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Gorgeous filler for cut flowers. <p></p>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-82373177326667252312024-03-03T18:02:00.003-05:002024-03-03T18:02:35.464-05:00Flower Farming - Under the Lights<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4QR4EgLI6p6Vxo1Ry38bt6HCnWf2NTqB4vpf7-CJORXcDMLDkQo3RpQHqlWoA3A1uMQKb6G9FydYRQ5BomaPb_15xewPnUWk0m-GrBhflZfElFhi8g3ZO6gc0NzzuicJlhmutNf5I6iqUEIXg4B9NhjwsMgKoTrAxhfZlDWqKUrnMkGy0E2Z5CVzDz0/s1080/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Interior%20(6).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4QR4EgLI6p6Vxo1Ry38bt6HCnWf2NTqB4vpf7-CJORXcDMLDkQo3RpQHqlWoA3A1uMQKb6G9FydYRQ5BomaPb_15xewPnUWk0m-GrBhflZfElFhi8g3ZO6gc0NzzuicJlhmutNf5I6iqUEIXg4B9NhjwsMgKoTrAxhfZlDWqKUrnMkGy0E2Z5CVzDz0/w640-h640/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Interior%20(6).png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-50637055228105445212024-02-27T05:04:00.002-05:002024-02-27T05:04:13.911-05:00Stock is Under the Grow Lights at Cedar Hill!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yes, I know it was only 14 degrees out this morning, but it's a toasty 90 in my basement grow room! We'll have a vast variety of plants both for purchase and for cutting!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Follow me on my social media platforms to stay in the loop!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">See you in the spring!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">~ Lauren</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cedar Hill Farm and Gardens</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">14 Chase Rd., So. Hampton, NH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Lauren@cedarhillfarmandgardens.com</span></p>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-81771510870753551822010-08-24T08:38:00.001-04:002010-08-24T09:02:25.182-04:00These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THO-h5rfAKI/AAAAAAAAAOI/vTayAeT8JPU/s1600/Dad%27s+tomato+3+with+Dad.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508956258832416930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THO-h5rfAKI/AAAAAAAAAOI/vTayAeT8JPU/s320/Dad%27s+tomato+3+with+Dad.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><div>Fall is the time for harvest. It is a time to rejoice after a spring and summer of laborious hard work with a beautiful bounty. Tiresome hours of manipulating the soil for a great crop, trying to outwit mother nature's rasp of disease and insects. Our harvest is our trophy. </div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Both my mother and father taught me how to garden. Not through books and boring lectures but by their actions and passion. My father actually had an article written up in a Portsmouth, NH paper. "The King of Compost", which he was. He may not have the most ideal setting for his garden, but he can produce organic crops for sure. Buckets of coffee grinds picked up from local coffee shops, as well as egg shells - nothing goes wasted. He is a fine example of "going green" before it was hip.</div><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>With fall comes the sense of urgency, like squirrels gathering nuts when the crisp air starts to settle in at night. </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THO_o4qcz6I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/UrQi0-7mbbw/s1600/DSC00200.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508957478330355618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THO_o4qcz6I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/UrQi0-7mbbw/s320/DSC00200.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p>Autumn is bittersweet for what lays ahead in New England, I think that's why we are blessed with such a spectacular season both weather wise, and its gorgeous pallet of scenic vistas.</p><p>If you ask most who left New England, fall is what they miss the most, I know I would.</p><div><br /></div><p></p><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THPAcNVwEuI/AAAAAAAAAOY/vhWccGMgyCA/s1600/hostas+and+dogs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508958360054010594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THPAcNVwEuI/AAAAAAAAAOY/vhWccGMgyCA/s320/hostas+and+dogs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>One of my favorite fall flowers is the <a href="http://perennial-plants.suite101.com/article.cfm/sweet_autumn_clematis_vine">Sweet Autumn Clematis </a>(scaling the edge of my house in the photo on the right). The smell is like no other. It blooms for a long period of time and gives the illusion of a snow covered vine. I would suggest everyone have at least one in their landscape. These are beautiful tumbling over a split rail fence. <br /></div><div>Don't be worried if there are no signs of SAC in the spring. She puts on such a show so late in the year, she tends to be lazy waking up. Also - do not cut back this twiggy vine in the spring. It will come alive...I promise you. </div><div><br /><br /></div><p>Thank you for letting me ramble... once again.