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Christmas Underfoot!
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Any Guesses? (Besides BRRR!)
Mouse-eye view!
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Home for the Holidays
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Weeping Blue Spruce
Snow Berries!
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'
Frosted Potentilla & Viburnum ~ Simon's Breakfast Nook
'Abraham Darby' David Austin English Rose
Cobaea scandens/Catherdral Bells/Cup-and-saucer Vine
Favorite Blogs & Sites
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- Blooming Writer
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- Does Everything Grow Better in My Neighbor's Yard?
- Eyebrows McGee Plays in Peoria
- GardenJoy4Me
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- thequacksoflife
Ancient 'Dolgo' Crab Apple
Fabulous Fungi
Last of the Pumpkins
Framed!
Gnarly!
Pristine Birch
Rugosa Rose Hips
Pink Sky at Night, Gardener's Delight!
Home Sweet Home
Another Frame-up!
Hosta 'Aureo Marginata'
Hybrid Floribunda Rose
'Red Heart' Hibiscus
Sunflower Days
Butterfly Bush & Sunflower
'Rosy Glow' Barberry in Rain
Simon Q. Squirrel
November Berry
It's All About the Gills
Electric November Sky
November Fog
More Mushrooms
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic' Berries
Cyclamen
Odd Fungus!
Kipper ~ Depressed by Another Rainy Day
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' ~ Winterberry
Intensely Blue November Pond
Glorious!
World's Tallest Natural Bird House
Sparkle in the Morning!
About Me
- Garden Author
- New England
- A published author, I pursue a dual career in horticulture and creative writing here, in my cozy nest, high above the waters of Lily Pond in New England... Deb Lambert
An Apple for the Teacher!
iMac = iJubilant
Lynn Woods Reservation
Protecting and Promoting this 2,200 acre forest reserve... second largest municipal park in the Greater Boston area.
Supporter of EATI Alumni
Essex Agricultural & Technical Institute
FFA ~ Agricultural Education
Former member of FFA... MA/Essex Chapter
MA AgTag Plates
What is this PC, of which you speak?
iMac = iElated
"Well, I'm off for warmer climes!"
"Good ~ more seed for me!"
Gather Ye Flowers...
Indispensable Cutlery
An Apple a Day...
Keeps the PC Away!
"By the dawn's early light" .....
©DJL 2008
"Off you go, then...
...in your own time."
ASSISTANT GARDENER
LUCY-MAUDE ~ Mini-Mastiff, who "brooks no tolerance" in dispatching intruders, such as squirrels and woodchucks... "one tough cookie!" ©DJL 2008
KIPPER
ONE OF THE TRIPLETS - voted friendliest and "most outgoing." ©DJL 2008
ARNOLD ("Fatty McButterpants")
ANOTHER TRIPLET - who believes that "bigger is better." ©DJL 2008
JAKE
THE THIRD TRIPLET - Very shy and a "man of few words." ©DJL 2008
STANLEY
"Uncle" to the triplets, who follow him everywhere! ©DJL 2008
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