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Naturally Curious with Mary Holland
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This is a stunning photograph. And as peaceful as anything I could imagine.
Thank you!
December 25, 2013 at 12:47 pm
Peace to you and yours and to the earth we all enjoy so. Many thanks to you for your gift of words and pictures. May 2014 be a blessed year for all.
December 25, 2013 at 1:21 pm
Merry Christmas Mary! Love your posts all year long. Your picture today is awesome!
December 25, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Thru the eyes of the other earth resident, the other component, the friend.
Thank you.
December 25, 2013 at 2:02 pm
And Merry Christmas to you too! Love the picture. Jane
December 25, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Merry Christmas to you and to Emma!
December 25, 2013 at 3:28 pm
Thank you Mary for your wonderful work!!!!!
We met in Athol, MA at one of your presentations. My partner Ted Watt works at the Hitchcock Center in Amherst.
My current email address is davegott13@gmail.com. I’m not sure how much longer benplace@gis.net will work.
Dave Gott Greenfield, MA
December 25, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Hi Mary We love your blog and often save for the grandkids. Your photos are wondeful, your commentary is so interesting. Thanks!
December 25, 2013 at 5:35 pm
You bring me much joy and peace all year through Naturally Curious.
Thank you.
December 25, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Thank you Mary, for bringing us all a deeper understanding of this complex, amazing, beautiful earth we (in the largest sense of that word) are so privileged to inhabit together.
December 25, 2013 at 6:12 pm
The same to you. Thank you for all these lovely pictures and commentaries. Happy New Year. Joanna Frodin
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December 25, 2013 at 8:53 pm
A wonderful image. Thanks for keeping up you curiosity for us to enjoy! Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2013 at 9:10 pm
Perfect.
December 26, 2013 at 2:03 am
God bless you and Miss Emma….Have a wonderful 2014…
December 26, 2013 at 2:19 am
Wonderful picture and message Mary! Hope the year head is a wonderful one for you. I ordered 2 of “Ferdinand the Fox…” For our Grandkids and it is delightful.
Love to you, Randi Reeve Filoon
December 26, 2013 at 5:44 am
THANK YOU, Mary, and a wonderful 2014 to you and your beloved, Emma. :-), Dianne
December 26, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Merry Christmas to you, Mary! And a Happy New Year – enjoying all the wonders of nature!
Love, Judi
December 29, 2013 at 11:27 pm