A Place Like This

Author: Valarie Budayr

  • Tuesday Through My Window: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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    Tuesday through my window I am watching Aunt Ruth working with "O" on their ever enduring project,"The Buffy Porsen."   One year ago I found this book on how to build a Buffy Porsen, for the last year these two have been working on their car. Now that the weather is cooler, it's time to…

  • Handmade Holiday: Heritage Cards

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    There is something about Fall which gets the home fires burning and the crafting started. Tonya from Plain and Joyful Living asked that we share our ideas for holiday cards. For us this year, not only are we making or buying handmade gifts but we are also focusing on keeping family traditions and crafts alive…

  • {This Moment} Barely Being Civil

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    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  photo by Zaina Budayr

  • How Far Can One See?

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    Built in 1807 with graffiti to match,     Mr. Moody created an observatory to watch for ships coming into the harbor and to communicate with the dock and city below, that there ship has come in.  Counting 180 steps to the top with a historic stop on each landing. Mr. Moody would take subscriptions from…

  • The Fairy Forest

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    Where the forest meets the sea,   there is a pilgrimage of sorts. Mothers, fathers, grandparents,aunts,uncles, and all the children who love them, all become gatherers of sticks, bark, stones,sea shells, and moss.      All walking down the forest path with their arms loaded.   All coming to build a metropolis for Fairies.  Hundreds of fairy…

  • Tuesday Through the Window

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    Joining in the Tuesday tradition of Swedish House, in the words of Julie "TUESDAY THROUGH…THE WINDOW ANY WINDOW In your home, your shed, your school, your place of work, your favourite shop, your journey… Wherever you are…Inside or Outside… Share your view of the world!"  I took some snap shots from my windows while I…

  • Discovering Gifts From the Sea

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    Sometimes the greatest discoveries come from walking a simple path.     "Wow, Mom…..Baba……Look…..I found the Sea." said our cinnamon haired Tennessee boy. "How can a forest path lead to the ocean?" he wondered. "I didn't even see the sand coming or anything."   Did it rain last night? "Mom, this water has salt in…

  • {This Moment} A Great Catch on the Wharf

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    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  

  • The Other Portland

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    So here I am a day late and a dollar short. We ended up spending and extra day in Portland Maine because our flight got cancelled. You will hear zero complaining from this crew. We absolutely loved being in Maine and especially Portland. There was one perk to waiting in the airport, and that had to…

  • Lovely Places to Visit

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    Earthy Crunchy http://earthycrunchy.typepad.com/my_weblog/ troubling stars http://www.sunrisevisits.blogspot.com/ Free Spirit Knits http://freespiritknits.blogspot.com/ Lady of ‘The Arts’ http://www.ladyofthearts.blogspot.com/ morning sun rae http://morningsunrae.blogspot.com/ Farmama http://farmama.typepad.com Arctic Mum Blog http://arcticmum.blogspot.com/ The Yellow Door Paperie http://theyellowdoorpaperie.blogspot.com/ Progressive Pioneer http://www.progressivepioneer.com/progressive-pioneer/ The Vintage Magpie http://thevintagemagpie.typepad.com Through the Eyes of a Yak http://throughtheeyesofayak.blogspot.com Sugar In My Bowl http://iwantalittlesugarinmybowl.blogspot.com/ so wabi sabi http://www.sowabisabi.com/ SouleMama http://www.soulemama.com…