</p>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-74916615540511596092010-08-23T09:08:00.000-04:002010-08-23T10:07:06.352-04:00To Garden Or Not To Garden, That Is The Question<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THJ_2yrsYQI/AAAAAAAAAN4/nCaAnkg38SY/s1600/front+garden+in+June.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508605873522237698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/THJ_2yrsYQI/AAAAAAAAAN4/nCaAnkg38SY/s320/front+garden+in+June.JPG" border="0" /></a>Twelve years ago while out going to yard sales I came across a beautiful reproduction <a href="http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/">Royal Barry Wills </a>Cape Cod style home surrounded by lush perennial gardens. I instantly knew I was going to like these people and we were quick to start up what turned into being a full day of bonding. We shared gardening tips and tribulations. She was kind enough to dig up a few runaway favorites for me to take home. She was also quick to give me some advice on her crucial mistake. Although her yard was gorgeous, she wishes she had not done quite so much. As time had gone on, splitting daylilies, hostas, and other perennials turned into another garden, and another, and another. She went on to say, "Whatever you do, do not garden yourself out of your home like I have. Doing so takes a hobby, a love, and a passion and turns it into an overwhelming chore, wiping out all the fun."<br /><div><br /><div></div><div>Well, wouldn't you know, I have done just that. Now, I haven't gotten so bad as the need to move yet, that's for sure, but it is with great sadness that this fall I will advertise to friends, family, neighbors and perhaps even a Craig's list posting to please bring shovels and help me put my gardens to rest. With these tough economic times I have been forced to go back to work, not only full time, but full time along with many other small part time jobs as well. I can not bare to look out my windows or drive up my driveway and see the deterioration of my gardens any longer. </div><div></div><br /><div>In my opinion, a reproduction home can be just as beautiful and true to form with a simple lilac (my favorite, <a href="http://www.aboutlilacs.com/miss_kim_lilac.shtml">Miss Kim variety </a>that stays low and compact) at the corner of the house, and a clump of daylilies by the granite steps (make sure they are one of the many <a href="http://www.day-lily.com/category/Reblooming-Daylilies">new reblooming varieties</a>).</div><div></div><br /><div>I will try to take photos throughout this massive undertaking. I think in the long run my gardening skills would be better served growing vegetables and fruit trees for our family. </div><br /><div></div><div>Wish me luck!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-27264399172625206562009-07-29T13:45:00.000-04:002009-10-23T18:31:13.571-04:00I'm a Little Bit Country...<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/SnCSSVDmm6I/AAAAAAAAAGw/byCRwnURN8g/s1600-h/elvis+jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363947999785819042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/SnCSSVDmm6I/AAAAAAAAAGw/byCRwnURN8g/s400/elvis+jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="color:#330099;">Elvis perching on twigs...</span></em></div><em><span style="color:#330099;"></span></em><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Such a broad word. To some it means your geographical location, the music you like, or your taste in decorating. Some may think its a combination of all of the above. In my opinion, its not. Country is in your soul. For years I've received gifts from friends and family that do not in any way capture "my" country. White wooden geese with blue checked bows on their neck screaming "welcome" were supposed to adorn my door? I think not. My country is a real goose honking when somebody drives down the dirt driveway. </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Last year my husband got one more chore off his "honey do" list. Finally I had my clothesline. Some commented on where it was located because folks may see it when coming up the driveway. Was that a problem for them? It certainly wasn't for me. We build reproduction homes, farm houses are my favorite. Is it so insane to think it actually adds to the beauty of a farm to see sheets on a clothesline blowing in the breeze? In my country mind it is one of the most important landscaping assets I could add to our home (not to mention an incredible money savings). </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Country is knowing your hands aren't going to look so great through the planting season. I laugh when I see some gardening shows with women in sundresses and floppy hats. They carry baskets for their fresh veggies and cut flowers. When I garden I am covered from head to toe in compost with an occasional added accessory of a twig snagged in my hair. A funny little side note ~ I had my son's friend's father stop by to pick up his boy one day. He had his khaki pants, pink polo and boat shoes on. Told me how much he loved to garden. Obsessed I believe is the word he used. I've seen the landscaping trucks at his beautifully groomed Mc-mansion and it is lovely. He bent over and picked up the top dressing in my perennial garden. He asked me what mulch I had used, he had never seen it before. Cocoa shells he asked? I said no, sheep manure. No words to describe how quickly he dropped the handful of black gold he was grasping.