country life
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Bee watching
People who don’t keep bees think this is weird, but one of the relaxing things we do around here at Maywood is to go down by the bees and just watch them. It’s a nice spot for sitting, down the hill from the house, tucked back in the woods. It’s very secluded ( in spite of Continue reading
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Comfort
“Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” So said Robert Frost. A grandparent’s home, that’s where you go when you don’t want to go home. A grandparent’s home is where they roll out the red carpet. If you’re really lucky, your grandparents live next door to your Continue reading
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Caterpillars on the fennel
What’s scarier than Buggy or the One Red-Eyed Wolf? Green caterpillars with black and white stripes and orange horns! Ok, maybe they aren’t so scary. (Well, they are a little scary if you click on the picture and see the eNORmous image of them.) They are rather amazing. We found 10 of them on Continue reading
Slightly Off the Grid 