At Home on the North Shore Fall 2016

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THE INSIDE STORY

BY RACHAEL MACLEAN

Feather your Nest with a

MEADOW BALL “Let’s make meadow balls!” Crystal said.“Sure, sounds fun! Umm what the heck are meadow balls Crystal??” I said. First stop, Google. Of course! Google knows everything.Apparently Google doesn’t know about meadow balls… Crystal’s idea had come from a British magazine that she had picked up earlier in the year while on vacation. Upon seeing the pictures, I’ll admit I was skeptical. BUT they are European so they

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have to be cool on some level. So after quick study, off I went to the field and you guessed it, the ditch. I cut a large bucketful of material and hauled it over to Crys’s house to see what we could assemble.To my pleasant surprise the result was simple, beautiful and unique. Our end result was more of a nest but Crystal was on the money all along. Here’s what and how we created our wildflower wonders.

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