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Memory-MAKERS Family vacations were a time of revelation.

My parents were self-employed and found it difficult to be way from their business, so our vacations usually were spent

stories about their day in the rain. Dad was as animated as I have ever seen him, playing back a "conversation" with a mechanical parrot at the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.

at destinations within a day’s drive of home. More often than

When the four of us took a drive along the Gulf of Mexico,

not we headed to South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota or Colorado,

Mom sheepishly asked, ‘‘Could we stop and put our toes in the

and parked ourselves in a cabin by a lake because my mother

water?’’ She had never been on an ocean beach. She kicked

liked the idea of relaxing by

off her shoes, hiked up her skirt and waded in, commenting

water. I never saw her actually

with delight at the temperature. ‘‘It feels like bath water!’’

do this, of course. She was more

She and Dad collected seashells by the dozen. When they got

occupied with cooking, tidying

home, Dad inscribed one of the shells and then tucked it into a

the cabin and rinsing the lake

handmade shadowbox.

water from our swimsuits.

Sometimes the smallest moments hold the biggest thrills.

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My father was a modest guy who always wore long pants. I never

Happy memory-making on your own vacations!

knew he was bow-legged until the year we went to Okoboji and he emerged from our cabin sporting swim trunks and a ‘‘farmer’s

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tan.’’ His limbs and chest were as white as snow. This, to his daughter (age 7 at the time), was the funniest thing – ever!

One summer at a Minnesota getaway, Dad decided it was his fatherly obligation to teach my younger brother and me how to fish. He bought two ice fishing poles – because we were kids, and (I guess) didn’t need full-sized rods – and set us up on a small wooden dock near our cabin.

I remember the thrill of hooking my first minuscule sunfish.

My butcher Dad could skin a steer with his eyes closed, but he had no skill with fish, and Mom had no desire to handle our bounty. So the outing became an exercise in catch-and-release.

It was the first and last time we ever fished.

In 1991, I attended a newspaper conference at Disney World in Orlando, and I invited my husband and parents, who were then retired, to join me.

While I was in sessions, the trio explored the Magic Kingdom.

I cherish the memory of the stormy afternoon when they returned to our hotel in yellow plastic ponchos, giddy with Dad's keepsake shell

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"A T. rex Named Sue" Through Sept. 8 The Durham Museum 801 S. 10th St. www.durhammuseum.org Meet Sue, the most famous T. rex in the world. At 42 feet long and 12 feet tall at the hips, the skeleton inspires as much awe today as she did 67 million years ago. Created by Chicago's Field Museum, the exhibit explores how this remarkable creature interacted with the world and what we can learn from studying its bones. The dinosaur is 90 percent complete, and was exquisitely preserved. The skeleton was named for Sue Hendrickson, who discovered it near Faith, S.D., during the summer of 1990 on a commercial fossil-hunting trip.

Admission: Free with regular paid admission ($9 for adults, $7 for seniors ages 62 and older and $6 for children ages 3 to 12.)

Members and children ages 2 and younger are free.

Jazz on the Green Thursdays, July 11-Aug. 15 Midtown Crossing 7:30 p.m. www.jazzonthegreen omaha.com Summer's widely known free outdoor jazz concert series gets a new permanent amphitheater at Turner Park.

The entertainment lineup at Midtown Crossing also includes a Wohlner's Midweek Market on Wednesdays through Sept.

25; yoga in the park Sunday evenings through July 21; Monday Night at the Movies

through July 29; and a Friday night concert series by the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Railroad Days 2013 July 13 and 14 Various metro locations www.omaharailroaddays.com Five tourism treasures team up to celebrate Omaha and Council Bluffs' rich railroad heritage.

Round up the family for two days of activities at The Durham Museum, Lauritzen Gardens, the Union Pacific Railroad Museum and Rails West Railroad Museum.

This year's theme, "Law & Order on the Railroad," looks at the train robbers of the Old West and the courageous special agents who worked to keep Union Pacific's passengers and freight safe.

Admission: $15 for a family pass for two adults and their children; or $5 for one additional adult with the purchase of a family pass.

Riverfront Wine Festival Aug. 3 Stinson Park, 67th and Center Streets www.riverfrontwinefestival.com Enjoy wine tasting with live music and Wine Academy classes at Aksarben Village. The following weekend, Aug. 9 and 10, the Nebraska Balloon & Wine Festival takes over the grounds of Coventry Campus south of 204th and Q Streets. Hot air balloons and live music provide the backdrop for wine tastings.

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MAHA Music Festival Aug. 17 Stinson Park, 67th and Center Streets www.mahamusicfestival.com Indie rock will fill Stinson Park at Aksarben Village. Featuring space-rock band The Flaming Lips; punk band The Thermals; and folk groups Thao & The Get Down Stay Down and Sons of Fathers.

Admission: $45 to $55 for adults; free for ages 10 and younger with a paid adult.

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by Freedom Park Naval Yard, the Omaha and Council Bluffs riverfronts and under the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge while listening to live music. Cruise runs 1.5 hours and includes two-entrĂŠe dinner.

Admission: $42 for adults, $38 for seniors and $21 for children ages 12 and younger.

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Tomato Fight Run July 20 455 N. 10th St. www.tomatofightrun.com Join thousands of people in one of the biggest tomato fights of the year at the finish line of this 5K. Admission: $45.

Brix Wine Festival Aug. 23-24 Midtown Crossing www.brixomaha.com A weekend wine festival with a kick-off to the End of Summer Concert Series. Ticket sales support the Food Bank for the Heartland.

Admission prices vary.

Nebraska State Fair Aug. 23-Sept. 2 Fonner Park, Grand Island www.statefair.org Performances by Kellie Pickler, Trace Adkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others; parades; agricultural displays; food and more.

