Friendship, love & blessings

Last night around midnight (!), I texted my neighbor: I was CRAVING her chocolate cookies. Half kidding (only half!), I asked her to make me some.

Today, when we returned home around 2pm, there was a full container, sitting on my kitchen counter!!! (She has keys!)

When we left the city eight years ago, we could not even imagine the friendship, love and blessings that awaited us here.

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Sweet girl

Our sweet girl will be 14 in October. She has started “fluffing up the floor” before she settles in. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Does anyone else’s dog do this? Is this a geriatric dog thing?

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Hmmm?

I had assumed that this was the work of birds, building nests at a strange time of year. 🤷🏻‍♀️ So, I removed the pillows from the swing. THEN, the culprit revealed itself! 🐿 Thank you to my husband, who filmed the video instead of chasing away the squirrel as it ripped a giant hole in our chaise cushion. 🙄

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Tea Party

My summer was truly not complete until two giggling, 4yo little girls came over for a tea party yesterday, along with their wonderful grandmothers. 🌸❤️.The world is so much better when you’re surrounded by laughing kids. And sweets. #purejoy

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Lemon Llama Kids Boutique

Lemon Llama Kids Boutique in Avon, CT offers an on-trend mix of American and European Lines and specializes in customer service, combining fashion and fun! ❤️ They also happen to stock the “Books To Bed” collection of book-and-pajama gift sets (including mine! 🥰) Visit their store OR shop online! @lemonllamakids

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Beautiful flower arrangements

The first part of summer was spent obsessing over the upcoming garden walk 😳. Then, a surprise appendectomy (not sure if there’s any other kind?). Finally, I can slow down and enjoy playing with flowers from the gardens. 🌻🌹🌸🌺 Did you know you can put hosta leaves in cut arrangements?! (info shared from my MIL! 😮) But, phlox? Not so much. 😕

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Capture the beauty

I can never QUITE capture with photos the beauty I see (my husband and oldest son are the photography experts), but the moon was so beautiful last night, just peeking over the treetops, surrounded by luminous clouds. It reminded me to take a deep breath of warm summer air, heady with the smell of flowers and damp earth, and appreciate the moment.

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Hmmm....shall I add on a children's library??

I don’t have a single space in my home for this pendant light, but isn’t it MAGICAL?! I’m so enamored with it(!) that I might have to save my pennies and hire an electrician and construct an addition… 🤗 It just seems SO RIGHT for a children’s author’s library… which I don’t happen to have at the moment, but…! 🤔

(PS: For my husband who sees my feed: Don’t worry, hon, I haven’t bought it! [yet!])

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Gardening Tip

I have an awesome gardening tip for keeping allium blooming well into mid-July. 💜☀️ First: the Ambassador is the strongest, longest blooming variety I’ve found. Second: swipe ⬅️ left. (And shh!)

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What plans?

I’m supposed to be at my family’s lakeside cabin, celebrating a fun-filled Fourth holiday BIG with family and friends 🎇🎉… instead, I’m recovering from an emergency appendectomy. Bummer. 🤕❤️‍

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