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    Inspect My Gardens

    July 18, 2019 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Amazing what can happen when you leave for four days and you come back to inspect your gardens Different flowers are blooming and plants are finally growing! The veggies are coming along with some ready for harvest. Get those praise hands up! My poor gardens, though, will probably have to…

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    Weekend Snaps | Memorial Day

    May 29, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Is it Sunday or Monday? i don’t know – I’ve lost track. 😉 I suppose I better get my act together soon, though, so that I make sure we all get off to work and school in the morning. We had a fabulous long weekend, spending Saturday on some gardening…

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    Weekend Snaps | My Gardens

    May 21, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    It was a miserable weekend, weather-wise … 40s and cold rain. Is this really May 21? But on the flip-side, my cousin and her daughter visited from Iowa and it was a blast to see them!  Plus … my 13-year-old had his first date! I know – whaaaat? He and…

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    Weekend Snaps | September Garden

    September 18, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Here’s something you probably don’t know about me: I have never made real, honest-to-goodness fried chicken until this weekend. Random, I know, but it seems strange that in almost 48 years, I’ve never even tried.  That all changed Saturday night when I made some pretty dang fabulous fried chicken from…

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    Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins

    August 21, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Another August weekend is in the books! We spent ours around home doing some yard work, enjoying an evening with good friends, and doing something Joe absolutely hates with a passion – shopping. School shopping, more specifically. I should’ve snapped a picture of his crabby expression in the Nike store…

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  • Garden Update August 2016 | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com #gardenchat #gardening #perennialflowers
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    Weekend Snaps – Current Randomness & a (Mostly) Garden Update

    August 14, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    A few completely random points I want to make before I dive into the photos I took over the weekend: The mosquitos are awful. Beyond awful. As in, we can’t even be outside at any time of the day or evening without getting rudely assaulted – unless we wear bug…

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    Friday Night Garden Tour

    July 22, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I’m back from my work trip/vacation and have a ton of photos to share. But first … I took some pics of my gardens tonight. The lighting was perfect – the mosquitos were not. (I risked a zillion bites for all these photos! Ha!) I’ll be back soon to write…

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    Weekend Snaps | Flower Power

    July 10, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    How was your weekend?  Ours was nice and uneventful at home. We golfed, we enjoyed time on our patio, and today I packed up my suitcase for the next two weeks. I’m off to Washington DC tomorrow morning for a work-related conference and I’m looking forward to seeing my turkey…

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Hello, I’m Lara! I’m a wife, mom (empty nester, almost!), a business owner, and an avid baker, gardener, and traveler. Thanks for being here!

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