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How Summer Lost its Stripes
My little beach house on the ocean was sweating and weeping early this summer from the onset of summer sun, summer glare and summer heat. In distress, I headed down to my neighborhood DIY store and...
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Scary Stories
Monsters are on everyone’s mind this time of the year. Our children love the mystery and wonder of stories about monsters and are a best-loved theme of favorite tales that we read and share with our...
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How Do I Love, Thee, BG?
How do I love BG? Let me count the ways. I love the ease, design and many choices, And when I’m shopping, no rambling, annoying voices. For giving me a view, always open and ever clear, I love thee,...
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Love Our Planet
Celebrate Earth Day by remembering our fragile, unique and irreplaceable Planet Earth. This simple but eloquent plea from our children always inspires me to treasure and borrow gently from our Planet....
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A Haiku Snack
We never like to get in a rut at Blindsgalore and in honor of Poetry Month, we journeyed to the land of Haiku and in three snappy Haiku lines, we distilled a “blind” moment for you. Roll up your...
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Midsummer Magic and Madness
Magic is in the air as the longest day of the year suffuses us with light, wonder and the promise of elusive happenings. The Summer Solstice (June 20-23) is a dream-like time that has inspired...
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Love In Bloom, A Heart Unbroken
Love, flowers and poems are everywhere as Valentine’s Day is a celebration of hearts and at Blindsgalore we have a tradition to highlight a famous love poem. This February, Emily Dickinson, is on my...
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Oh, wind-oh!
March is here and whether March roars in like a lion or creeps in like a lamb, I always think of Dr. Seuss in March as Dr. Seuss celebrates a birthday on March 2nd. To honor his way with words, here is...
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What Kind Of Vampire Are You?
Vampires are notorious for raging in the night, carousing the depths of darkness for energy, food, excitement and fulfillment. Vampires do not have to sleep in coffins or cemeteries but they do need...
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My Little Thanksgiving Thank Yous
Thanksgiving centers around big food, many special dishes, and a large stuffed table with lots of family and friends and overwhelming, momentous “thank yous” charged with serious sincerity. To offer a...
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Over The River And Through The Wood
Over the River and Through the Wood Over the river and through the wood, All of us packed in a row. Siri guides the way, As we tweet all day, Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river and...
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We Ho Ho Hope Your Holidays Are Merry And Bright!
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The Evolution of the Resolution
We’ve been making New Year’s Resolutions since the beginning of time and breaking them ever since. Usually, our best intentions fizzle out before the end of January. That’s just enough time to remember...
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Renew-Refresh-Redo
A new year, a new beginning-a chance to rip up the old calendar and the past, a chance to throw away all the misses from 2014 and leap up, jump, spring, fly into the possibilities waiting to be...
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May Day Window Suprises
Although I am a born and bred Californian, I spent many years in the Midwest where the first of every May honored the beautiful tradition of May Day. Brimming with a fanciful Maypole dance, crowns of...
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The Secret Life of a Window Treatment
Have you ever wondered what your window treatments are up to when you’re not around? I mean, you can’t just sit there staring at your blinds all day waiting for them to do something – you’ve got things...
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Swan Song for Summer
We anticipate and anxiously await summer-the languid, long days and nights, a few stolen moments of stillness to soak in the healing rays of the sun, a tart lemonade on the patio and before we know it,...
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Midsummer Magic and Madness
Magic is in the air as the longest day of the year suffuses us with light, wonder and the promise of elusive happenings. The Summer Solstice (June 20-23) is a dream-like time that has inspired...
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Love In Bloom, A Heart Unbroken
Love, flowers and poems are everywhere as Valentine’s Day is a celebration of hearts and at Blindsgalore we have a tradition to highlight a famous love poem. This February, Emily Dickinson, is on my...
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My Little Thanksgiving Thank Yous
Thanksgiving centers around big food, many special dishes, and a large stuffed table with lots of family and friends and overwhelming, momentous “thank yous” charged with serious sincerity. To offer a...
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