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Happiness is a Butterfly

Happiness is a Butterfly

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down

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A Dahlia Story

A Dahlia Story

When I planted these dahlia tubers last spring, I had no idea what to expect. I’ve never grown dahlias before,

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Zinna Love

Zinna Love

Zinnia Love. My zinnias are going gangbusters right now. Sidenote::Do you say ‘ZIN-ee-uh’ or ‘ZEEN-yah’? I say the former but I

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Dahlia Season

Dahlia Season

It’s dahlia season my friends! Which, to be honest, is something I’d never thought I’d be saying. But after discovering

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A Summer Flower Arrangement

A Summer Flower Arrangement

I got a wild hair this past Sunday.  Instead of tackling my laundry piles or my sink full of dishes,

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Happiness is…My New Cutting Garden

Happiness is…My New Cutting Garden

It’s hard to believe that in two shorts months my cutting garden has gone from this… …to this! Every morning

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