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Jul032009

Life Lessons from Baby Doll Sheep on Cuttalossa Road, New Hope, Pa

DateFri, July 3, 2009

I left Cuttalossa Road, about three miles from Carversville three almost three years ago. My days in Carversville have been lighter and brighter, because the air is so painterly, the sky an exquisite hue of bue that’s indescribable.

Cuttalossa Road near River Road; three minutes from CarversvilleCuttalossa Road is darker, sheltered, as if a canopy hovers above. The sun is sparse and so the place can be a bit broody even on happy days. If you are a visitor, you will be simply speechless to discover such a beautiful spot in America, 90 minutes from Manhattan.

The leafy, green cocoon didn’t keep me from getting my heart completely and totally broken, but we all survived: me, the sheep, the geese, dogs — the total menagerie that makes up Cuttalossa Road, home to my beloved Babydoll sheep.

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Friday
Jul032009

I Wouldn't Change a Thing Many Months Later: 10 Reasons to Love Carversville 7-3-09

DateFri, July 3, 2009

t’s so crazy to love a village with such fervor that you get tears in your eyes just thinking about it. This is my relationship with Carversville, even though I have flown far and wide in cyberspace these past two years.

Carversville reminds me how much I care about America and our values, the land, our place in the world and my contribution to my town and beyond. I’m spending much of my time this Fourth of July focused on Carversville, in an effort to look back at my days here, organize my photos, update articles and post new links.

When I look at Google, seeing how I now dominate and somewhat define Carversville’s reputation on the Internet, I feel obligated to spruce up my contributions.

In this article 10 Reasons to Love Carversville, written at Christmas 2007, I tried to organize my thoughts around why this place is so magical. My reasons remain more intact than ever.

The day I drove by the Carversville General SThe Carversville General Store in the center of town

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Friday
Jul032009

Bucks County Lesson Plan: Cycles of Life, Compliments of Mother Nature

DateFri, July 3, 2009

I’ve never enjoyed spring anywhere else, more than I’ve enjoyed it in Carversville. It’s July 2009 now, and we’ve nearly drown in June. But April 2008 was another matter. I was in tune with Mother Nature then, and I’ve borrowed my thoughts from a few months ago, to make a point about nature today.

( Written May 16, 2008) Swollen, clustering buds on forsythia bushes; green blades of freshly-born grass running nubile fingers through the scalp of Winter’s dead hair; innocent white and yellow crocus peeking out of brown ground; long-lost bird friends reuniting in excited, air-born melody; 27 eagles looking down on me, from the ragged, empty branches of one mammoth tree.

Carversille greeted me with a Big explosion of new life yesterday, mindless that four days ago, my cottage was without heat, water, electricity or cyber connections. Death evolves again into life in seconds, as it has for eons.

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Renewal and a barely detectable scent of eternal promise perfume the country air. The cycle of life in Bucks County rotates green again. The days simmer now, running the same slow race they’ve engaged in throughout the eras of geologic time.

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Photo: ScenisBucksCounty.com
Soon my drive along River Road will become lushly scenic …

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Friday
Jul032009

Carversville: A Passionate Muse Two Years Later

DateFri, July 3, 2009

Sign defining Carversville, Pa historic districtPreparing to write my third Fourth of July reflection for my beloved Carversville, I’ve decided to give her a present, an Anne of Carversville facelift. I’m redoing her pages, centralizing my writing about Carversville, and adding more photos.

When I Google the Internet, Carversville just doesn’t get enough attention — which is probably fine with her. Being more narcissistic than my Muse, I want to give Carversville a PR boost.

I wrote on June 10, 2007 that the land just in back of my cottage, on Stovers Mill Road, reminds me of Provence with one glimpse and the Italian Riviera with another.

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Tuesday
Oct282008

Kitchen: Farmgirl Fare: Sunday Farm Photo

DateTue, October 28, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The blog Farmgirl Fare reminds me very much of life in Carversville, even if the writer lives on a 240-acre Missouri farm.

Read Susan’s very interesting biography: In 1994, at 26, I sold my little bakery cafe, packed up 200 boxes of books & antiques, & waved goodbye to my native California. more

This morning’s NY Times article “Thoreau Is Rediscovered as a Climatologist” made me think of Farmgirl Fare, because Susan does such a great job of tracking the seasons and life on the Missouri prarie.

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Saturday
Jun072008

J'Adore Chanticleer Gardens, Wayne, Pa

DateSat, June 7, 2008

Many of us pursue pleasure in the purchase of things, when a walk through a gorgeous garden is the nourishment our spirits need. Chanticleer Garden feeds our inner desire for soul food, with tens of thousands of spring bulbs, followed by flowering trees and native wildflowers in summer.

Originally known for its majestic trees and verdant lawns, the focus today at Chanticleer is on plant combinations, containers, textures and colors, often relying on foliage more than flowers. 

Adam Levine, author of Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region calls Chanticleer the “greatest of the great gardens of the Philadelphia Region”.

Chanticleer Gardens, via GardenVisit.comGardenVisit.com gives us a marvelous view of the poppies at Chanticleer Garden, a gift from the estate of Christine and Adolph Rosengarten and son Adolph, Jr.

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Monday
Jun022008

J'Adore: Carversville's Fleecydale Mill

DateMon, June 2, 2008

Pictures of Fleecydale Road, the Chipping Camden-like road running into Carversville from River Road are hard to come by. This picturesque road is an American treasure. I’m relentless in my pursuit of information, so I tried yet again this morning, only to discover the most wonderful website about mills around the world.

Now living in Oregon and owning a website covering mills around the world, it should not surprise us that Jim Miller is a Bucks County native. His website MillPictures.com features a fantastic collection of mills around the world.  

Jim has excellent links at MillPictures.com, and I will call out Spoom.org, The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills. 

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Back now to Carversville, and Fleecydale Mill. Jim Miller’s website gives us a view of Fleecydale Mill, and the NYTimes provides a 1997 review of the house.  

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