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All Things July 4th
ByMary Crozier July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

We always look forward to being at our cabin for the July 4th holiday. It is much cooler in the mountains of Arizona and this area has a nice small town feel. The highlight is the July 4th parade, which started many years ago by a wonderful neighbor who believed this holiday needed proper celebrating….

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artificial flowers | decorating and design | flowers | historical homes | Informational | Outdoor living | porches | Spring | Uncategorized | Wreaths

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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Embracing the Winter Months
ByMary Crozier January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

Though we live in the Southwest, we do experience a winter season. It is not as severe as other parts of the country, but we still have chilly mornings, often with frost warnings and frigid evenings. The sun doesn’t rise until later and sets much earlier than we like. I am very guilty of not…

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autumn | Books | decorating and design | Entertaining | fall | fall decorating | flowers | Gardening | health | healthy eating | household | Informational | Outdoor living | planting | Reading

Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier October 25, 2024October 26, 2024

As we near the end of the month (can you believe it?), this will be the last Saturday Meanderings in October 2024. I love this month and we continue to get glimpses of Fall temperatures, but Mother Nature keeps reminding us we live in the Valley of the Sun. Looks like it will officially cool…

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Transforming an Outdoor Space from Blah to Beautiful
ByMary Crozier August 19, 2024August 20, 2024

Now is a great time of year to look for outdoor furniture bargains! Therefore, I take this opportunity to transform a deck space at our mountain cabin. For years, this area remained unused, and is quite frankly, blah and boring. Come and see how I transform this space into something beautiful for under $300. Reworking…

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