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Playing Favorites Omaha native Rick Janecek, creative director and lead product designer for Global Views in Dallas, was just back from market at High Point, S.C., when we called to catch up on his career and the latest in home accessories. We asked Janecek for five of his favorite trends, and then went looking for local examples – to keep you ahead of the curve.

1 Champagne shimmer in natural and faux horn finishes; golden metals; and gold leaf accents on small furniture pieces.

4 Gray as the predominant neutral, punctuated with orange and other sunset hues. Very soft colors make a strong statement, too.

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Modern design elements in traditional rooms.

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3 Cultivated coral, gnarled branches, agate and other organic accents. "Agate adds glamour without getting formal or fussy," Janecek says.

5 Hillary Thomas lamp finial

Distressed wood in large and small furniture pieces and room accents.

"Formality in rooms is almost nonexistent," Janecek says. Hooker chest featured; similar styles at Nebraska Furniture Mart.

Organic bowl and yarn balls, Lee Douglas Interiors

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Year-round foliage

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Pour on the TLC, and ferns will impress through the holidays.

It doesn’t take a wild imagination to picture a healthy lime green

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patio. Take that thought a step further, and imagine your full, lush fern adding its bright

Good drainage is essential for this shallow-rooted plant. Use a potting mix with a high proportion of organic materials such as peat. The mix should include calcium and magnesium.

color to the holidays. Yes, indoors. Tricky? Not if you follow these tips for creating an environment in which ferns thrive.

TEMPERATURE Your fern will grow best in temperatures between 73 and 86 degrees. Nighttime temperatures around 63 degrees reduce the likelihood of winter fungal problems.

FERTILIZE Use a light touch once a month. Ferns don’t store nutrients well. Use a weak liquid at half the recommended rate.

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WHERE TO PLACE The fern is a low-light plant that prefers a north window, except in winter when an east exposure is better.

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Consistent watering and evenly moist soil are essential. Don’t let the plant sit in water. A pebble tray under the pot allows water to drain away from the roots and provides humidity. Misting with room-temperature water in the morning also amps up the humidity.

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BOAT-MAKING STOKES PASSION

Masonry pays the bills, but woodworking is this Dane's true source of happiness.

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here is something reassuring about Johan Pedersen’s handiwork – a stunning reminder in this digital age – that craftsmen still create pieces that are solid and beautiful. And very real.

In his skilled hands in his home workshop in Blair, north of Omaha, small tables made from Douglas fir and dark walnut, tiger maple and padauk become works of art.

“I like the natural beauty of the wood to speak for itself,” says the Danish-born Pedersen.

His tables have clean, simple lines – a nod to his Danish heritage and the principles of Scandinavian design. Stainless steel pins join the wood and heighten the modern uniqueness of each piece.

Pedersen emigrated to North America with his family as a very young child. Work opportunities drew his father, a mason, to Canada first and then, about four years later, to Blair. That was in the early 1960s.

“I got held back in first grade because I would read American textbooks and speak them out in Danish,” laughs Pedersen who earns a living, like his father did, as a full-time mason.

Woodworking is a decades-old pastime.

Attending Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine, in 1982, stoked his passion.

WHERE TO BUY Johan Pedersen’s accent tables can be found at Lewis Art Gallery in Omaha.

Tables range in price from $995 to $1,195.

“That’s where this all started,” he explains.

“Once you start boat-building, the woodworking world really opens up because you’re always working with curves; you’re always bending wood to do something.”

In addition to furniture, Pedersen enjoys making wooden canoes and kayaks. He is also an awardwinning carver of decorative bird and duck decoys. “Once you have a full understanding of the anatomy of wood ... new doors start opening."

For Pedersen, woodworking is a key source of happiness. “If you’re not happy with what you’re doing, don’t do it,” he advises. “If you’re not happy, you won’t be inspired.” – Dan McCann

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London

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’ve been to London 12 times over the past 13 years, and each time I look for something. I haven’t found it yet. I’m looking for the reason why London has a reputation for bad food.

Oh sure, I’ve had some bad meals in London. If you plop down in restaurant booths often enough, you’re bound to come up with a clunker. Even in Omaha. But overall, London has great dining.

Most of the pubs serve up good, basic food. We think of it here as diner food. In England, it’s pub grub.

The safe bet on any pub menu is fish and chips or meat pie.

Steak and ale pie, steak and stilton and steak and kidney are the most common, but you can usually find chicken or lamb as well.

The thick stew is served with a top crust or puff pastry.

If there is one pub to visit for a pint or a meal, it’s Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese just off Fleet Street. There has been a pub at this location since the 16th century. The current building was constructed in 1667 after the Great Fire. The basement bar, in vaults that once were part of a 13th-century Carmelite monastery, is worth a visit. Every monarch has seemingly visited the pub

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since it was rebuilt, and it is known as the hangout for the literary set, too. The visitors over the centuries have included Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Johnson and Mark Twain.

London is a truly international city. Italian restaurants are often run by Italian immigrants. Chinatown, just off Liecester (pronounced “lester”) Square and on the edge of Soho, is shoulder-to-shoulder with many restaurants.

My favorites are the small, family run restaurants that line the side streets of London. Most post a menu outside. Some of my best meals have resulted from just walking around London for an hour or so with a friend, glancing at menus until we were hungry enough or intrigued enough to walk in.

Take in a cream tea in the afternoon with a scone and clotted cream. Veddy British, indeed, and you will feel pampered.

Liecester Square is the heart of London. Just a few blocks away is the famous Piccadilly Circus, with Trafalgar Square in the other direction. Covent Garden, where Professor Higgins met Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalion,” is just five minutes away along

IF YOU GO • Free things to do.

London is expensive, but there are a lot of free things to do.

