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Ninth Year in East Hampton: Same Old is Damn Good
Follow me on Instagram @caramia447 where I post quirky one-off images of, among other things, tiny houses, retro storefronts, street art and the occasional sunset I’M BACK IN EAST HAMPTON for my ninth season and I don’t even care that … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged East Hampton, Guild Hall, Longhouse Reserve, Madoo, Mulford Farm
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Live the Beachy Life This Summer…Rent My Rustic-Modern East Hampton Retreat!
UPDATE: The house has been rented for the full 2017 summer season. IT’S HIGH TIME to square away plans for renting a place at the beach for July and August, or part thereof. I can help you with that. My rustic-modern retreat … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged beach cottage, beach house, East Hampton, for rent, Springs, summer rental
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Fall Garden Assessment: All Credit Due to Nature
REALLY, I CLAIM VERY LITTLE CREDIT for my half-acre garden on the East End of Long Island. I may feel like I’m working hard, schlepping compost from the dump and seaweed from the beach and dragging hoses around by the … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
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Outdoor Shower of My Dreams & Other Home Improvements
AS THE SUMMER OF ’16 fades into memory (say it isn’t so!), I’m taking stock of what I’ve accomplished and trying to savor those accomplishments, instead of feeling, as usual, that I haven’t done enough. By far the best and … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, RENOVATION
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Summer of Sunsets
LIVING A SIX-MINUTE WALK from a west-facing bay beach on the East End of Long Island, N.Y., I’ve become something of a professional sunset chaser, often with wine glass in hand. The sunsets here are particularly gratifying. I’ve learned you … Continue reading
Behold the Lilies
CONSIDER THE LILIES of the field, and let’s not forget the hydrangeas, ladies’ mantel, astilbe, verbena and other things… July here at Green Half-Acre is turning out OK after all. Lilies — whether fancy ones from a catalogue, yard sale … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged daylilies, hydrangeas, ladies mantle, lilies, rhododendrons, Turk's cap lilies, verbena bonariensis
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Hamptons August Rental, Walk to Water
SPEND A WEEK OR FOUR this August living the beachy life in my idyllic modern rustic/Bohemian chic summer house in East Hampton (Springs), N.Y. Built in the 1940s as a fishing bungalow, with a c.1970 addition, the house is 1,400 square feet … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged Accabonac Harbor, Amagansett, August, beach cottage, beach house, bohemian, boho, bungalow, cottage, East Hampton, for rent, Gardiner's Bay, Hamptons, Jackson Pollock, Maidstone beach, Maidstone Park, modern, rustic, Springs, Springs General Store, summer, summer rental
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