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  • The Best Kind of Friend
    Animals | Chickens | Family | Gardening | health | Informational | Pets | Uncategorized

    The Best Kind of Friend

    ByMary Crozier February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

    The human-canine bond dates back thousands of years. In the United States, over 48% of households have a pet dog. A hundred years ago, essayist and naturalist, John Burroughs wrote that with a dog, “You are alone and not alone; you have both companionship and solitude.” For me, that goes for all our pets. When…

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  • Our Spoiled and Well-loved Dogs
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    Our Spoiled and Well-loved Dogs

    ByMary Crozier August 29, 2019August 23, 2024

    Since it is National Dog Week or Day (who decides these things?) I thought I would share with you the ways I spoil our dogs. I’ve often said I want to be reincarnated as one of our pets. They have the life of Riley. It’s a long story as to why I started supplementing their…

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  • Our Pets
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    Our Pets

    ByMary Crozier May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

    Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.  Anatole France I find it interesting that some people love animals and others not.  Is that determined during childhood? My very first dog was a beagle named Cocoa.  When I was in  2nd grade, Cocoa went missing.  While looking out the window of…

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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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