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I am just a country girl trying to live as simple as possible. I love to garden, hunt, and craft!

Since starting this blog we have moved from Ohio, to Mississippi, to Maine, and now back to Ohio. There has been a lot of good times and some chaos over the years but it seems things are settling a bit and hope to jump back into blogging!

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