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Drapes: Six Ways they can Expand a Room
Autumn colours frame my outdoor view I have been trapped inside since last Tuesday, enjoying my beloved garden wistfully through the windows. Today, it is pouring and dark, so this morning while...
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Keeping Asters Green
I am not a high-maintenance gardener, so sometimes when my plants just look great on their own I am thrilled. I plant things that don’t need a lot of babying with few exceptions. An exception, though,...
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A Garden Carpet
One of the things I did to my garden last year that turned out better than expected was to fill in a garden path with thyme. Mother of Thyme, right foreground, and smaller Thyme plants along the...
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Arranging Autumn Indoors
Everyone who reads my blog knows I love autumn. However, it is one of those seasons like late winter or early spring when there are certain days you have to enjoy it from inside the house. So, in time...
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Bittersweet October
October marks the end of the festivities for Ontario gardeners. Oh, it’s true that some of us have planted things even into January in desperate circumstances that shall not be discussed here. And...
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End-of-the-Season Blues
You would have been forgiven for thinking it was spring October 25 and 26 in the Toronto area, with temperatures in the high ‘teens to mid twenties–especially if you noticed these delightful,...
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Rehabilitated Chair Project, Phase I: Gold-Leafed Crackle Finish
You don’t always need to buy new things to decorate well. This project can give new life to an old chair, or stretch your Craigslist dollars to a whole new level of decorating. It takes patience and...
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Strange, Isn’t It? Each Blogger Inspires So Many Others . . . .
Stylish “fake Canadian” When I checked my stats last night after spending the day out visiting my university student, I was delighted and amazed! In spite of benign neglect in recent days, my hits...
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Dramatic Indoor Holiday Arrangement
Thanks to the positive feedback on my post, Arranging Autumn Indoors, you have all inspired me to blather on about my Christmas decorating–and also to be creative! So, my holiday guests will...
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Country Casual versus Hollywood Dreams: Exterior Christmas Planters
I finally got my front planters decorated for the holidays. As with all my projects, my hesitation and delay had less to do with time and more to do with the inevitable battle between “should” and...
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Holiday Lanterns
I have nothing to do at this time of year, and I know you don’t either. Just kidding, but being really busy never stops me from thinking up more unnecessary but creative things to do. This is a fun...
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Reblogged from Superkat Wins: 8:48 pm. Fort Hood, 5 November 2009. Tuscon, Arizona, 8 January 2011. Trayvon Martin, 26 February 2012. Aurora, Colorado, 20 July 2012. Chicago, Illinois, 22 October...
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Welcoming Christmas Foyer
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year to all my readers. At this busy time I am just posting a couple of photos of my foyer, decorated and ready for party guests. The foyer,...
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Self-Help for Sufferers of January Garden Envy (also known as “relatives in...
Due to the disturbing nature of what you are about to read, I am warning all Central Canadian gardeners to look away for the following quote. I have been so profoundly disturbed by the contents of...
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Transitioning your Winter Planters to Spring
Here in Ontario, spring comes in April. Last year, it came sooner, but was followed by a burst of bitter cold that killed off the hopeful fruit tree buds and buried eager Snowdrops and Crocuses in a...
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Snowy Garden Favourites
I have been unusually sequestered lately, and restricted to viewing my garden from indoors, a situation not unusual in Canadian winters. In addition to unusual factors, Southern Ontario was hit by a...
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Could It Get Any Snowier?
After my last post, reflecting on last year’s early spring and the spectre of global warming, I was certain that winter would be coming to an end. Yesterday, my dear sister informed me that the annual...
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Planter Evolution
It’s nearly time for hydrangeas and Easter bunnies to clutter my foyer, but first, one more change to my large indoor planter. I took out the spent bulbs from the arrangement in my recent post, as well...
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My Mum’s Spring Garden
I published this post last summer, long after these photos were taken. However, with spring a few days away and North American gardens beginning to wake up, I keep thinking of them. The post seems...
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Is it Spring Yet?
April 19 it looked like this: April 20: But at least it wasn’t like this. Today, April 21 we’re back to this: I love scenes of rebirth like this one of crocuses in Christmas Fern leaves. Is it Spring...
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