Most of the major museums are free. The British Museum is one of the greatest on earth. Its halls are full of ancient Egyptian artifacts plundered from graves that were first explored by the British centuries ago. There is an impressive collection of mummies. And anyone who loves language will have to pause at the Rosetta Stone.

You could spend a week at the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square. The art collection is mostly European from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Next door is the National Portrait Gallery.

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sidewalks crowded with tourists and shops.

The streets spread from Trafalgar like spokes on a bike.

Down one street is The Sherlock Holmes pub; the Thames is just beyond that. Another street leads you to the Houses of Parliament and the base of the famed clock tower that houses Big Ben. From here you can get anywhere in London – on foot, on the Underground or on the famed double-decker buses. My favorite is to walk. It’s the best way to soak up the history and the worldliness that is London.

The great Samuel Johnson, who wrote the first English language dictionary in the 18th century, once said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” After a dozen trips there, I am certainly not tired of life – nor of London.

THE RED LION

• Some things are worth the price of admission. At the top of the list is the Tower of London.

This fortress was started in the late 11th century by William the Conqueror. It was the execution site for Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey. That scoundrel King John had his two nephews imprisoned there – and probably murdered – to keep them from claiming the throne. And Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned there from 1603 to 1616. You can see where he etched his name into the wall.

When you buy your pass for the Tower, you can for a few pounds more, get a pass to a second castle. My choice would be Hampton Court, home of Henry VIII. Take a boat trip up the Thames to the palace and see London from the river.

An excellent value is a trip around the London Eye, a giant Ferris wheel on the banks of the Thames. Each pod holds

up to 25 people, and it takes a half-hour to complete one full spin. The view is spectacular day or night.

• London is a great city for walking. If you visit the Tower of London, you will be next to Tower Bridge, a medievallooking structure across the Thames. If you cross there, you will be in Southwark (pronounced “sutherk”) , and you’ll find the Queen’s Walk. It follows along the Thames past shops, restaurants and pubs to The Globe, a replica of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.

Continue to the Tate Modern, a spectacular modern art museum built in a remodeled power plant. Cross back on the Jubilee pedestrian bridge, or the Centennial pedestrian bridge.

On Sunday morning, stroll through Hyde Park and visit Speaker’s Corner, where people stand on soapboxes and orate about whatever is on their minds. Small crowds gather around, heckle, argue and harangue back, then they move on to the next speaker. The memorial to Princess Diana is in Hyde Park, as well as a rose garden, ponds, fountains and a measure of serenity.

Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral are not to be missed.

British monarchs are buried at Westminster Abbey. So are poets, authors and playwrights.

The architecture is stunning and the church is massive. Take your time and savor it. St. Paul’s is architect Christopher Wren’s masterpiece. He designed the structure after St. Paul’s burned in the great London Fire in 1666. Nobody believed that the dome could be supported, yet today it towers above the surrounding buildings. Climb to the top of the dome and find the Whispering Gallery. inspiredhomeomaha.com 17

PARIS

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EIFFEL TOWER

“Je ne parle pas bien français.”

“What are you saying?” my wife laughed.

“I can’t speak French well,” I translated.

"You've got that right," she replied.

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nd so began our latest overseas adventure – with another vain attempt to learn the local language. On the plane. Before the start of the in-flight movie.

Roll “Legend of the Guardians.” Au revoir, French lessons.

My wife and I are not travel experts. We were simply fortunate enough to spend a week in Paris this past April, thanks to our entries in the Marathon de Paris. All that we expected to enthrall us, such as the legendary food and the iconic works of art and architecture, did. But what really astounded us were the unexpected pleasures.

1. Les Personnes: The People Based on the stereotypical Frenchman, I half expected a baguette-carrying man wearing a beret, a scarf and a blackand-white-striped shirt to heap disdain on us as soon as we deplaned at Charles de Gaulle International airport.

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No one did.

In fact, so many we encountered were warm, helpful and rightfully proud of their city. Case in point: The kind monsieur who, on the metro ride to the marathon, smiled curiously at us for a while before striking up a conversation.

“Where are you from?” he asked in halting English.

“Nebraska – USA,” I replied.

“Look,” he said as he knocked on the window of the train car. An instant later, the Eiffel Tower came into full view, the rising sun beside it. “Beautiful,” he said, still smiling.

C’est magnifique, indeed.

2. La Joie des Choses Simples: The Joy of the Simple Things Paris is grand in every sense of the word. It is a city bustling with millions of people and renowned cultural treasurers: the Mona Lisa, van Gogh’s "Starry Night," Rodin’s "The Thinker"… But some of our fondest memories were not derived from the masters: - Sitting feet up in the Jardin des Tuileries while sipping vin chaud (a heavenly hot red wine spiced with cinnamon) and eating a warm crepe dripping with Nutella.

- Shopping for a picnic lunch at an open air market in Versailles. We picked up a crusty baguette here, a wedge of raclette cheese there.

- Capping a busy day of sightseeing with a laid-back, nighttime in drizzling rain visit to the Trocadéro, a public square that offers a magnificent view of the luminous Eiffel Tower.

3. Le Temps: The Weather As is customary in Paris in April, it rained … a lot.

An unexpected pleasure? Absolutely.

Back to Versailles. Our visit included an hours-long bike tour through the expansive gardens before touring the unbelievably opulent Palace of Versailles. Less than an hour into the bike ride, it started drizzling. And then it started raining. And then it started hailing.

And then one of our tour mates blew a tire.

Our guide urged us to ride ahead and seek out an overhang while he attended to the flat. About 10 minutes later, wet and huddled together, the group began to wonder if we should double back.

“To help?” someone asked.

“No,” came one reply. “To get the tour guide’s corkscrew.”

