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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier January 3, 2025January 4, 2025

    Is anyone else having trouble figuring out what day it is? Friday, this week feels like a Monday and with all the holiday hoopla, I am putting off my New Year focus until this coming Monday, the 6th. My son and daughter flew back to their respective out-of-state homes last Sunday. We are so thankful…

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  • Crafting Rustic Elegance: Upcycling Logs into Centerpieces and a Giveaway
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    Crafting Rustic Elegance: Upcycling Logs into Centerpieces and a Giveaway

    ByMary Crozier December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

    At an elevation of 7,000 feet, our mountain cabin is surrounded by the natural beauty of the White Mountains and the Apache/Sitgreaves National Forest, with more than two million acres and more than 400 species. When our trees die or become unhealthy, it is important to remove them as part of healthy forest management. Our community…

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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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  • Making a Harvest Wreath from Your Garden
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    Making a Harvest Wreath from Your Garden

    ByMary Crozier October 30, 2023October 30, 2023

    This year, I did save some of my garden produce and flowers in order to make a Harvest Wreath. The autumn represents the end of the growing season in most areas. Even though, here, we start our gardens in the fall, most of the summer plants have gone to seed or have been harvested. If…

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  • Learning How to Make One of these Fabulous Mesh and Ribbon Wreaths
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    Learning How to Make One of these Fabulous Mesh and Ribbon Wreaths

    ByMary Crozier October 11, 2022October 12, 2022

    For years I have been making wreaths….but not like this. Our friends and recent house guests, Melissa and Kinita share their wreath making skills with me. Their wreath-making technique is very different and what a gift for them to share their skills and techniques with me. The creative possibilities are endless as you get to…

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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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