My soul needed some time off, so I played hooky. New England Home, Garden, Inn, and shopping.

There are those days that playing hooky is good for the soul and this week had a couple of those days. I'm also introducing my daughter's new KZbin Channel, New England Simple Living.
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[@dianeguidry2525]

I absolutely keep a candle in the window. I started when our son served in the Army. He was gone for ten years! That candlelight never went out!

[@newenglandfineliving]

I love hearing that!

[@lindagoetze5601]

My neighbors across the street keep lighted battery candles in their windows- I love it,so warm& comforting. My windows are full of potted plants😉 Love your vids!🌱🌧️💐

[@cathypressey1483]

Thank you Linda for taking us with you to see these lovely places 😊

[@martykoesters50]

"One if by land...two if by sea" couldn't resist! Thanks for lighting up my day!

[@newenglandfineliving]

LOL!

[@nancymartz9074]

Love it when you share those beautiful New England towns. You have been working hard, those gardens are looking better and better. Thanks for sharing your home.

[@colleenmcculloch1527]

I love seeing the butlers pantry .such a lovely space

[@barbaranance3838]

Really enjoyed your video. So peaceful and beautiful.

[@sandrakelbaugh1681]

Yes, I keep 2 faux candles burning in our front window every night from 6 to 11pm. Love the tradition. ....

[@cynthiagawin2991]

Just a quick suggestion; Now that I’m 74, climbing isn’t a good idea. I wash my windows outside myself. I hose them down, then take a small kitchen sponge mop, pour Dawn dish soap on it, scrub the windows and hose off. They come clean and dry without streaks! 😊

[@tresawilkins7159]

Thanks for the great tip!

[@jamieboylan641]

Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you so much ❤

[@jannieo]

This was such a heartwarming video for me Linda. I grew up in Belmont and had a family home there for 45 years. I can't begin to tell you how much time I spent in Concord and Lexington and still miss it to this day.( I have relatives buried in Sleepy Hollow.) I miss all the lunches and dinners at the Colonial Inn, and am still a member of the Concord Museum. I have been living in Maine since 1978 although I traveled for my career , and was away alot. It is a very long day trip ride, although it seems your new home is a ride now as well to Middlesex County. I am new as a subscriber and am enjoying all of your videos. Thank you! Your new home is exquisite!! Love Love the toile wallpaper in your butler's pantry! One of my favorite rooms haha!!

[@maryoperschall5709]

Enjoyed your day watching you playing hookie.

[@karenhusmann6881]

I keep the candles in the windows in memory of my husband who I lost two years ago.

[@newenglandfineliving]

I love that! Hugs

[@jean2927]

Lovely varied video Linda, it’s was a real treat to see Sugarwood at night & the beautiful night sky. The welcome light is a charming tradition & a nice thing to keep up it makes your house look so pretty at night…. 🧚‍♀️

[@yvonnesmall1318]

Linda, I loved the intro!!!!. Such a beautiful reflection of all that you do.❤

[@newenglandfineliving]

Thank you!

[@justgeorge3728]

Peace, love, and an upward trajectory is what your channel offers. The beauty from within manifests into what you create here. My husband and I are excited for every post, as it is our coffee date on Sunday afternoons. You do excellent with simple and grand projects you share.

[@darlenefehrman7574]

I love watching all of your videos. I have candle lights in all of my windows and have been doing this ever since I visited Lancaster, Pa. where it is common. Thank you so much for all you do and share. Much appreciated.

[@dollymorris7169]

I leave two candles on in the barn windows. Love it.

[@newenglandfineliving]

I love that they are in your barn!

[@debbie9955]

Hi Linda, thank you sharing a lovely lifestyle home. Sometimes care for ourselves gets lost when we get too busy but watching you gives hope.

[@noncompliance1922]

How cool is that! Go Shannon!

[@KathyRopa-uk9ws]

Great tour Linda.

[@dianepedersen8651]

Like your Willow alarm clock.

[@jimwalker76]

Another great video, Linda.

[@brookstvbrooks5227]

I love your fine living lifestyle channel! I would love to visit New England and see the places you shared. I will also be visiting your daughter's channel. Thanks for sharing!

[@BarbaraChapmanFrenchEthereal]

Woke up from a quick nap after work to your video... Love that you "played hookey!" Antique browsing is a favorite pastime!!! Back when I was 5-8 years old, we lived right next to Concord, at Hansom Field AFB. I don't know if it is still there (the base, with so many closures during the 1990's), but my 2nd grade class took a trip to Concord to visit Paul Revere's house and a big church (the North Church, maybe?). Fun to see around the town! I remember learning about Paul Revere's ride, and we walked across the bridge as if we were patriots. Cool that your ancestor was a Son of Liberty! I have two ancestors on both sides of the Revolutionary War. One ended up moving to Nova Scotia after the war and the other was fighting from Maine. Just seeing your garden and how you used hardware cloth to cover the strawberries. I made a hardware oval for a raised metal bed to keep critters away from my lettuces, broccoli and a strawberry mini garden. So far so good! Had to open the chickenwire top I wired on for a tomato plant to grow up and out. :) Happy planting!!!