4. Être en Présence de la Grandeur: Being in the Presence of Greatness In one day, we found ourselves just feet away from the final resting places of Voltaire, Rousseau, Napoleon, Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Jim Morrison. Morbid? Maybe.

But come on! Voltaire? Seriously!?

5. Combien Nous Avons Hâte d’y Retourner: How Much We Look Forward to Going Back During our week in Paris, we squeezed as much juice as possible from our six-day museum pass and our unlimited metro ticket – and we put at least 40 miles on our feet (not counting the 26.2 miles on race day). Still, we left wanting more. “When we come back …” was a common refrain.

There are parts of the city and the region that we especially look forward to exploring on a future trip: Normandy, the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, Victor Hugo’s house … And there are experiences we look forward to re-living: citron tarts for breakfast; walking the bustling Champs-Élysées; climbing the spiral staircase inside the Arc de Triomphe; not to mention the sheer joy (once we accepted it) of not being able to use our smartphones because of our domestic service plan.

Until next time, Paris – here’s to embracing the unexpected and to venturing beyond the borders of our comfort zones.

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BERLIN

T H E S u preme P arish and C ollegiate C h u rch

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orget the dreary black and white photos of old Berlin.

The world-famous city is fun, historic and happening in living color today.

Like Omaha and its suburbs, the German capital is mostly flat and ranges over several hundred square miles. And like Omaha, Berlin is not much of a high-rise city; that would be Frankfurt’s gleaming financial center.

A mid-August 2012 visit provided 72 hours of perfect weather, with shirt sleeves by day and a light jacket late into the night.

My wife and I stayed in the historic Mitte district in the former East Berlin because of its lively mix of boutiques, cafes, restaurants and clubs, and its proximity to the sights we wanted to see. Hotel

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Augustinenhof, with its comfortable rooms and great breakfasts, was a good choice. It sits near the S-Bahn (light rail) and U-Bahn (subway) entrances for efficient touring and access to the Hauptbahnhof (principal rail station).

The city is chock-full of tourists, and like us, most of them were on foot and had a map in hand. English is so widely spoken in Berlin and Germany that we quickly abandoned the courtesy of asking “Sprechen Sie Englisch?”

The city’s “attitude” ranges from Bohemian graffiti artists to hardworking merchants and multinational corporate headquarters-types. Many of the nouveaux artisans have found homes as squatters in former East Berlin government-owned buildings.

We have an appreciation for Rick

Steves’ travel guides, and we weren’t disappointed with his advice. To best explore Berlin, however, you need five days. We're eager to return to explore the art and artifacts at Museum Island, a World Heritage Site, as well as indulge in some haute (window) shopping.

FIVE Must-Sees

1. River cruise. We took an early-evening boat ride on the River Spree the day we arrived. The perspective was invaluable. The river courses through the city, passing historic (reconstructed after World War II) landmarks and many of the stunning newer buildings designed by international architects following Germany’s 1989 reunification.

2. Dome tour at the Bundestag. A must-do for two reasons: The stunning architectural art piece atop the seat of the German government, and the 360-degree view of Berlin’s cityscape. You must apply for the tour long before you arrive in Berlin. We registered six months before our trip; the government’s email validation of its permission to visit the dome arrived the week of our departure. www.bundestag.de

3. Brandenburg Gate. The 1791 landmark became the symbol of the east/west division of Germany and the Cold War prior to reunification. The gate marks the entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees, and the expansive and bustling Pariser Platz.

4. Topography of Terror museum. A block-long remnant of the infamous Wall shelters an open-air, no-excuses history of Germany from pre-World War I through the barricade’s fall in 1989. It is disturbingly informative, and is on the grounds of the former Gestapo headquarters.

5. Stelenfeld Holocaust Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. It remembers the lives lost in WW II. There is monumental art (2005); and a very moving historical collection and presentations.

STELENFELD HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

IF YOU GO: Preview the "Berlin WelcomeCard” online (www.berlin-welcomecard.de) to plan each day’s itinerary. The cost of the card (available at railway station tourism offices) will be recovered in travel and admission cost savings during your stay.

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FLORIDA

You can keep your brochures and ticket stubs to major tourist attractions. A sunset cruise on a catamaran and a glass of wine are more my style.

Te x t a n d P h o t o s b y H e i d i H o f f m a n

Rent a bike for a day and explore the island's beaches. Bring buckets for all those shells you're going to collect!

Beachcomber's Paradise

Bowman's Beach on Sanibel Island is a shell collector's paradise, according to Garden & Gun magazine. The island's east-west orientation acts like a shovel, tossing a rare abundance of intact shells onto the beach as they're funneled into the Gulf of Mexico. For the best haul, the magazine says, set out at low tide or after a summer storm.

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ast October, I spent seven relaxing days on Sanibel Island in southwest Florida with two seasoned traveling companions – my grandma and my aunt.

If you're looking for an easy getaway, this is it. Spend a morning exploring one of several wildlife refuges on the island, then grab a light lunch and head to the beach to read that book that has been sitting on your nightstand for months.

If you’re feeling a little daring and not afraid of heights, follow our lead and go parasailing for a sky-high, panoramic view of both Sanibel, and neighboring Captiva Island.

Do a little or do a lot with your day: Shop, play golf, comb the beach for shells or hang out poolside with a tall, refreshing drink.

The idea is to let the day play out on a whim. When the sky turns rosy, it's time for dinner. Catch an amazing sunset every night from a different view – on a beach, on a sailboat, on a harbor cruise or at a seaside restaurant.

The Mucky Duck, an English-style pub with huge beachfront windows and a live band, is one of the hottest evening dining spots on Captiva Island. We were lucky enough to snag a table, even if it was at the back of the house. We were able to leave our table during dinner and join the

crowd on the restaurant's beach to applaud a stunning sunset.

