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My Peony Romance

June 13, 2019

I’ve decided that Peonies are romantic flowers. As with any great love story, they start slowly and build over time until they burst into the most lush and fragrant flowers. A few years ago, my girlfriend Alexi, texted me from a garden nursery. She had found a great deal on peony plants and wanted to know if she could […]

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Treasured Things at Lattice House

October 5, 2017

Sarah O'Brien

When I was in my twenties, I went to Italy with a girlfriend from work. Although we hadn’t known each other long, we became quick friends and I jumped at the chance to tour Rome, Lake Como, Florence and Venice. We spent about 7-8 days hopping from city to city on the Eurail and we […]

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Favorite Things

July 22, 2016

Favorite Things | Jackson at bat, you can barely make out the ball in the top right | Happy Friday! The highlight this week was that my son’s hard work and dedication to the game of baseball resulted in a home run. Yay! It was a little bittersweet for me because I wasn’t at the game to see it. I attend almost […]

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Birchbox Subscription Review: May 2016

May 16, 2016

Birchbox Subscription Review May 2016

Birchbox Subscription Review: May 2016 | May 2016 Birchbox Subscription Review with flowers from my own garden | This month’s Birchbox is focusing on sun protection, and I only wish I knew about the irreversible effects of sun on my skin when I was a teenager. Between growing up in Jamaica and then living a couple miles […]

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Connecticut in Style

April 16, 2015

Connecticut in style For several years I was a Garden Hostess. It is the name they give you when you volunteer to oversee a garden for a fund-raiser called “Discovery in the Garden.” Local Connecticut residents purchase tickets and receive a map to 5-6 homes in Fairfield County, CT that have beautiful gardens. Proceeds go to The Discovery Museum to fund […]

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