[@MarilynDean-i5b]

Loved hearing about the light tradition. I will be putting a few lights in the front widows and leaving them all year round. Love your soft spoken words.

[@Kayla-hs5sn]

I was just at a New Leaf last week! Bought a lovely chair there-they are such a great place

[@annjohns9939]

Love your videos. Thank you for sharing your daughter 's channel it sounds like a fun adventure. Your yard is looking beautiful.

[@patriciahazelton672]

Always enjoy your videos. I was raised in the south. But I swear my soul longs to be in New England. Have no idea why. Maybe the seasons. But thank you for sharing your little slice of heaven.

[@gwenwade6059]

Thoreau. I swooned.

[@EverydayThriftGarden]

I have been burning candles in my windows for years now. I have 2 that burn all night, one for my Mom & Dad who are both gone now. I love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@conniehooper8024]

Linda love the video I recently subscribed to your channel also I recently lost a dear friend in a setting passing we were very close and you remind me so much of her Love your videos Thank you so much Linda

[@conniehooper8024]

That's sudden passing. 😂

[@robertaykavel1129]

I have enjoyed your remodel, looks great. Can tell your heart is in all you do.

[@cherylthepearl4085]

I love keeping a faux candle in the window or in many ha Congrats to your daughter starting a KZbin. I just subscribed and watched them. She seems very talented. And she is your daughter, after all! Thanks for sharing all the great stops and the home where Little Women was written. Playing “hooky” is definitely needed now and then. 😀 gardens are looking good also. Have a great Mother’s Day coming up. From Chesapeake Beach Maryland. Take care. ❤️✝️🇺🇸🍓🌺🦩🍷🐾 🦀

[@rosepaetzke2933]

Thank you, Linda, for a fun and inspiring video💐💖

[@DD-hy1nl]

I love all your videos when you take us on your tours into old towns. I love seeing all the old colonial homes and some of the history behind the homes and towns. I'm looking forward to all your daughter's videos too. She will be digging up some great stuff to share with us! As for the candles in the windows, they do this in most homes in Lancaster PA. I have family there and they all keep candles in their windows lit at night. But of course, they are battery lit candles! Pennsylvania has many beautiful old colonial old homes and towns like New England. I just love seeing it all, so beautiful!

[@donna8212]

The garden is looking so pretty Linda. I love a candle in the windows and have been doing it for years 😊. Good luck to your daughter with her channel 👍🏻😊. Enjoy your evening.

[@pamdennis1007]

I have known about that candle tradition. I watched a Western movie where the husband had a trip to make. Wife lit a candle in the window til he came back. I love that tradition. As always enjoy your channel.❤

[@zuzuspetals38]

Love Lexington and Concord 💙 Love history TY for bringing back so many memories with my kids🥺😁

[@doerucquoy2824]

Thank you I got to places that is on my bucket list I will soon be 90 so l got to see some of them

[@gaillamont9134]

Love your candle in the window year round . Loved your video to Linda . Just awesome !

[@marygee3981]

☀️🤗I really enjoy your videos. Also subscribed to New England Simple Living. Nice channel🙂

[@elvadrum4965]

So relaxing!

[@bettygotschall4504]

Oh and I have a candle in my upstairs hall window.

[@annanorth7997]

I love our American history lessons along with your trips! Will subscribe to your lovely daughter's channel.

[@JustAnotherRoger]

When we purchased our new home, there was an in-ground pool and I hated it. We finally decided to get rid of it few weeks ago. thank goodness it is finally gone!

[@pattybarron5185]

Ps I forgot to say ...u have done a excellent job on ur new house..I love the kitchen.

[@emiliagarcia6868]

Enjoyed the video and thank you for sharing the ride to the dentist appointment 😊❤ Enjoy seeing antique stores 😊❤

[@TheRayjane]

So excited to see this video. Thank you for sharing all your experiences. Your daughter is precious, I will subscribe to her channel today. Like mother, like daughter 💝

[@margaretcurren7577]

I just went over and subscribed to your lovely daughter's channel.

[@cathypressey1483]

As a very young girl Little Woman was the first book I read and enjoyed 😊 K

[@leslikuyweski4576]

My car takes me where it wants to go too! But I always enjoy the ride! Another enjoyable video, Linda.

