garden head

Have you ever found yourself trudging up your front steps, arms bulging with groceries, and suddenly pondering …

Just how do those picturesque rural women in faraway countries glide over the open ground with loads every bit as bulky on their heads?

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Farm Fashion Week … the oldies

This just proves …

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CSAs

Here are three little letters with big meaning:

CSA

Before I tell you what they mean, let me ask you this …

… how much do you love having fresh, organic produce for yourself and your family?

I’m imagining you’re shouting, “We love that a lot, MaryJane!”

So here’s another question …

… how much would you love having fresh, organic produce every week?

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Farm Fashion Footsie Tootsie Boot #5

I am in cahoots with these boots of Patti’s.

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Farm Fashion Week … continues

Hey! Another kitty kat in the design studio.

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my pet name is …

Driving into town the other day, I happened upon this sign at our local Animal Clinic and Hospital. I went in to see what I had won … (being MaryJane Butters and all.)

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ABOUT today’s photo-of-the-day

I found the brass canister at the bottom of this lamp as shiny as the day it was born on a shelf with my mother-in-law’s daintiest of memorabilia and travel souvenirs, things like glass figurines and hankies. “Huh?” I asked my husband. He explained that when he was …

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interspecies love

Dang it, I missed the close-up photo of my mini-horse, Nutmeg, sleeping with her head on the tummy of my mini-Jersey bull, Milky Way. As I approached them with my camera to get on the downhill side, they rustled, stood up, and then came over to see …

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