A highlight of our visit was The Bubble Room, also on Captiva Island. It's always Christmas in this kitchy restaurant known for its excessive bubble lights and quirky knick-knack decor. Go for dinner or just dessert. The restaurant's signature cakes are served in slices the size of a dinner plate. And if that doesn't satisfy your appetite, you can take one home for breakfast the next day.

After the crowds go home for the evening, head back to the beach like my aunt and I did with a flashlight for some late-night chatting, stargazing – and ghost crab hunting.

TRAVEL TIP

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SANIBEL ISLAND/ CAPTIVA ISLAND

HIGHLIGHTS

The Bubble Room www.bubbleroomrestaurant.com The Mucky Duck Pub www.muckyduck.com J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge www.fws.gov/dingdarling South Seas Island Resort www.southseas.com Jungle Drums Art Gallery www.jungledrumsgallery.com Shell Museum www.shellmuseum.org

TRAVEL TIP Carry a small beverage cooler to protect your camera on the beach.

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TAKE PHOTOS Like A Pro

Pentax WG-III, $350 16 megapixels; 4x optical zoom; 4-inch LCD display.

Eye-catching and super rugged. Shockproof, crushproof, cold-proof, dust-proof, waterproof down to 45 feet.

Shake Reduction system.

Excellent low-light performer with macro-mode focus light.

If you can do without built-in GPS and a face clock, shave $50 from the price.

We can't imagine traveling without a "real" camera. Photographing amazing sites with your smartphone is quick and it works, but it's not as memorable as it could be.

Dedicated cameras simply create better images. So what should you get? Rockbrook Camera's Aaron Frey weighs in with four small-but-mighty digital options.

Canon EOS Rebel SL1, $799.99 18 megapixels; 3x optical zoom; 3-inch LCD touch display.

Smallest, lightest true digital SLR camera made; compatible with entire family of Canon auto-focus lenses.

Good in low-light situations; continuous focus in HD video mode. Shoots up to 4 frames per second.

Olympus E-PL5, $599 16 megapixels; 3x optical zoom; 3-inch LCD display.

Compact with interchangeable lenses; every bit as powerful as a digital SLR. Tilt-screen display with touch-screen focus and shutter release. No built-in flash; standard mount for external flash. Automatic and manual modes. Fast-shooting performance (up to 8 frames per second); HD video.

GoPro Hero3, $399 Black Edition; 12 megapixels; super-wide angle lens; built-in Wi-Fi with remote.

Designed for extreme athletes. Wearable and gear-mountable; waterproof down to 197 feet. "Phenomenal" technology for in-themoment HD video, as well as still and time-lapse photos (up to 30 frames per second).

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A recipe series for home cooks who want to kick it up a notch.

CHICKEN & BRICKS Grab a few bricks, fire up the gas grill and follow these easy steps to a savory golden bird.

Chef Brian O'Malley plucks a bird from the range and cooks it to perfection on the grill with tender loving care for the second installment of our step-by-step recipe feature. (Last issue, the chef-instructor from Metropolitan Community College prepared seared trout).

TOMATO & SHallot CRUDO WITH Charred Kale

This was our first experience with Brick Chicken – the process of cooking a bird on a gas grill with foil-wrapped bricks as weights.

O'Malley explains that preheating the bricks on the grill fills them with heat that will later radiate deeply into your bird. This will cause it to cook more evenly and quickly than grilling alone.

Slow-GRILLED POTATOES

Keeping the bones in while grilling is essential to both taste and juiciness in O'Malley's recipe.

While the Sage Rub is delicious, it is not essential. Feel free, O'Malley says, to lightly season the bird and rub it with a little vegetable oil before putting it under the bricks.

For a rustic edge, serve drumsticks, thighs, breasts and wings with bones intact. For a more refined plate (or for young children), remove backbone from breast and cut breast meat into boneless slices.

For side dish recipes, visit www. inspiredhomeomaha.com.

Sage-Rubbed Brick Chicken

Bon Appetit!

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SAGE-RUBBED BRICK CHICKEN Serves: 4 4 large paving bricks (8-by-8 inches), wrapped in foil 1 whole chicken, cut in half 1 pinch kosher salt 3 ounces sage rub (recipe, next page)

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LEARN MORE

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Preheat a charcoal or gas grill to medium heat. Wrap bricks in foil. Heat your wrapped bricks on the grill as it preheats.

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Using a boning knife, place tip of blade at neck bone, bear down and cut whole chicken in half along back bone. Do not de-bone halves.

Season the halves with salt and let rest for about five minutes while you prepare the sage rub.

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Lift and separate the chicken skin from the flesh with your fingers, being careful not to break through the skin.

Under the skin, rub the sage rub on the flesh of the chicken. Let rest for about 5 minutes.

Once the grill is ready, place the chicken halves directly onto the grates, bone-side or cut-side down, and place the foil-wrapped brick(s) on the skin side. Your brick should be large enough to cover the whole breast and the leg/thigh. Leave the lid off the grill to limit hot air conduction.

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SAGE RUB

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Allow the chicken to cook in a hot spot on the grill for about 12 minutes. Flip the chicken in the same spot on the grill, and return the brick to the top of the chicken.

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Cook an additional 8 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 155°F at the thickest part of the leg. Juices will be almost clear; the chicken will continue to cook a few minutes after coming off the grill.

Remove the chicken from the grill and allow it to rest for 2-3 minutes. Cut into pieces and serve with bones; or remove bones and slice chicken into desired portions for platter.

THE NEXT STEP Pair Sage-Rubbed Brick Chicken with Slow-Grilled Potatoes with Citrus Compound Butter, and Tomato and Shallot Crudo with Charred Kale. Recipes available at www.inspiredhomeomaha.com.