[@newenglandfineliving]

Love when cars do that!

[@dianacrislip9418]

Really enjoyed the video. I love to see the different areas you visit. You give me ideas for my next visit to New England 😊… And I think a Hartley Botanic Greenhouse would look so nice behind Sugarwood!

[@peanutcampbell]

Oh wow .. excited to see Little Women house! Love the book, movie.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

Wonderful - so enjoyable.

[@newenglandfineliving]

thank you!

[@Infinity-2328]

Hi Linda we are thinking of moving to east coast , we’re from Texas and would like to know the pros and cons of Massachusetts living. Maybe make a video about this and also the problems that you encountered owning an old house. We’ve always owned newly built house never owned an old house. Would like to know first the bad side of maintaining an old house . Thanks a lot❤️

[@lindadixon7956]

Linda Dorough Dixon/Well, seeing my glasses on your table is quite gratifying...From Atlanta, Georgia all the way to New England...They look pretty and I am excited to see your new Spode dishes....Love this video....

[@newenglandfineliving]

They will look beautiful with the table setting for sure! Thank you again!

[@victoriasicilian4573]

Great Video! I am heading to New Enland Simple Living nest! And, my mother pur a candle in the window at Christmas and I put candles in my front windows for the Holidays. I also put them in the windows of my shed at the back of my property! I think I have pointed this out before, but the lyrics to "We Need A Little Christmas" has candles in the window. from the Broadway Play Mama in the 1950s.

[@juliefahrne9094]

Loved the video, I have 4 windows with year round candles in them.

[@annamyshkina]

Good luck to Shanon!!!

[@margiefraire3640]

Thank you for taking along when your visiting place I feel like Im there. Please let us know where you find the wallpaper that looks like faux panelling in the Inn.

[@newenglandfineliving]

It is from Cole & Son, but I do not see the color available. I saw a dark green or dark charcoal.

[@margiefraire3640]

@@newenglandfineliving Thank you Linda for responding so quickly. Thats why you're special to us because you make us feel like family. Have a Blessed Week!

[@pambirdsall9863]

Love the new intro❣️

[@newenglandfineliving]

Thank you!

[@robertaykavel1129]

I am looking to purchase Tankards like you show here

[@beth_joy6591]

Lemon grass is a perennial, but it is not fully hardy, at least not in our part of the UK, Yorkshire.

[@barbaralhebel9236]

I love the wire cages in the garden! Where did you source them? 😁❤

[@newenglandfineliving]

These are mine. I carry them at my store (not many left) and this is via my Amazon affiliate link amzn.to/42H73Bh

[@jenniferharned6484]

Hello Kindred Spirit, Our candles tradition is, candles in the windows at Christmas time. Here in the Pacific Northwest not many Eastern US traditions make it past the Rockies. Also, I noticed another New England tradition, black band you chimneys!

[@joyceschneider8377]

Hey Linda how is that coffee table in the room where you want to put a leather sectional. Could you put new legs on the coffee table for the kitchen for your island??

[@TheRayjane]

Hi again Linda. At some point could you speak about theLavender you like? How you keep it alive over winter. Thank you so much. I would like to hear your expertise 🌿

[@newenglandfineliving]

I will write that down for sure as a future discussion!

[@TheRayjane]

@@newenglandfineliving thank you Linda. Your Spring yard looks so beautiful 🌿🌷🌿

[@kathyday9066]

Loving this video! Wherever did you get those great garden cages for your lettuce? I love them! I’m thinking they are a vintage find?

[@newenglandfineliving]

Hi, luckily in this case not vintage. I've had mine for two years now and purchased them on Amazon. Here is a link to my affiliate link if interested in learning more about them. amzn.to/42A7zRx I used them for the deer for sure! I now carry them in my room shop in Peterborough, NH, but if you're local I'm not sure how many are left.

[@kathyday9066]

Unfortunately I’m not local. I live on the cape but am making a girls trip this summer with a friend, who used to live in NH, to visit your shop. Thanks so much for the Amazon link. I love the reason for the light in the window. I have the perfect window on my third floor to do this. Thank you for sharing.

[@leslieho64]

Peonies do not like to be moved, and will take a long time to recover. Move the lupines instead.

[@newenglandfineliving]

I think the lupine will be the one I move. I will put it closer the one that is on the other side of the garden.

[@kissmetess]

Hi ...wonder if you have any experience with planting hollyhocks? Am thinking of starting an English Garden...so why not , right? ❤😊

[@newenglandfineliving]

I purchased two pots late this summer and I have yet to put them in the ground.

