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Common Wood Sorrel, Oxalis stricta

Weekly Wildflowers – Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Seashore, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Bath Tangle – Georgette Heyer

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I’m only going to attempt a vague outline of this story, because if I tried to sketch the high level of the plots that actually culminate at the end, I’d both take too long, and end up being confusing. Lord Spenborough was on his second wife, as his first marriage resulted only in a daughter

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Wolfes Neck State Park

Wolfes Neck Woods State Park – Freeport, ME

Maine / Megan

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Large Leaf Lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus

Weekly Wildflowers – Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH

Disturbed Habitat, Meadow, Wayside Flowers / Megan

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Yellow Sweet Clover, Melilotus officinalis

Weekly Wildflowers – Along 302 in New Hampshire

Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers / Megan

The legume family definitely came into its own this past week – there were lush carpets of them everywhere on our ride home – roadsides in New England are pretty much their ideal habitat.

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Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis

Weekly Wildflowers – Jardin Botanique Montreal, QC

Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers / Megan

Actual picture date: 6/16/17.

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Fort Williams Park

Fort Williams Park – Cape Elizabeth, ME

Maine / Megan

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Peach Lavender jam

Further Adventures in Domesticity

At Home, Cooking / Megan

I actually had the whole week off after the Montreal trip off.   (We were supposed to both have it off, until the Great Appendix Caper in February forced the BF to have to give some time back.)     I have been slow in posting because our internet has been on the fritz for

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The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Marta McDowell

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I distinctly remember my mother reading the Little House books to my sister and me before bed, over a longish period of time, as we got them from the library. It was before fourth grade, because it was in our original Portland house. There are only a few books I remember from that bedtime reading

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orchids

Jardin Botanique Montreal – Indoor Gardens

2 Comments / New England, Travel / Megan

The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going.   There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room.     And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because

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