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  • Fresh and Fabulous Ideas and Recipes for your Kentucky Derby Party!
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    Fresh and Fabulous Ideas and Recipes for your Kentucky Derby Party!

    ByMary Crozier April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

    The “Race for the Roses” will be held this Saturday on May 4, 2024 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. If you cannot be there in person, then what better reason to have your very own Derby party. There is so much history surrounding this annual event and how fun to partake in its revelry….

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier April 6, 2024February 6, 2025

    Hard to believe it was rainy and cold for the Easter weekend, but today, it is sunny and warm, the perfect Spring day. Trees are budding, birds are singing and love is in the air. A sure sign of the season is seeing ducks around in our swimming pool as the female chooses her mate….

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier March 9, 2024March 9, 2024

    With quite the rain, thunder and lightning storms this week (hail in some areas), March is definitely in like a lion. We need and love the rain and I can hear all my plants making gulping noises as they absorb nature’s shower. Happy Saturday and weekend, my friends! It’s a chilly morning here at Bella…

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  • Holiday Mantels Over the Years
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    Holiday Mantels Over the Years

    ByMary Crozier December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

    Before central air conditioning and heat, homes are kept warm by fireplaces in many of the rooms. In our historic home, we have 5 fireplaces inside and two outside. Each fireplace has a mantel that is begging to be decorated for the Christmas holidays. Here is a compilation of some of our decorated mantels over…

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  • Decorating the Living Room Mantel with a Nutcracker Theme
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    Decorating the Living Room Mantel with a Nutcracker Theme

    ByMary Crozier November 27, 2023November 28, 2023

    The only reason my living room mantel is completely decorated for Christmas is due to the Fall Styling Workshop. Chloe, from Celebrate and Decorate, demonstrates her technique for layering garlands for a luxuriously styled mantel. I can honestly say this mantel is so gorgeous that the room doesn’t require any other decorations. The Before Typically,…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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