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Category: Garden

Signs of Spring in Western New York (Mud and Robins)

On April 10, 2026 By Em D In Garden, Outside Projects, Where Bloggers Live

If April showers bring May flowers… What do May flowers bring? Pilgrims. Hahaha. I loved that grammar school oldie. In fact, I love a good joke anytime. (Look for me at a funeral…I’m the one …

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Backyard Vacation: Transforming Our Yard into a DIY Retreat with Ongoing Projects

On June 14, 2024 By Em D In Garden, Outside Projects, Where Bloggers Live

Welcome to Veranda Beach. Do you have big plans for the summer? I’m hoping ours will involve warm temps and sunshine, both of which have been muy absent for the past week. I actually dragged …

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We have joy, we have fun, we have…

On April 5, 2024 By Em D In Garden, Where Bloggers Live

…seasons in the sun. “Waiter, I’ll have one of those… now, please!” (a season in the sun, that is; not to be demanding or anything). This month, the “Where Bloggers Live” crew is discussing “Favorite …

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Open secret: I am an Aficionado of…

On June 9, 2023 By Em D In Furniture, Garden, Interior Projects, Outside Projects, Paint, Where Bloggers Live

This month’s “Where Bloggers Live” post–on Collectibles– seems like it was tailor made for me. As a “collector,” I have to say that I might be one of the foremost experts in my genre. Allow …

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beautiful backyard garden, red garden

Weekend? What’s a Weekend?

On April 14, 2023 By Em D In Garden, Interior Projects, Outside Projects, Paint, Where Bloggers Live

Howdy! I’m squeezing in a hasty post today. You know why. It’s a “Where Blogger’s Live” post: “A Day in the Life. Weekend Edition.” Let’s be honest, For me, EVERY day is a weekend. I …

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The living room, the poem, the bag and the bench

On September 10, 2021 By Em D In Garden, Interior Projects, Life and Family, Where Bloggers Live

Welcome to the time travel post. Today, we’re hopping into the Way Back Machine…to revisit our first home, We’re headed back to a time when the amazingly crafty Carol Duvall was the queen of HGTV… …

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reupholstering a wing chair

The Case of the Shiny Penny

On September 9, 2020 By Em D In Curb Appeal Crafts, Furniture, Garden, Homepage Stories, Interior Projects, Outside Projects, Where Bloggers Live

Bless my friend, Bettye @Fashion Schlub, and the other participant friends of Where Bloggers Live for keeping my space open so I could come back today to enthrall you with “How I Do….” How you …

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candy jars, candy display, Mackenzie-Childs, pink check, white kitchen, grey marble grey quarts, courtly check

Eye Candy for Everyone! A Mackenzie-Childs Photo Tour

On July 11, 2018 By Em D In Furniture, Garden, Interior Projects, Other, Paint

Oh, man, am I in trouble! You should never take an easily distracted person on a tour of the Mackenzie-Childs Store and Farmhouse the week before their annual Barn Sale. I’ve never been to the …

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salvia, annuals, annabelle hydrangeas, raspberry garden, begonias, sun and shad plants, pool gardens

Do You Ever Say This?

On July 3, 2018 By Em D In Garden, Outside Projects

“I wish it was three years from now.” There are only two contexts I can think of when I’ve ever dared utter those “wish-your-life away” words: When I was fifteen. Whenever we make a change to the …

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What I Didn’t Tell You About Last Summer….

On June 14, 2018 By Em D In Garden, Outside Projects

Does this picture ring a bell? You might think you recognize it from last year just after I broke my knee. If so, this is actually the photo your enviable elephant memory is conjuring: …which means …

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