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Summer at Lake Sunapee

Did you know that Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has a home on beautiful Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire? I watched the new Oprah show where she interviewed him at his home there. I almost believed that he was just a regular guy – ha! Who dresses funny. But I love water. Love lakes. Love boating. And it’s always been my dream to live on the water, so I found the interview fascinating and even more so because he has a home on a lake – that is only an hour away from me.

Before I saw the interview, I had seen local news reporters (months before) reporting that Oprah Winfrey had been spotted riding around in a car with Steven Tyler up that way. The reporter even tried to get some info from the maid? or someone at the house, but the gates remained locked for him. Sure enough, a few months later we could see what all the fuss was about. During the interview the two megastars ventured out in Tylers convertible and rode through Sunapee Harbor and out to someplace to tramp through the woods. (Bet Oprah loved that!)

But – I recognized the Anchorage restaurant they passed, where I had eaten a few times (and where S.T. met Joe Perry, I believe) and I decided to make a trip up to Lake Sunapee this summer and go out on the Harbor Cruise. My son from Florida has been visiting and we did just that this past week. We also ate at the Anchorage.

Enjoy my photos from the cruise – Can you guess which home belongs to Steven Tyler?

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Pictures of Hydrangea Flowers

I photograph hydrangeas for my Hydrangeas Blue blog, for making wedding stationery for my BlueHyd online store, and for use other places I write online.

Recently I added some hydrangea shrubs to my yard and although I didn’t think they would bloom this year, they did!

It’s a wonderful surprise and I’ve been enjoying photographing these pretty hydrangea varieties.

white hydrangea blushing bride — Blushing Bride

starfish and blue hydrangea flower — Endless Summer

Blue Hydrangeas in Bloom

Learning From Experience – Which Hydrangeas Are Best? (hydrangeasblue.wordpress.com)
Taking Hydrangea Flower Cuttings (hydrangeasblue.wordpress.com)
How To Propagate Hydrangeas (hydrangeasblue.wordpress.com)

One Man’s Junk…

This piece of furniture is not exactly junk, but I need to get rid of it. I recently contacted a local shop that sells used furniture and all kinds of things, to see if they might take this entertainment center of mine and sell it. I have been hoping to add it to a consignment shop, but I have no way to get it there. I’m hoping that this place will pick it up.

Murray’s Home Again store is located in Peterborough, New Hampshire on the corner of Routes 101 and 123 and I’ve passed by often and seen chairs and bed frames and such out on the lawn. I have too much furniture as it is, so I never bothered to stop in, but I thought they might be able to help me sell my cherry wood, 3-piece entertainment center. I don’t want this set to get ruined in my garage and I have no room for it in my present home. We bought it in Florida, many years ago, and it fit perfectly in my living room there.

Now it’s time to make room in my garage. This is one of my big chores to accomplish this summer.

I just sent pictures to them so we’ll see what they say. But the store looks very interesting and their Facebook page is great too. They have more than just furniture and provide lots of pictures too. Now I can’t wait to check the place out. I think it could be addicting.

10 Tips for Cleaning and Maintaining Patio Furniture (doorfly.com)
InteriorMark Launches a New Furniture Retail Website – EntertainmentCenterSpot.com (prweb.com)

Getting Rid of The Dead Wood

Cutting down trees — Removing dead trees in my yard.

Trees are one of the important things that make this world beautiful and I hate to see them cut down, but the three I recently had removed were dead and dying.

When I moved into my house last year, I surveyed the tree line along the front yard. Those trees are very close to the house and fortunately they all looked like they were in good shape, except for the one on the end. It was July, and that tree had no leaves. I also noticed that the big one, in the cluster of three, had a big gouge in the trunk that looked like it had been there for many years.

The top branches of the two remaining had bare branches, so I knew that something was going on with the entire cluster.

The tree guys were across the street dropping some huge pines for my neighbor and they came by to give me an estimate. They also said that I was correct and that those trees were dying. They were black birch.

So they were cut down and then cut into large sections which I will have my son cut smaller when he comes to visit in another week. I’ll let the wood dry and burn it in my wood stove, probably next year.