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A Fairy Garden Boo!
Do you remember me telling you about the tradition of ghosting or booing someone? You gather a few treats, secretly place them on your neighbor’s doorstep, ring the bell and run like mad. We’ve been...
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October 31st: A Journal
Today’s post is a tiny departure from the norm. Since you’ve followed my Halloween preparations throughout October, I wanted to share details from our action-packed day. Here we go. 6:40 I woke up...
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Ms. California Drought: Costume on the Fly
I’ve been on again, off again with a Halloween costume this year. My foot surgery was tentatively scheduled for October 9th. That would have put the kibosh on the whole month. I eventually landed on a...
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Decorating for Halloween
This is my favorite time of year to decorate. It’s fun cobbling things together, letting my creative juices flow. My 15-year-old son also loves to decorate using over-sized lawn inflatables. Between...
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And Just Like That It’s November
Halloween came to a screeching halt at midnight, October 31st. Thanks to the end of Daylight Savings Time, the clocks rolled back an hour the next day. We spent part of Sunday putting things away and...
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When Spider Webs Catch The Light and Friends Make a Fuss
A wonderful package arrived shortly before my birthday, all the way from New Zealand. Pauline of the Contented Crafter says it’s been in the making for a while. She decorated the box with her own...
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The Clock is Running Down: Four More Days of Halloween Fun
Who knows where this month went. It was here just a moment ago, a freshly turned page on my wall calendar. I think the unseasonably warm weather led me to believe it was still August…or September. Is...
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The End of the Lawn: Our Garden One Year Later
I’m excited to share photos of our garden one year later. We replaced our lawn last November with drought tolerant and California native plants. Not only do these plants survive and thrive on limited...
View ArticleHalloween 2017: It’s a Wrap
In a flurry of activity, Halloween came and went. October 31st landed on a Tuesday this year, but trick-or-treating children continued to ring the bell until 8:30 that night. There were fewer than last...
View ArticleHalloween Revisited and a Few Lasting Impressions
With my youngest son away at university our household Halloween mojo has been split in two, severed if you will, covered in cobwebs and devoid of life. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but I knew...
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