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Top 10 Blessings
- Snow on the tip of a puppy’s nose
- Husbands who cook
- The setting sun over a coastal wetland
- A pile of purring cats
- A bamboo wind chime in the garden
- A fluffy down comforter on a cold winter night
- The silence of winter mornings in the woods
- Bookstores with deep leather chairs
- Vermont maple syrup
- A happy child filled with God’s purpose and love
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Author Archives: EllenMichaud
Spring Nap
In the breath between winter and spring up here in the mountains, my Gardening Partner built three new raised beds in the upper garden, moved the Japanese silver grass to the wild border between lawn and woods, transplanted pachysandra, composted … Continue reading
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Mountain Spring
Spring in the mountains of Vermont is harsh. Wild storms fling out of Canada and the Maritime provinces, drowning the hills in icy rain. Temperatures plummet below freezing at dusk only to rise into the sixties or seventies the next … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed, Vermont, spring
Tagged bear, Green Mountains, mountains, spring snow, Vermont, Vermont Mountains, Vermont spring
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The peas are in!
Finally! The seeds arrived a couple of weeks ago from Fedco, the farmers’ cooperative in Maine. A late April snowstorm delayed their planting, but today they were tucked into the rich earth.
Posted in Blessed, Cottage Garden, Uncategorized, spring
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Spring Storm
When you’re married to an artist, you never know who’s going to drop by and sit on the porch after a spring snow storm.
Posted in Blessed, Maple Sugar Season, Vermont, Winter
Tagged artist, cabin fever, snow, snow sculpture, snowman
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“We ARE our brothers keepers!”
Surrounded by an energized crowd of 5,000 Vermonters, President Barack Obama yesterday visited the University of Vermont to detail his accomplishments over the past four years, reaffirm his commitment to economic, environmental, and healthcare goals and—in the face of Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Obama, Obama 2012, Patrick Leahy
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Digging in the Past
Stepping out onto the deck with my morning coffee, I take a deep breath of the rich, earthy scents that yesterday’s rain has left behind and watch as the sun emerges from behind the pines that shelter my cottage. It’s … Continue reading
