Seasons Greetings! Although I have moved mostly to Instagram and Facebook, I did want to stop by and wish a happiest of holiday seasons to anyone whom this may reach. Although our holiday party fell partially victim to the fickle Maine December weather and we were only able to welcome a small number of people …

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Hello Friends! It’s been a while since we gathered on the porch for “chin wag” (as the Scots like to call a good chat…). I can’t count the number of blog posts I’ve started in my head, or the number of photos I’ve taken of projects in various stages, recipes we’ve tried, beautiful moments when …

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“Love awoke one winter’s nightAnd wander’d through the snowbound land,And calling to beasts and birdsBid them his message understand. And from the forest all wild thingsThat crept or flew obeyed love’s call,And learned from him the golden wordsOf brotherhood for one and all.” ~Author Unknown All is quiet here at Briar and Bramble as a …

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