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Your Home’s Entry-Are You Making a Good First Impression?
ByMary Crozier November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

As you may know, our historic home was built in 1910, before Arizona became a state. Originally the plats of land were 20 acres and were marketed to build rural agricultural estate homes surrounded by citrus groves. Nearly all the large parcels have been subdivided as Phoenix has grown. We feel fortunate to still have…

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Getting Back to Basics
ByMary Crozier November 22, 2022November 22, 2022

I am from the generation that grew up with one television. The only time we were allowed to watch it was Sunday night. After a bath (there was no shower) and in our jammies, we would all sit together and watch a show. The television was never on during the week but we didn’t seem…

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Animals | art | autumn | decorating and design | desserts | fall | fall decorating | historical homes | Informational | Recipes | Tablescapes | Volunteerism

Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier November 5, 2022November 5, 2022

Sorry to have missed last week’s Saturday Meanderings. Technical issues, frozen phone and too many hours trying to fix everything put me a bit behind schedule. But here we are now into November and I am trying to put the brakes on everything life related. Happy Saturday and thank you so much for being here….

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autumn | fall | flowers | Gardening | historical homes | household | Informational | planting | Recipes | White Mountain Summer Homes

Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier October 14, 2022October 15, 2022

Sox (our beagle)and I are here at our cabin in the mountains and enjoying the peace and quiet. Leaves are changing colors and it’s a chilly 57 degrees inside. It will take a while for the walls to warm up but in the meantime, it is definitely fall here in Pinetop, Arizona. It’s that time…

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autumn | cleaning and repairing | DIY | fall | furniture | historical homes | household | Informational | Organizing | painting | Upholstery

October is Repair and Refresh the House Month
ByMary Crozier October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

October is the month I designate to assess the condition of the house and make a long list of things to do. I cannot take credit for this idea. Years ago, a neighbor with a busy family lived in one of the most beautiful homes on the street. Yet when you went inside, you didn’t…

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