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">So country is....it's not a what, and I love it!</div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-39511778601004656422009-06-03T16:49:00.000-04:002009-10-23T18:33:13.270-04:00Cedar Hill Farm and Gardens - The Planting Has Begun<div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sibi9qFseKI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Em1fmmeJNzw/s1600-h/ice+storm+birch+tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343207556819744930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sibi9qFseKI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Em1fmmeJNzw/s320/ice+storm+birch+tree.JPG" border="0" /></a>You know, we New Englanders must be crazy to live here. It was a tough winter here both weather wise and economically. Ice damage snapped trees, power was lost for weeks - only returning a few days before the holiday. We stoked the wood stove 24/7 as we couldn't afford to keep filling the gas tank for heat. I felt somewhat like a pilgrim of sorts. Even found myself enjoying the satisfaction of creating a meal on top of the wood stove instead of turning on the oven. It was short lived however, I burned out, no pun intended.</div><br /><div>Spring arrived in all its glory. Signs of life popping up all around me, that and three weeks of May Flies that somehow slipped through Alfred Hitchcock's movie making. Cartoon characterized skulls and crossbones formed around me whenever I'd make an attempt to run outside and do a little spring cleaning. I certainly could have turned my energy to "inside" spring cleaning but after spending a long winter in my four walls, I was on a mission to breath fresh air. </div><div></div><br /><div>I am trying to make smarter selections for annual plantings this year here at home. My summer cottage has wreaked havoc on my gardens here at Cedar Hill these last two summers. It's a tough call...stay here and weed? Sit on the dock with my morning coffee? How long can I hold back friends from taking the "tour"? Maybe I can just tell them I moved - better yet, invite them North where there are no expectations on landscaping. I am making one serious mistake though, but its like the addict that needs "just one more". Every time I divide a perennial, somehow it ends up vacationing with me. One lake garden installed, please don't let there be another....I have no place left to run to.</div><div></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/SibuYaV0AAI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Mw6LUXWejdI/s1600-h/portulaca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343220111076753410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/SibuYaV0AAI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Mw6LUXWejdI/s320/portulaca.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Clay pots here at home will be low maintenance consisting of grasses, geraniums, portulaca's etc. </div><div></div><div>Flowers are flowers and nobody will miss the pots I used to create. If they do, just drive North, I've got them all up there.</div><div></div><div>Thanks for letting me ramble ~<br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-27644657558699269642009-05-13T17:16:00.000-04:002009-06-03T16:23:50.135-04:00A woman-made water feature and its resident bull frog<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs6uj27oiI/AAAAAAAAAFo/t0eyJxnhEVw/s1600-h/frog+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335422755124519458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs6uj27oiI/AAAAAAAAAFo/t0eyJxnhEVw/s320/frog+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Never happy with what everyone else had, I decided to take a Home Depot Whiskey Bucket Water Fountain kit and put a little spin on it. By simply stacking a few bricks on the bottom I gently slid two granite wheels over my fountain neck and head. The water sounds so beautiful bubbling out onto the granite. So natural that for three years now we have had the same bull frog return. He is not one bit shy and certainly makes for conversation on the patio when we're entertaining guests. Now if I could just get him to stop jumping into my potted plants and snapping my geraniums!<br /><br /><div></div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-2275213094849214462009-05-13T17:13:00.001-04:002009-06-03T16:23:32.627-04:00Bird Dog<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs4AmH9RrI/AAAAAAAAAFY/eJwdpHpCMIo/s1600-h/Bird+dog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335419766435563186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs4AmH9RrI/AAAAAAAAAFY/eJwdpHpCMIo/s400/Bird+dog.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-45884652634255313002009-05-13T16:54:00.000-04:002009-06-03T16:24:11.014-04:00Got all your ducks in a row?