Sylvia's Simple Life

It’s maple syrup season in Canada, and sugar shacks across the country are boiling down sap into that sweet, gooey goodness. Families flock to maple festivals to partake in this unique tra...

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After the clerk checks your ticket and opens a massive door for you to enter, enchantment unfolds. You know you are in a special, breathtakingly beautiful place. And you are not alone. Your g...

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I Worried  I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers  flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, w...

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"Autumn suits you perfectly," a friend of mine wrote to me the other day when she saw photos from my everyday walks into the woods. Since the beginning of the season, I can't get enough of t...

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Rome is L O V E. Not just because of the fact that if you spell the Italian word for Rome, "Roma" backwards, you will find "Amor" – meaning Love, but rather because of the fact that Rome is ...

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In the heart of Adams Morgan, one of the most diverse, eclectic and full of unique history neighborhoods of Washington, DC, stands a century-old and co...

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As I was marching through the 3rd floor of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery to the 20th-Century Americans to see the Amy Sherald painting of Mich...

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"Now in the spring I kneel, I put my face into the packets of violets, the dampness, the freshness, the sense of ever-ness. Something is wrong, I know it if I don't keep my...

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The best thing about March in Canada is that it's Maple Season. It is that sticky time of the year again when sugar sha...

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N E W  Y E A R ' S  E V E  After a wonderful Christmas loaded with quiet times, good food, old movies, and thoughtful gifts, my family we...

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November has presented itself this year as the most talented and impressive painter among the months, slowly drawing canvases of cloudy skies, wet leaves, and s...

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August has a magic of its own... the last full month of summer – the most-awaited, full of hope and plans, and the fastest one of all that slips throug...

https://silviya-simplelife.blogspot.com/2017/08/celebrating-august.html

When the GPS navigation voice made us tu...

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I blinked... and it was May again, pouring its aliveness over me... I've been watching the group of yellow and red tulips in the corner of the ba...

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Grant us Thy peace, Almighty Lord, O Source of every blessing! We cannot keep Thy saving Word unless Thy peace possessing. Thy peace...

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While I type on the computer right now, each click under my fingers harmonizes with the staccato of the raindrops hitting the window.  It makes me stop and pay attentio...

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Only three sleeps until Christmas! I love this time of year – the snow, the lights, the smell of baking, the Christmas tree, my birthday, the Chr...

https://silviya-simplelife.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-most-wonderful-time.html

I was driving on the highway singing out loud (one of my all-time favorite things to do) along with the powerful voice of Dinah Washington "Today you're young, too soon you're old. But while...

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There is nothing more invigorating than a walk in a crisp October Sunday morning after autumnal rain when the air is soaked with the smell of wet walnut leave...

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                         "Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endless...

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In a never-ending summer day, put me in a lavender field, especially one that has a yellow door in the middle and I will become Al...

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This summer has been a strange one so far – disappointments and unexpected turns have been jumping over celebrations and good moments. Bad news and joyous vibes have b...

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They are young. They are beautiful, smart and funny. Their wings are ready to open. They are excited to fly to new heights, build a new nest, connect...

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Pecan Pie is a uniquely American dessert and apparently a holiday menu without it is a sin, especially in the Southern States where the pie is a st...

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An unassuming tiny funky room...  Old peeling walls, engraved with moments of yesterdays. Soft poetic light perforates the diamond cuts on the closed window shutters. Vintage fans move the ...

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