2 tablespoons fresh sage (about 20 leaves), chopped 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (about 10 stems’ worth), chopped and rinsed 4 garlic cloves, pasted 1 pinch crushed red pepper ("pizza flakes") Fat pinch kosher salt 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons lemon zest (about 1 lemon) ½ teaspoon ground mustard or mustard seed powder ¼ cup vegetable oil 1. In a blender, add all of the ingredients except the oil. Pulse until well-blended. 2. With the blender running, stream in the vegetable oil until a thick paste forms. 3. Remove from blender and reserve until ready to use.

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WINES OF SUMMER

FIVE FRESH PICKS Here's a wine sampler that covers the bases, whether you’re looking for something to enjoy on a warm evening on the patio, or with food hot from the grill or fresh from the farmers market. “It doesn’t matter if it’s red, white, pink, sweet or dry,” says Dan Matuszek of Brix at Midtown Crossing and Village Pointe. “Wine is a connector of people and places, great stories and fond memories. So just drink what you love.” Matuszek pairs five favorites with summer's most popular fare.

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TRY THIS

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Grab a chainsaw. Slice a fallen tree trunk along its diameter to yield 2-inch sections to be used as personal tabletops for a picnic in the grass.

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S t y l e d a n d Wr i t t e n b y H e a t h e r Wi n k e l Photographed by Dev Hanumara

Lemonade, fireflies and relaxing in the sun. That’s what summer is made of.

Try these easy steps for a carefree picnic in your own backyard, by a lake or at a park.

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Create a custom picnic blanket from a paint drop cloth. Lay a plastic-lined drop cloth (available at hardware stores) flat, cloth side up. Tape off a stripe design with blue painter’s tape. Use a small roller to paint stripes, let the paint dry and apply a second coat.

When dry, remove painter’s tape. Voilà! You have a customdesigned picnic blanket.

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Pack complete meals in cute boxes before leaving the house. Once you get to your picnic destination, give each guest a box. No setup, no cleanup.

3 Serve watermelon lemonade (find recipe on www.inspiredhomeomaha.com) in mason jars and garnish with skewered watermelon stars. Cut a thin slice of watermelon, and use a small star cookie cutter to make shapes.

Skewer stars onto striped straws and serve.

4 Cover condiments with cupcake liners.

Flatten cupcake liners. Place them on top of containers, and then crease and fold them down and secure with rubber bands to keep condiments safe from bugs.

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5 Make paper napkins fancy with buckle napkin rings. Pick up a pack of D-rings and a spool of proportionally sized ribbon from your local craft store. Measure enough ribbon to go around your napkin, and loop one end around the flat side of a D-ring. Sew or glue ribbon in place, and then string a second D-ring onto the ribbon. Belt the napkin.

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WEST OMAHA

Traditional meets modern in an update that honors the best of both worlds.

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he sprawling ranch-style house in northwest Omaha was perfect for the large, active family who lived there – except for one notable exception. Despite having 2,400 square feet on the main floor and a finished attic and basement, the kitchen was a “dark cubby” of a space. It was enclosed by brick walls, and was set away from large windows that poured sunlight into other rooms.

The homeowners, who made due with the outdated, congested room for 14 years, decided about a year ago that it was time to renovate. The result is an extraordinary transformation that makes it difficult to envision the original space.

“I truly enjoy my time in this kitchen,” says the homeowner.

No more working with outdated appliances – some original to the 50-year-old house. No more coping with inadequate counter space. And no more schlepping groceries to the basement where she prepared meals for her husband and their five children during construction.

The homeowners worked with architect Martin Townley, who suggested that they might reconfigure the existing space rather than add on, and Marco Lade of Artisan Woods & Intelligent Design Studio.

Lade’s designs for the expansive and airy kitchen and new powder and laundry rooms are an exquisite blend and intelligent balance of traditional and modern features and materials. Case in point: The contrast of warm, aged wood with sleek and modern materials like white, honed marble and an 8-foot-long stainless steel hood over the range.

Lade says he wanted to “honor” traditional elements in the home: dark, knotty pine paneling in the adjoining hearth room; wooden beams; and dark hardwood floors throughout. But the photos that the homeowners presented as a guide to their vision were almost exclusively images of modern European environments – elements not present in this traditional home.

“Yet, I wanted the kitchen to feel as if it could always have been there,” the homeowner says. continued on page 40

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Brushed Lido granite accepts day-to-day abuse; its dimpled surface begs to be touched.

BEFORE

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A multitude of details take time to be discovered rather than shout, “Look at us!” The metal corbels chiseled into the underside of the breakfast bar are one example.

Wormy chestnut cabinetry is recessed into the wall to conceal a refrigerator, freezer drawers and pantry staples.

continued from page 38 Using reclaimed wood at the homeowners’ suggestion, Lade selected wormy chestnut harvested from barns, farm buildings and warehouses in West Virginia. The name comes from worm blight, which killed the region’s chestnut trees, but created a beautiful pocked surface in the wood. Old nail holes – now oxidized – lend additional character.

Wormy chestnut is used on the island breakfast bar and in custom-made cabinetry that holds the refrigerator, freezer drawers and pantry staples.

The appliances are stored on shelves hidden behind pocket doors. It’s a massive piece that covers one

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wall. It doesn’t overpower the room, in part because it is recessed into the wall and extends only a few inches.

“We wanted the feel of an antique armoire,” Lade says.

The countertops, made from brushed Lido granite, have a dimpled surface that begs to be touched. “Texture is critical to interesting environments,” Lade says. “We needed a material that could handle a lot of abuse but still look great. They (members of the family) work hard in this kitchen.”

The backsplash behind the range – made of Calacatta Gold honed marble – is a feat of engineering skill. Two pieces of marble roll out to cover the entire area. They also roll in to reveal storage nooks on the sides that hold cooking essentials.

