee Candle in Deerfield last week and couldn’t resist a shot in front of these pumpkins. Yankee Candle always does a great job with their fall decorating. I haven’t written in a while – I hope to remedy that […]
Tags: acorns, beach, bumblebees, crafty intentions, crochet, crochet snowmen, hammonasset state park, hampton ponds state park, hippocampus, monarchs, ocean, pumpkins, quilting, straw flowers, Yankee Candle
Posted by mrssmythe on September 26, 2019 in
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Summer is gone, and now we are within the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” (as Keats would say). I think he sums it up rather nicely, don’t you? That is exactly how things have been around here of late – misty mornings and mellow fruitfulness. Enough fruit, in fact, to make a couple of […]
Tags: apple trees, apples, backyard chickens, backyard orchard, bees, Blanket Scarf, Blarf, bumblebees, chickens, honeybees, jewelweed, lettuce, monarchs, pollinator garden, pumpkins, Stashbuster blarf, tiny mitten
Posted by mrssmythe on July 31, 2019 in
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One of my favorite garden plants this season has been the Bachelor’s Buttons – aka Cornflowers. I used to read novels (usually romance novels) in which characters were described as having “cornflower blue eyes”. I never knew what that meant until I started gardening and put two and two together. Now, looking at the gorgeous […]
Tags: ants, Bachelor's Buttons, butterflies, Cornflowers, Goldfinches, silver-spotted skipper, Syrphid Flies
Posted by mrssmythe on September 21, 2018 in
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Time in the garden is extra sweet these days knowing that our first freeze is just around the corner. Many of the flowers are putting out a final show before the cold descends, the clematis among them. The pond lily is particularly pretty right now. And, though the zinnias are looking a little worn – […]
Tags: bumble bees, chickens, clematis, dragonflies, honey bees, monarchs, pond lily, pumpkins, white cedar swamp trail
