StarStruk By Life

My own look at the world and its inhabitants…

Laundry Monday…

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Call me crazy, but I secretly like to do laundry (shhhh…don’t tell…).  I like the enforced orderliness of it…sorting everything into whites (to be bleached), lightweight and light colors, heavy and dark colors, towels, sheets and comforter (unless it is winter, when the comforter doesn’t fit in my washing machine and has to be taken […]

A bye Sunday…

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The Patriots have a bye this weekend, so it gives me a chance to check up on other teams without having to worry about the Pats.  Go San Diego and the Lions (no offense, Matt Ryan)! Really good food I made this week:  A crock pot pot roast with potatoes, sweet potatoes, home grown onions, a hunk […]

A windy, choppy, gray day…

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We have been blessed with a lot of gorgeous weather since we moved here.  But I have to admit I cherish those stormy days that come my way.  The wind and choppy seas of the last few days have been hard to capture with my trusty camera sidekick…the light is very gray and makes everything […]

Catching up…

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We have had company on and off for the last few weeks and I have been terribly neglectful of my blog.  However, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking of my blog. My daughter and her WonderHus went away to Europe for a couple of weeks.  Katy left behind 10 daily blog posts about how to improve blog […]

Name these gems of nature…

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I have a few things growing in my front yard / long driveway that I am unable to identify…well, I haven’t tried very hard, but I thought I would see if any of you out there might be able to help.  These are New England trees and plants. This grows wild along part of my […]

Quiet times…

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My puppy and I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time alone together.  We have been walking, cavorting through the woods, me in apple red rain boots, Boo in furry paws.  Right now, there are lots of fungi (Mushrooms?  Toadstools?)…bright, autumn-colored fungi, red, rust orange, taupe…lots of springy, soaked, neon green moss…a […]