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November, 2007 – present

Helen’s Party

You don’t turn 50 every day. Ted helped Helen celebrate her fiftieth on July 11, 2015.   PARTY LIGHTS AND SMILES     Helen and Ted moved into the neighborhood less than a year ago and already have made it into a perfect place to entertain friends.   KOI POND PONDERING    Bob and Ted are likely […]

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Moving Day

A vibrant new family moved into our neighborhood in July and Camille was on hand to capture one of the big moving days – July 22, 2015 MUST HAVES     This will be a home with music and pets. The piano was a major challenge but their two Boston Bulls just walked into their new

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JUNE 2015, ISSUE #169

Visiting family, celebrating Camille’s birthday, partying with our old neighbors, catching the rose virus, harvesting garden abundance and playing around at work all in one great month!   GOODBYES AND HELLOS IN JERSEY    Joe, Camille and Jim said goodbye to Nana and Grandpa and spend the evening at Shawn and Frank’s and more at: One

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One Day in Jersey

The last day of our annual May family visit happened to be in June. – June 1, 2015   BITTERSWEET REUNION Cousin Mark took Camille and her brothers to pay their respects to their grandparents, Frank and Helen. Although Joe and Jim have been to this grave, this was the first time for Camille and she found

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Rosemania

Camille woke one day in June with Rose Fever, passing it to Haruka and Bob and inspiring us to take a stab at growing hybrid tea roses organically. – June, 2015   RALEIGH RECONNAISSANCE    Haruka and Camille drove up to to the big city early one pretty morning to get ideas and inspiration from the Raleigh

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Our Fertile Gardens

Our world is full of edible, beautiful, fragrant flora at work and at home. – June, 2015   AT WORK   Piedmont Tropicals is bursting with healthy ginger and turmeric.      Ginger on the left, red turmeric in the middle and yellow turmeric on the right.   POTATOES    In June, Bob harvested nearly fifty pounds of

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MAY 2015, ISSUE #168

Flowers, food, frogs, family, friends and fun – sounds like a fabulous month to us!   MAY FLOWERS    From peonies to chives, May is the best month for eye-candy. See more at: May Flowers   OUR LITTLE FROG    Hangs out by our water feature, eating mosquito larvae and making a splash when we walk by. Obviously

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May Flowers

Proof that April showers bring May flowers – May, 2015   PEONIES   We don’t regret investing in five peony plants a few years ago. They are among the first flowers to spark our yard with fragrance.   MRS. FDR    Mrs. FDR was the first to bloom this year on May 2nd, a week or two later

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APRIL 2015, ISSUE #167

April was alternately wet and dreary, bright and cheery. We savored our last few days with Amy and welcomed Kat, Miki and Justin to Trouts Farm. Edible Earthscapes held their end-of-season CSA work party and potluck and Tami and Lyle threw another memorable party at Shakori. Blooms are blooming, mushrooms are popping and all signs point to

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