This past weekend, I found myself running some errands and making plans in and around Rhode Island in preparation for Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas season. One of those errands was stopping by one of the prettiest and most expansive garden centers/farm stands in South Kingstown – The Farmer’s Daughter – who just converted their […]
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Happy First (Official) Day of Fall, everyone! While I’m back to work bright and early this morning – what a beautiful and busy weekend I had – filled with plenty of sunshine, great food, shopping and pumpkin picking! On Friday afternoon once I’d finished work for the day, Dan and I headed to Galaxy in […]
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I’ve been really fortunate and blessed to find and nurture the friendships I’ve had in my life so far – many of which have been going strong since I was a teenager and/or in my early twenties. While life happens and circumstances can and do often change – people start new jobs, they get married, […]
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I had mentioned in my last post that we just kicked off Maple Season here in the Pioneer Valley – one of my favorite traditions as a lifelong New Englander, but even more so now that I’ve been living right on the border of states like Vermont and New Hampshire for the past few years. […]
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I’ve been living in the Pioneer Valley for just over five years now, and while I’d been pretty familiar with parts of Western Massachusetts for much longer than that, having visited friends for many long weekends, holidays, celebrations, etc., before I moved to the area, there were still plenty of places I didn’t know about […]
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Despite the fact that temperatures continue to reach the high 70s/low 80s each afternoon and I am still very much wearing shorts and sandals throughout the day since returning home to New England, that hasn’t stopped me from beginning to unpack my Autumnal and Halloween décor, including some new additions I’d picked up as recently […]
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I had received a notification in May that an absolutely beautiful and picturesque farm in Connecticut (that I’d seen all over social media last Spring!) was opening it’s doors for the season once again. Since I’d missed the window to visit in 2023, I set a reminder to stop by at some point this year […]
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With just a few days left until Halloween and my only recently returning to the East Coast after an extended stay in Southern California, I had limited time to catch up on grabbing some pumpkins and new Halloween décor to get my apartment window displays ready to go before I head down to Maryland this […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 