The cabinets, painted a pale green, provide another contrast to the wormy chestnut. Cabinet and drawer handles and pulls are from Rocky Mountain Hardware – antique bronze for the wormy chestnut cabinetry, and white bronze for the painted cabinets.

The room’s lighting was applied in layers, starting with interior lights in a number of cabinets and progressing to decorative exterior lights.

“Many of the cabinets have lighting activated simply by opening the doors. This immediately eliminates some of the burden of general room lighting, which needed to almost disappear for this particular aesthetic,” Lade says. continued on page 42 inspiredhomeomaha.com 41

continued from page 41 Sleek, multi-headed recessed fixtures were strategically placed in the ceiling.

“When you utilize recessed lighting that has two, three or four directional heads, you can reduce the number of times the ceiling needs to be punctured. This again aids in what appears to be a simple light scheme that slips completely into the background of the space,” he explains.

He opted for a sparse, “handmade” look for the fixture over the island and breakfast bar, and sconces on both sides of the range.

The homeowners’ mantra to “Keep it simple, Marco” typically evoked a consistent answer from the designer: “Yes, but there have to be details.”

That exchange was typical of their working relationship. “We were a sounding board for each other,” the homeowner explains. “It helps when the clients are part of the process,” Lade adds.

In this case, the homeowners had a sense of what they wanted, although they allowed Lade the freedom to experiment. The project was a challenge because while the home has classical, traditional characteristics, the owners favored a distinctly modern feel for the kitchen. “But modern can be a bit cold, and people want their homes to be cozy and warm. So the question was how to work these elements into this home.”

The end result, which is a blend of contemporary and traditional, is “very satisfying” to Lade and the busy family, whose kitchen is now both efficient and elegant.

Wine bottles look artful on a recessed wall in a hallway between the kitchen and an outside entrance.

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Slabs of Calacatta Gold honed marble roll out to reveal storage nooks on either side of the cooking range.

BEFORE

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Marco Lade incorporated storage wherever he could for the homeowners. The laundry room doubles as a pantry.

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Golf enthusiasts Gary and Beth Bowen have dream seats for the 2013 U.S. Senior Open.

Their deck backs up to the fifth hole of the host course.

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n a recent afternoon, the fairways and greens – banked by woods – glimmered under the fading afternoon sun at Gary and Beth Bowen's residence in Country Club Oaks Place adjacent to Omaha Country Club, host of the U.S. Senior Open in July. The meticulously manicured course, just steps

away from the Bowens’ back deck, contrasts starkly with the front yard of their multilevel cream-colored home.

Mature trees and natural ground cover – a habitat for birds and other wildlife – hug a winding brick drive to the front door and surround the house. The house looks as if it sprung from the ground, like the lavender wildflowers and the oak, hickory, hackberry, elm and linden trees. And in a way, it did.

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“The design of the house responds to the site uniquely.

That’s how we approach every project,” Gary Bowen says.

A principal at Bahr Vermeer & Haecker, Architects, Bowen designed the home as a firm project. It is now used in the company’s marketing and other professional materials.

“There were two or three other attempts to design a house here. But the site couldn’t accommodate a big mansion. That would have required major compromises,” he says.

The Bowens wanted to preserve the property’s unique beauty, including its north-to-south slope, abundant

trees and ravine. Situating a home among these natural features so rare on a city lot required imagination, skill and determination. Only one ailing tree was removed during construction.

The result is suggestive of a storybook house or perhaps a cottage in a Welsh village. Indeed, the word “Penwyn” (derived from the Welsh “Penllwyn”) hewn into a sign hanging above the front door means “white house at the end of a grove.”

Gary Bowen, whose great-grandparents were Welsh immigrants, says many homes in Wales and other parts of the British Isles have names instead of street numbers. continued on page 48

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The Bowens share their home with Nigel, an Ocicat.

True to the breed, which resembles a wild cat, he is friendly and outgoing. He follows his owners and visitors from room to room, meowing loudly when they leave him to step outdoors.

The couple also has two grown daughters, who live in Omaha and Los Angeles, three grandsons and a 3-yearold great-granddaughter.

The house, which was built by John Luce Co., has a linear footprint, meaning that it occupies more space from north to south than east to west. The elevation changes five times on the main level, but only by one or two steps up or down. The various levels and

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pitched ceilings make the main floor seem much larger than its 1,200 square feet.

Bowen hand-selected and sanded the 3-by-6-inch exposed wood rafters. He worked with an engineer to devise a steel ring beam around the perimeter of each room, which acts as a belt to keep the roof from pushing out the walls.

“Normally, there wouldn’t be that kind of homeowner interaction in a building project,” he says. This handson approach prevailed during the home’s construction and design. And the Bowens engaged a number of Omaha-area artisans and craftsmen for the interior work.

Wilson Custom Tile made the tile for the fireplace surround in the kitchen and family room. A wrought

Neighborhood Omaha Country Club Architect Bahr Vermeer & Haecker Highlight Home was a project for the architectural firm Bedrooms 3

Bathrooms 2

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iron railing on the stairs to the second floor was made

by Loken Forge. Lambrecht Glass Studio created a stained glass window that was designed by Bowen.

The Bowens considered ready-made kitchen cabinets before discovering that they were more expensive than made-to-order cabinets. “It’s a myth that custom-made is expensive. Sometimes it costs less. It’s more fun, too, if you’re an architect, to be able to customize all the parts of the house,” Bowen says.

Beth shared equally in the decisions. “We knew that we wanted a lot of light since the lot is so shady.”

Casement windows, dormers and French doors open up the interior to the outdoors. Whitewashed walls, minimal window coverings and a soothing trim paint color, Silver Sage from Restoration Hardware, also

KITCHEN

lighten the rooms and provide continuity.

