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The Chair
Reblogged from Maywood Living Blog: When parents down-size and elderly relatives pass away, stuff gets scattered and settles into the homes of different family members. Pretty much every room in my house contains something that originally came from someone else’s house, from … Continue reading
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Tagged Country Living, Family, Hereford Zone, History, Home, Kathy Harp, kids, marriage, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, The Zone Magazine
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Plodding and stomping towards spring
The clocks are set forward and my sleep schedule is skewed. The delight of coming home to hours of sunlight will not have me springing forward into my day. I will be staying up too late for the next week … Continue reading
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Tagged Country Living, Family, garden, gardening, Hereford Zone, Home, Kathy Harp, Maywood Living, mole, Mondays at Maywood, spring, spring forward, The Zone Magazine
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March Mudness
Unless you’re into basketball, is there anything to like about March? St. Patrick’s Day, perhaps. You have to wonder, though, if St. Patrick’s day was really originally in March or if the Irish just wanted to bless us all with … Continue reading
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Tagged Country Living, Hereford Zone, Home, Kathy Harp, March, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, snow, The Zone Magazine
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Up to our ears in wax
Reblogged from Maywood Living Blog: Beeswax. We’re up to our ears in beeswax. (I’m so tempted to recount an earwax story my sister told me about a certain niece’s boyfriend, but I’ll behave myself. Family members have here enough data to … Continue reading
Hey, Murphy – pass the hydraulic fluid
Q: What does one do the Sunday between football play-offs and the Super Bowl? A: The things that didn’t get done while lolling on the sofa quaffing beers every Sunday since August. One could watch TV–there’s a Barry Manilow themed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold, Country Living, Family, football, gardening, Hereford Zone, Home, Kathy Harp, marriage, Maryland, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, Murphy's Law, Ravens, Superbowl, The Zone Magazine, winter
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BSI: Bee Scene Investigator
(Note and disclaimer: The following post might actually contain factual information relevant to beekeepers.) All the bees are dead and I want to know why. I want to autopsy the bees. Technically, since they are not human beings, I want … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, Bees, Country Living, CSI, gardening, healthy lifestyle, Hereford Zone, hives, Home, Kathy Harp, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, The Zone Magazine
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Hundreds dead in Hereford
The bees are dead. All of them. John is distressed. In the fall, he loaded each hive with fondant (bee candy made from sugar-water) for them to eat. He insulated their hives. They should have been warm and cozy with … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, Bees, Country Living, gardening, healthy lifestyle, Hereford Zone, hives, Home, Kathy Harp, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, The Zone Magazine
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I’m no longer Santa
I’m not Santa. I have played his representative at this household for …um…thirty years, but I suddenly find that my term is over. All my girls have their own little ones and, hence, have assumed the role of Santa for … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Country Living, Family, Hereford Zone, Holiday, Home, Kathy Harp, kids, marriage, Maywood Living, Mondays at Maywood, parenting, Santa, The Zone Magazine
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Peace on Earth
Discord. Joyful images to “like” on Facebook: six-year-old grandson grinning the gap in his smile from his newly yanked front tooth; one year old twins in candy-cane striped pjs caught in the act of “emptying” the dishwasher and trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christmas, faith, Good will, Holiday, Sandy Hook, shooting, spiritual
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