outdoor beauty
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Budding
Budding flowers give the promise of new life. However, when I look at magazines like Better Home and Gardens or gardening websites, buds are often left out of pictures unless there is a particular focus of a horticultural procedure or planting guide. Yet, I find buds to be a testament of not only the evolution to come but…
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Outdoor wonders off the beaten path
I swear by The Lonely Planet’s guides for finding out the best places to see, stay and eat when we travel. So for our family vacation last fall, I dog-eared the pages, used post-it flags and marked-up the the print version of the guide to New Mexico as we planned our trip. I wanted to…