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A trip to New England and the clean up from Hurricane Nicole have kept me busy this month. That means I got very little done. Read more about hurricane Nicole here and check out my handmade Christmas ideas.

A visit to Acadia National Park and a trip through New England states. Also a selection of handmade Christmas gift ideas like poinsettia collectible thimbles, Christmas keyrings and handmade polymer clay beads. Shop for the holidays from handmade this year.

Volume 17 Issue 3, March 2020 What's New in March? If the wild wind outside my window is any indication, March is shaping up to be a blustery one. We had steady winds (cold ones, at that) the other day that made me think I was back in Montana huddled in a little cabin with a mean Northeast wind blowing out of the mountains. Instead, we were getting pummeled by a Nor 'easterner. From 85 to 50 in a day. We got a wild spring on its way. In the meantime, I have been in create mode, and in the...

Volume 15 Issue 9, September 2018 What's New in September? Even though we are headed into fall, it is humid and heavy outside, which makes it ripe for thunderstorms. Over Labor Day weekend, we will be headed to another H.A.L.O. no-kill shelter art show in the Indian River Mall in Vero Beach, Florida. However, the big news around here this month, is the addition of a new face. I present to you, Harry.   Harry is also a bearded collie like Blu was, only he is a fawn. It just got too quiet around here, and now you can hear...

Volume 14 Issue 5, May 2017 What's New in May? Feels like summer just snuck up on us and smacked us upside the head. The heat and humidity is already starting to creep up on us. There are new ospreys in the nest, and they are very noisy. I don’t have any photos of them, but I saw their fuzziness poking over the edge of the nest the other day, and I hear them screaming for fish. I am only a block off of the river, so it is not unusual to see a fish flying overhead in the talons...