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Connections – and what does that have to do with cause and effect?

Every day is made up of our stories…some days are more mundane, some are wildly exciting- but all are parts of the weave of the day/week/month/year/life. What makes up the stories? Well there are the...

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Potential, the number 4 – and the connection to Earth Day is?

Wellie and the full of potential number 4. Wellie is all about health, mental and physical health….it therefor seems right that he is the “featured” Botanical Beautie this week, with the letter 4, and...

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To all Mothers!

To mothers of human babies, and to all the mothers of all the creatures of planet Earth ♥ Happy Mothers Day! ♥     Tweet ;(function(d, s) { var x = d.createElement(s), s = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];...

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Are they all Beauties? Is their a Beast?

Beauty and the Beast? I have been thinking about water, waves, the sounds of the waves, the oceans roar, and then back to the stillness that water can have. The ebb and flow of it all. It’s almost...

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Growing, people and our business

A few weekends ago we (that would be I and the gang of Botanical Beauties) were off again to a pretty special little town called Sharon Springs NY. First, a heartfelt thanks and a nod to Cobbler &...

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It’s always a good thing to join in and help others.

This post will begin a new mini series for us. Heirloom Charlie on his upcyled, recyled tractor getting ready to do some organic farming! Last year we tried to help out with the use of Heirloom...

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Friendships, DNA, Love, Life and Science- WHAT!?!?

Where would we be without our friends?  I don’t know about you, but I would definitely be a little lost. I have long time, well established/embedded into my life and heart friends, and newer friends...

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Falling leaves, Slippery leaves.

Image from the BBB3 archives   Here in my little corner of New England the leaves are close to peak, and indeed it is beautiful to see. Fall is in full swing with all its transformations. I have been...

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Yin and Yang, Good and Bad, Happy and Sad.

” I admire how open your heart is to the happy and sad moments that life brings us,”   – K.S I am taken back by the clarity of those words. We all have those moments, those days, even months. But if we...

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Time, a precious commodity.

Time and Ollie, The Minister of truth holding time.  ~ The greatest gift we can give is time. ~ It happens to be Daylight Savings time this weekend. However, that is not really why I am writing about...

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True Friendship

  “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anais Nin. In regards to creativity, and in her case...

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Positivity – It’s beginning to look like December.

North of here there is 18″ of snow and winter for sure…South of here it is no doubt warm and sunny…Either way, there is no uncertainty that this is “The Holiday Season.” There is a very loud hum,...

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6:03 ET…12_21_2014

Winter solstice. Dark skies. Cold temps. No wonder bears and other animals decide to hibernate! Some days that indeed feels like the perfect plan. Today is the shortest day of the year here in the...

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Snowflakes. Unique as we are.

For the final truth about snowflakes is that they become more individual as they fall—that, buffeted by wind and time, they are translated, as if by magic, into ever more strange and complex patterns,...

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World Water Day 2015

Today is a holiday to celebrate water! Yesterday, I got to see the Atlantic Ocean and water everywhere-it was wonderful. Water has a way of southing and nourishing my soul, my spirits and my heart all...

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What’s behind those Foster Grants?

A lot has happened in the past month or so. A constant thought has been an awareness that I/we often don’t really know what’s going on with whomever is front of me/us. What’s the back story? Is their a...

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Changes: “Life is a series of surprises.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

First I was going to write about a topic that has been fascinating me since I heard a TED Talk  called “How to spot a liar” by Pamela Meyer. It’s about trust, deception, and our society’s propensity...

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Summer travels, journeys, discoveries and destinations……

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust It’s official – it’s summertime. The temps are swinging, and so are the flip flops. Many...

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Karma. A force to be reckoned with?

Karma : The force created by a person’s actions that some people believe causes good or bad things to happen to that person. – http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/karma The topic keeps popping...

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Those pesky doors…..

“When one door closes, another door opens; but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell Here’s to keeping...

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