[@Lynnsmith1510]

I love the “twig” or wood trellis you have in your garden but I can’t find them anywhere. Could you tell me where to buy them?

[@newenglandfineliving]

Hi! If you mean the ones behind the blue planter, they were purchased at a garden shop many years ago. They are a black metal that have held up very well.

[@janiehutchinson2509]

Her daughters channel: New England Simple Living 😊

[@leslieoscar]

How about covering a wall or the ceiling beams in your bedroom with a fabric ?

[@aldamaria3445]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🇨🇦

[@sallyramaker1292]

First

[@candyvigil550]

I like it when you play hooky. So wonderful to see all the history along with you. :) I love your candle in the window.

[@nancyc2877]

Love the new opening! What a wonderful way to wake up with Willow checking on you :). Miss my pup. Thank you for your channel.

[@marialinares7809]

Subscribed to NEW ENGLAND SIMPLE LIVING 🙌🙌🙌

[@judychristensen5689]

I do the same, 40 lb. bags of feed, 55 lb. hay bales, I'm 67, if you rest you rust. BTW I love when you take us on your excursions ❤

[@newenglandfineliving]

"When you rest you rust" I love that! tin man flash backs. LOL

[@inthegardenwithgwen]

Thank you for the little glimpses of The Orchard House. My daughters and I had a trip booked to go to see it and then COVID came..........Hope to get there one of these days!

[@CM-pb7yw]

I always look forward to your videos. So enjoyable and beautiful to watch. 💕

[@jeanbrewer576]

That's good we all need that

[@chrissyt6959]

Thank you for taking on us a tour while you went to the dentist. Have a blessed week.

[@christinecook377]

Hmmmmmm

[@raffaellarabizzi129]

I toured New England and to me it is a dream. 🤓❤️🌹

[@KayeCarterTV]

I just went over and subscribed to your daughters channel. In fact, I watched both of the videos and really do love them. I will continue to follow her and wish her nothing but the best of these fun and interesting videos. Maybe since you said that she was a chef that she’ll be able to do some of her recipes on her channel to, sending hugs, love, prayers and kindness…🙏🏼🌸👍🏼🩵🌷ps loved seeing you video of such a beautiful place.🌸 going over now, and looking at your store. I see some things that I would love to get.

[@lisaa8437]

That was me! I was the one who said you should put in a pool! ❤ and you had responded back to me that there was once a pool in that big backyard. Thanks for showing the pic of it. You’re right, they are a lot of work. I live in Minnesota and it would be a very short pool season for us.

[@rachelmiller7525]

I would love to visit the North East, but I am afraid I'd fall in love and not want to return home. I'm not sure I could afford it seems expensive.

[@marieschmidt9416]

Lovely, relaxing video. Thanks for sharing your day ...interesting. Also, you have a lot to maintain- gardens, areas to paint or remodel, etc.

[@debrastewart9194]

Hi there! I just found your channel and I just love it, so inspiring! I too live in the "Colonial" area of Massachusetts. Thank you for giving me a plan for my next "runaway day! 😅

[@lindadixon7956]

Linda Dorough Dixon...Would it make since to plant large boxwood plants around the huge tank in the back yard.. They would be beautiful and when they hide the tank they could make a nice hedge around it...the hedge would always be green all year around...

[@karenbrewer5864]

I don’t keep a candle in the window but think it’s a nice idea. Growing up I enjoyed all of Louisa May Alcott’s books and really enjoyed your trip there. Would like to see it more in detail sometime. Going to check out your daughter’s channel. She really favors you. 😊

[@beckid5107]

I put candles in my window in the winter months. (Daylight savings time.) Love coming home to the friendly glow.

[@reneepypiak5427]

Your pantry room is my favorite room in your house. I love what you’ve done with it.

[@ingridblohm-hyde805]

A couple of horses on that nice pasture is probably nicer than a pool. :) YOu already have a barn. Sugarwood has given you this gift, all you need are the horses.

[@sandrafrawley3466]

I love all your videos I have been watching you for almost a year now we will be leaving for Tennessee to our new home we have been in the state of Florida we have been here way too long can't wait to have some seasons And I can't wait to have new gardens. I'm going to purchase some candles in my new home I like that tradition.

[@marthadavey3703]

I have had zero luck with tall phlox. Do you happen to know what is the name of your tall phlox. I assume they like sun.

[@mandyn.4914]

I love having sensor candles in my windows. I live out in the country, and it makes it nice to return home with the lights in the windows.

[@maryjanegrosclaude1913]

Linda, I loved this video. I also loved the tradition of a candle in the window.Luv MJ

[@BC1.2.3]

KUDOS to Shannon!!!❤ Linda, thank you 😊