Posts Tagged: delaware

One Groovy Lavender Road Trip

October 16th, 2015
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Hit The Road

 

Road trips are part of the American way of life.

Maybe this weekend you, your friends or family have a road trip planned to take advantage of this transitional time of year: picking out your special pumpkins, checking out the leaves turning glorious reds and yellows or just visiting a new destination.

Road trips can help us recharge our inner selves.  You know.  That inner voice.  That oh so precious deep core of ourselves that keeps us one with the horizon and helps us process the ups and downs of this beautiful and crazy trip called life.

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Weekend Antics

January 27th, 2014
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Beautiful Deserted Rehoboth Beach Hey everyone!  Hope your weekend was full of unlimited amounts good times or at least full of what one of my guy friends calls antics! Mine certainly was!! Three of my best friends treated me to a weekend at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware and it was a blast; and I don’t mean a blast of wintery cold but a blast of the healing powers of true friendship!!  Snow and ice and chilly winds surrounded us in our 23 degree climate — because after all it is January on the East Coast — but we didn’t care… Read More

Healing Through Lavender

August 14th, 2013
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Mother Nature is one smart cookie. She has given us natural remedies for anxiety, stress and other ailments but instead we choose to try and manufacture something that we think will be better; something that is usually full of chemicals and ends up causing environmental problems or making us sick. Enter the healing herb of lavender, which is a beautiful and hardy perennial. I discovered the healing benefits of lavender a little over a year ago and can’t say enough about it.  Smelling lavender immediately calms me.  While on vacation recently in Bethany Beach, DE, I went to the local… Read More

Picturing The Calm

May 18th, 2013
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I’m picturing myself in a place near the water that is quiet and calm. Shutting out the noise and distractions. Hoping this feeling will carry me through the day! Photo courtesy of Delaware National Estuarine Research A Delaware Bay Haiku (c) KBC Horseshoe crabs spawning Lots of shorebirds arriving The Bay inviting… Read More

Oh Sandy — Please Be Kind

October 29th, 2012
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Let’s see…Hurricane Sandy, with all her power and threatening ability to destroy most of everything in her path, is currently working her way up the East Coast ready to hit land somewhere in the metropolitan DC area or thereabouts. The federal government has announced it is shut down for Monday and so is Amtrak, most of the  schools in DC, Maryland and northern Virginia and Metro bus and rail service. Everyone I know has gone to the grocery store, filled up their gas tanks, cleaned out their gutters and stairwells and is bracing for one horrific storm.  My son is… Read More

Farmers Are The Best!

August 6th, 2012
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Elmer’s Fresh Veggies Sadly, my vacation has come to an end and as I drive home I’m thinking about and running through my head all the fun and relaxing  things that I had a chance to do: eating delicious steamed crabs at Mickey’s, swimming in the ocean, sleeping in, finishing a powerful book titled Mary’s Mosaics, shopping at the outlets and hanging out with great friends. But the drive home also has a time-honored ritual that I look forward to:  stopping at a farmer’s stand to buy fresh, fresh, fresh vegetables and fruit. When I was a child, my parents… Read More

Winterthur & Longwood Gardens — Guided Tour on 06/22/11

June 8th, 2011
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Come spend the day at Winterthur!  Nestled in the heart of Delaware’s beautiful Brandywine Valley, this extraordinary museum, garden and library offers a variety of things to see. Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur (pronouned “winter-tour”) is the premier museum of American decorative arts, reflecting both early America and the du Pont family’s life there.  Its 60-acre naturalistic garden is among the country’s best, and its research library serves scholars from around the world.  Come visit and explore this place of beauty, history and learning. After lunch, the tour will include a visit to Longwood Gardens which encompasses 1,050… Read More