The furnishings are a mix of antique, traditional and contemporary. Highlights include Cedric Hartman accent tables and lamps, and chairs designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Marcel Breuer.

The walls throughout the home feature Gary’s watercolors, mostly of architectural subjects, and paintings by Judith Welk, Keith Jacobshagen, Gary Bowling and others.

The Bowens moved into their current home in the late 1990s. They previously lived in a townhome community called The Treehouse near 60th and Western Streets. continued on page 52 inspiredhomeomaha.com 49

Iconic furnishings in the home include Cedric Hartman lamps and accent tables, and chairs designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Marcel Breuer.

A Cedric Hartman table is featured at right.

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Gary Bowen, with Beth's help, hand-selected and sanded all of the wood for the rafters in the home.

Bowen family heirloom.

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Bowen designed the pattern for the stained glass window.

Dormers make the rooms feel bigger.

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Bowen helped develop the community with four other young architects in the 1970s. At the time, The Treehouse was a “social experiment in urban living,” Bowen says. It required numerous zoning code revisions and variances to allow for the higher-density, pedestrian-friendly community.

Bowen says that he and Beth “kind of did it backward” living in a townhome during the early part of their lives, and then building a singlefamily home when many couples downsize. “The golf course really called him,” Beth says.

The Bowens are members of the country club, and they have their own golf cart. They’ve attended the British Open, a PGA championship and the Ryder Cup. Although they could simply relax and enjoy the U.S. Senior Open, both are volunteering.

He heads the golf cart committee; she is on the hospitality committee.

But they still will avoid the shuttle to and from the club – and, of course, the bleachers.

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The country church that inspired the pie party.

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s a young girl growing up in a small farming community, the highlight of summer was the Westside Methodist Church Lawn Social. I went every year with my Grandpa Ed and Grandma Ellen. It was exciting because the event drew a crowd to the little white church with the tall spire just outside of town.

We arrived at about dusk, just as the heat faded from the day and the sun’s long shadows danced across the church grounds.

I looked forward to the carefully sliced triangles of every imaginable kind of pie sitting atop wooden folding tables draped with simple cloths. I remember the excitement I felt when making my choice, and then savoring every bite while sitting on a wooden folding chair on the lawn.

No matter how you ‘slice’ it, an old-fashioned pie party is a simple way to gather friends and savor the waning days of summer.

Te x t b y K a r e n B l a n c Photographs by Kurt A. Keeler

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Earlier this summer, I drew on those sweet memories for a pie and ice cream lawn social that doubled as a high school graduation party. We started the party with 33 homemade pies, and by the end of the day, we had served more than 250 slices.

My daughter, Hannah, single-handedly prepped and baked 25 pies in one week from a single oven with a 9-month-old at her side. Daughter Evian contributed four family favorites, while Aunt Melinda prepared four pies from recipes popular at the Burt County Fair's 4-H Kitchen.

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Decorate tabletops with simple centerpieces. We filled mason jars with apple blossoms from neighbors' yards.

Create recipe cards for each pie flavor for the table decorations. Invite guests to take home a recipe by snapping a photo of the card with their smartphone. This is a fun party mixer, too!

Pick Your Pies Choose your pie flavors by the fruit that is in season, and use premade crusts. For fun, add year-round family favorites like pecan, sweet potato or chocolate silk pie.

The hit of the day: Sawdust Pie; recipe page 56.

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Guests will have fun guessing the ingredients of this crowd-pleaser.

SAWDUST PIE 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Place 7 egg whites in a bowl. 3. In a separate bowl, combine 1½ cups sugar, 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs, 1½ cups finely chopped pecans and 1½ cups coconut. 4. Mix sawdust-like ingredients into unbeaten egg whites. 5. Pour mixture into 9-inch pie shell. 6. Bake 45 minutes. 7. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

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riot of tulips spilled colors throughout the gardens in a Loveland neighborhood weeks ago. Hydrangeas and roses, Asiatic lilies and phlox will be next, equally spectacular in the march through the seasons.

These showstopping stages are part of the plan when designing a garden.

Annuals in a bright array of colors fill in during the transition from peak bloom to peak bloom: Impatiens, wax-leaf begonias, snapdragons and, before the heat of summer, pansies.

But landscape designers like Jeffrey Mink, who had a part in planning the Loveland garden shown here, are experts at creating the stage and the backdrop.

For this Colonial-inspired garden, the background plants – boxwood hedges, yews and other evergreens – are the “bones” of the landscape in winter, he says.

Other backup shrubs, such as fothergilla and viburnums, Story by Rhonda Stansberry

enhance and complement the showier perennials and annuals in summer, producing berries in the fall and winter.

“Spring as it unfurls, offers billions of shades of green,” Mink says. And red. Japanese maple and Prairie Fire Crabapple leaves pop with a palette of reds.

The Loveland garden, a backyard sanctuary for its owners, has islands of trees. They are ornamental and relatively low-growing, like the dogwood, redbud and Japanese Tree Lilacs. Others are towering, like the pines and maples in this yard and the neighbors’ yards, or what Mink calls the “borrowed view.”

Working with such an abundance of shade isn’t all that tricky, Mink says. “All plants will grow in full sun.

Some are more tolerant of shade. And the more shade, the less vigor and slower growth.”

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Photographs by Jeffrey Bebee

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continued from page 59 The gardens here are dotted with perennials that are especially well-adapted to full or dappled shade, including Solomon’s seal, painted fern, astilbe, bleeding heart and many hosta varieties.

The sloped and terraced backyard, which is just under an acre, isn’t all shade. By design, it has an area of full sun for David Austin oldfashioned roses and a picket-fenced vegetable garden. Also with a Colonial feel, it produces peppers, herbs and other vegetables.

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