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2 Minute #Video—The Real Feel of Aerial Application aka Crop Dusting

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Garden Inspiration from The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family

People always ask me as a writer where I find my ideas for a book or a character or a scene. Here is how part of the inspiration for Kristina’s character in The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family evolved, stemming from an incident when I lived on the ESVA.

I love flowers. But I’m a big city girl and most people where I live get flowers from a florist. Yet one day that long ago summer on the ESVA, I went with Jean Davis to gather flowers from an elderly lady’s garden to make an arrangement for the altar for the Sunday service. This real life, seemingly innocuous outing, would spark my imagination into the scene between Kristina and Jade in the book.

Here are some of the flowers—which I now grow in my own garden—that Kristina would use in her Lenten-inspired altar arrangements. These flowers are sure-fire harbingers in the cold of winter that spring is indeed on its way.

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Camellias

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Violets

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Daphnes-Such a sweet fragrance.

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Daffodils—My mother calls them jonquils.

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Lenten roses—Given to me by my dear friend and fellow writer, Sue Stout.

 

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2 Minute #Video—Natural Solvents to Keep Cut Flowers Fresh

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2 Minute #Video—Using Flower Frogs

Remember Monica Potter from Parenthood?

She has become a real life DIY guru and a lovely fictional inspiration for Kristina in The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family.

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What is a flower frog?

A flower frog is a device used to help hold and arrange flowers. Floral frogs are still used, but were in their heyday during the 1920s, 1930s and World War Two era. I adore all things Art Deco.

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Here are some of my favorites—

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Do you own a flower frog? Did your grandmother?

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3 Minute #Video—White Cliffs of Dover

There’s nothing like the romantic ballads of the World War Two era. This song was on my playlist as I wrote The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family. Enjoy . . .

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3 Minute #Video—Tips for Arranging Flowers

 

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Behind the Scenes Inspiration for The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family

Here are a few of the settings from The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family—

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Inglenook, Margaret’s house

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Sandpiper Cafe

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The Kiptohanock Volunteer Fire Department

 

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Kiptohanock Library

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Kiptohanock Church

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Weston’s lighthouse

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Kristina’s house

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Canyon’s plane

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Release Day—The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family

The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family

Young widow Kristina Montgomery moves to Kiptohanock, Virginia, hoping it will give her and her teenage son, Gray, a fresh start. She longs for the peace and quiet only a small town can provide. But her plans are thwarted by her new neighbor, Canyon Collier, a former Coast Guard pilot and a crop duster. Gray is instantly drawn to the pilot and his teenage niece, Jade—and Kristina’s not far behind. She and Canyon are soon bonding over parenting their charges and their spark becomes undeniable. Could it be that the spirited pilot is just what Kristina needs to teach her heart to soar again?

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14 second #Video—Up, Up and Away—Crop Dusting on the #ESVA

Or as Canyon Collier, in The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family, would be quick to remind us—aerial application.

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