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs2MzGbBhI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/CPXDNg8QGTM/s1600-h/wheelbarrel+and+ducks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335417777053959698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs2MzGbBhI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/CPXDNg8QGTM/s320/wheelbarrel+and+ducks.jpg" border="0" /></a>Before you jump down my throat for getting frustrated with nature, believe me when I tell you I understand the circle of life, the chain of all things living if you will. But it still doesn't soften the blow of nature's wrath on some of my old farm yard friends - especially the feathered ones. I decided to post some photos of my Peking ducks. They lived here for 12 years and it was a ton of work keeping them safe. Constantly distorting my body into crazy gyrations scaring away the red tail hawk, kicking a raccoon (not one of my smarter moves) off of "Limpy's" back in high heels one night in the pitch dark, and chasing a red fox around the yard in my nightgown, bare foot in the snow (again - I never said I was intelligent) who had "Limpy" by the throat (name meaning something to you now?) In thinking back I wonder if I ever, in those 12 years had a good night sleep. Although they were tucked in their own duck palace - it never seemed to be enough. The sound of a fisher cat's scream is something that haunts me to this day. I've posted a few pictures of the four of them - hope you enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs2HBS9CnI/AAAAAAAAAFI/0gBCiA4Fhkk/s1600-h/ducks+in+pond.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335417677785401970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs2HBS9CnI/AAAAAAAAAFI/0gBCiA4Fhkk/s320/ducks+in+pond.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs198AV2VI/AAAAAAAAAFA/-ayRq2Xr1lM/s1600-h/ducks+along+the+stream.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335417521746336082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs198AV2VI/AAAAAAAAAFA/-ayRq2Xr1lM/s320/ducks+along+the+stream.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335417297404473618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sgs1w4REsRI/AAAAAAAAAE4/QpIPJOYiKW8/s320/bowl+of+duck.JPG" border="0" />Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621985510280525428.post-76215973327568811522009-04-10T10:40:00.001-04:002009-06-03T16:25:24.673-04:00Words of Wisdom<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sd9hv77pz_I/AAAAAAAAADY/0uxXZswD6Q8/s1600-h/backhoe+boy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323080760744857586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hwb80L-tKWc/Sd9hv77pz_I/AAAAAAAAADY/0uxXZswD6Q8/s320/backhoe+boy.jpg" border="0" /></a> When I wake in the morning my mind immediately begins to spin. What first? What follows? Biggest question is, what can I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">procrastinate</span> and put off until tomorrow? It is awesome working from home, don't get me wrong. But as I sit in my office typing, with the sun shining in my front window, instead of seeing beauty and all things spring, I see the particles of dust dancing in the rays of sunlight. I don't want to be like that but its really tough to change. Unfortunately, I think I am getting worse as I get older. Could I be turning into my mother? The mother I stop in for a quick visit with and have to lift my feet so she can wipe down the cobweb she only seems to see when and where I sit? <div><br /><div>I have an Aunt and Uncle who have three children - we cousins all call them the "over-achievers". (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Secrets</span> out now). Each one of these cousins have gone above and beyond. A doctor, a teacher, and a talented builder. How did they raise such terrific kids? They never followed the trends of the sagging down jeans, wallets that needed to be chained to their belt loops or god forbid the pierced ears. They were presidents of their class, top honors, humble and genuinely nice kids. Years passed and we took a trip up to my Aunt and Uncle's farm house in Maine. A beautiful old Cape, barn in a bit of disrepair but still beautiful. As I entered the house, I was a little taken back by the stacks of laundry, dishes in the drainer and all walls crying out for a fresh coat of paint. Did she not know we were coming? My Aunt was quick to explain the clutter but was in no way apologizing. She said to me, "my children are children for such a short time. Will they remember that their house was immaculate and everything was in its place? Or will they remember our hikes, ski weekends, and family outings?"</div><div>They really were the perfect family - I think I found what fits into my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">procrastination</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">category</span> for today - housework!</div><br /><div></div></div>Lauren / Cedar Hill Farm and Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699394168842704415noreply@blogger.com1