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It’s REALLY EASY to fill a Glass Dome with Easter Eggs, Christmas Ornaments, etc.
For the last few years glass domes have been all the rage. Whenever you pick up a shelter, gardening or cooking magazine, chances are that you will see one protecting, or should I say, showcasing something. It is easy to … Continue reading
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How to Make an Easter Egg Garland
Easter is almost here and plastic eggs are inexpensive and plentiful. How about this year adding an Easter Egg Garland to your seasonal decorations. The bright-colored and happy looking garland can be swagged on a fireplace mantel, as seen in … Continue reading
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Buy a Shamrock Plant, also called Oxalis, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, It’s really an interesting house plant.
Saint Patrick’s Day is almost here, and in super markets and florist stores everywhere you will see the Shamrock Plant also called Oxalis. The Shamrock plant, which some people think brings good luck is a member of the wood sorrel … Continue reading
How to Trim a Golden String / Thread Cypress into a Pyramid
The pair of Golden String / Thread (sometimes called Mop) Cypress, seen in the two cover photos for this blog post, that are major focal points in my back garden, did not always have pyramidal shapes. The natural growth habit … Continue reading
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 780,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading
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Easy ways to store Christmas Lights and other Holiday Decorations
Christmas is over, the New Year is almost here, and in the days ahead it will be time to take down the holiday decorations. In this blog post I’m covering the different ways that I safely put away my favorite … Continue reading
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From My home, Whimsey Hill House, to Yours… Happy Holidays!
Christmas presents under the tree, one for you and one for me. Gaily wrapped in ribbons and bows, Santa left them I suppose. There are walking dolls, and talking dolls, wagons, trains and drums. This is the night for dreams … Continue reading
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Whimsey Hill House… A look at some of my 2015 Holiday Decorations
Christmas will soon be here, and this year I decided to do things a bit differently. A while back I was wandering through the holiday shop of a local garden center, and found three flocked artificial fern fronds that caught … Continue reading
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