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From My Heart to Yours: A Re-introduction
ByMary Crozier June 16, 2025June 18, 2025

Hello and welcome! Whether you’ve just joined me or you’ve been here from the beginning, I thought it might be time to (re)introduce myself and share a little more about the heart behind Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary Crozier, and I write from a historic home in Phoenix that’s full of creaky charm, evolving projects,…

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Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier May 10, 2025May 10, 2025

What a blur of a week! The fact is I am too busy and it’s my own fault. I suppose it’s better to be busy than not, but there is a limit, right? Regardless, here we are again getting together to chat about all good things this week. As always, I appreciate you joining me…

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Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier April 18, 2025April 18, 2025

Happy Easter weekend! Our weather is drop dead gorgeous and it will be perfect tomorrow for Easter Sunday and the brunch we are hosting. This may be a shortened version of my Saturday post as I am a bit swamped with a rather long to-d0 list. Let’s get started chatting about all good things this…

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Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier March 22, 2025April 3, 2025

As I write this, we are now officially in the season between winter and summer. Our recent rains dowsed the garden and yard with abundant moisture. We had more rain in the last two weeks than we had over the past 11 months. This will be a shortened version of Saturday Meanderings since my daughter…

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Spring Front Porch Ideas
ByMary Crozier March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Even though my front door was recently painted a different color, I hope you enjoy this post from 2021 for some Spring front porch inspiration. Are you feeling Spring in the air? I am always motivated to spruce up the front porch this time of year with flowers and color. Enjoy! After putting up the…

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