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2016
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What’s Hot in CT This Summer? Connecticut is a great place to live. We enjoy a moderate climate, which means there are no weather extremes: no hurricanes to speak of, no tornadoes, no huge blizzards or three-digit heat spells. We have “touches” of some of the above. Right now, for example we are ...
07/29/2016
THE SIMPLICITY AND BEAUTY OF FIELD FLOWERS Sometimes the most elegant arrangements are the simplest ones, as the Japanese art of Ikebana might teach us. These unpretentious little daisies are from our wooded back yard, as are the surrounding ferns. The vase is a "treasure", found at a recent Sh...
07/10/2016
I posted this book review at the end of 2015, long before the book was made into a movie. Now that it's at the top of the New York Times best seller lists, I thought it might be a good reminder to pack this book for your summer vacation reading, or at least to add it to your list. Happy reading.....
07/10/2016
Is Time of the Essence in Your Real Estate Contracts? Perhaps you have seen this clause pop up in a real estate contract, perhaps not. I am not an attorney, but I’ve had personal experience with TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE clause when we were selling our home on Long Island in New York State. The bu...
07/07/2016
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THE MANY SHADES AND NUANCES OF PURPLE Many shades of purple occur in nature, as seen in my photo's. The nuances of purple are man-made. In art, purple is the simple combination of red and blue. Different shades evolve depending on the proportions of the two colors used. Violet looks like...
07/01/2016
This post looked a bit like an ad at the top of the landing page, so in case you skipped it, I thought it might be a good idea to have another look at it, hence the re-blog. There were some good marketing ideas compiled by SmartZip from posts written by Active Rain members. Yesterday, SmartZip s...
07/01/2016
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