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Gifts Galore
On this side of the aisle, weathered barn boards and a chipped farmhouse table are laden with patchwork toys, quilts and wooden pull toys. On the other, the latest innovation in holographic technol...

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Next spring’s garden bulbs arriving in the mail
It has been a long hot summer, but there are indications that it is almost over. Notice of my first shipment of spring bulbs was received this week stating the bulbs arrive in two weeks. That is mu...

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Planting of dogwood trees demonstrates variety
As much damage as the Ice Storm did, in some respects it did some good as well. One of the good results was the re-establishment of the Children’s Memorial at Noble Park in Paducah. An inspection o...

Aug 25, 2012 | 0

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A failed craft Batman hat made from materials that the maker called "ugly" appears in this undated photo from Craftfail.

Nailed it
CONCORD, N.H. — For the aspiring cooks and crafters who frequent Pinterest.com, “pinning” something is one thing. “Nailing” it is another. By letting users create “virtual pinboards,” Pinterest ...

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Kentucky Coffee Tree sprouts second life after ice storm
Since the ice storm in 2009, there have been tree seedlings sprouting up near the house. The seedlings seem to thrive on Round-up and other brush killers as they can grow a foot in a week’s time. T...

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MaryAnne Hinkle (left), a photographer who volunteers for Photos for Soldiers, photographs Jessica Ivey, her husband, Domonick Ivey Sr., and their sons Domonick Ivey Jr., 15, and Daemyn Ivey, 4, on Aug. 5 at the Big Haynes Creek Nature Center in Conyers, Ga. The Iveys plan on sending the photos to Jessica's brother in Afghanistan.

One moment in time
ATLANTA — One of the photos MaryAnne Hinkle has of her father, Sgt. 1st Class Robert W. Forand, is a black and white of him seated at a cluttered dinner table in his dress greens. It’s an unrema...

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Scarlet Pimpernel blooms not restricted to a single color
Each day Merriam-Webster Dictionary emails me the Word of the Day and recently, it was “Scarlet Pimpernel.” I knew Baroness Orczy’s hero from the book of the same name, but had forgotten he was nam...

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The lush orange trees of California serve as inspiration in a client's den for designer Brian Patrick Flynn. He layered several shades of orange throughout the space to bring vacation memories home.

Ask a Designer
Summer travel leaves many of us with memories of ocean sunsets or foreign street scenes or other only-on-vacation sights. Once we’ve returned home, how can we hold onto some of that beauty and brin...

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The list of television shows about hunting for elusive treasure amid mountains of discarded junk keeps on growing like a suburban landfill. At least three new entries are premiering this summer, including "Market Warriors" (above and right), adding to the already double-digit roster of reality shows about "pickers," pawn shop owners and people who bid for the contents of storage containers.

From junk to TV obsession
Tracy Hutson wanders through a graveyard of ovens that haven’t roasted a turkey or baked a ham since decades before she was born. Picking through their discarded parts, she muses: “The rust on this...

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Mulch becomes critical for plants during drought conditions
Water is essential to plants. It is not just how you water but how much of that water is retained and conserved that makes the difference. This year’s extreme drought-stressed plants need more h...

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