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Can you see that? Take a closer look... amidst all that white stuff that arrived today there's a washline hiding in there. It's been waiting for a long time for a visit. I am anxious to reconnect with my old friend. But this snow. Wow.
In these parts, March is one of the snowiest months of the year. I tried not to believe it. I tried really, really hard. It came anyway.
Now I'm believing in April. She's my girl!
April, are you with me?
The weekend held a small surprise for me.
I was working with a caterer. It was a Spring Fling sort of a thing.
Folks shopped and talked and enjoyed a vintage style show.
We served them gourmet food.
And afterward...
the local floral shop tipped each of us with a bouquet of flowers.
A permanent grin became part of me for the remainder of the day.
It's been so long.
Since flowers have graced the window sill.
The temps are getting colder. Again. There's snow in the forecast. Again.
Spring may have hit the pause button but that's just fine by me.
I've got my flowers to keep me warm.
Looking outside these days the snow is still quite deep and spring feels like a far away land that we can only dream of being in one day. I was looking out the window today and I have a hard time imagining this hill with no snow. It will happen but sometimes you wonder... so we decided to start a little spring indoors. May I present our first crops of ....
:: lettuce ::
:: spinach ::
:: and the start of a little basil for good measure ::
We used these trays and after using those black, plastic ( & not to mention flimsy) trays in past years... the cedar trays really rock!
When I went back to check on the lettuce I spied this little guy taking a snooze on the fresh bed of green in the warm afternoon soon:
Gnome Sweet Gnome.
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Life at the farm has been slowing down a wee bit lately so in turn I've been able to work on the fall to-do list here at home. For some reason I keep thinking of more things to add to the list but slowly (very slowly)... things are getting marked off one by one. There's been painting, staining, chicken coop cleaning, house cleaning, more painting, garden cleanup, adding compost to the garden to work it's magic over a long winter, planting garlic, closet cleaning and boxes of stuff donated... which is such a good feeling. Thankfully the weather has been perfect so those outside projects are the first on the list to be done because we never know what next week might bring!
Working at the farm on the weekends does have many bonuses...
one of those includes taking home the extra apple crisp
and enjoying it for breakfast the next day.
Yum.
I personally think it would be perfect for lunch and dinner as well.
I figured we earned it after raking up 4,569,283 leaves in the yard this year.
But who's counting?!
the weekend included my favorite pancakes topped with homemade strawberry rhubarb sauce
made with strawberries from last season and rhubarb from this season
yum is a good word for this combo
lilacs were snipped and sniffed while the ladies worked on the bug control
a robin's egg found while mowing the lawn
the perfect blue, don't you think?
the hammock made it's way into the backyard again
naps and a good book found a home there too
and a campfire added to the glory of a warm, sunny weekend
of course there were also a few spins around the yard on my trusty, rusty Starliner
it even sports a working headlight in case I get all crazy and decide
to take a spin down main street after dark ;)
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{ fancy Starliner bike found via craigslist for a steal of a deal }
{ spring style }
It's all the rage in late April.
The flowers in the first photo are all over in the woods. Loads of little pink and white flowers everywhere. Years ago a lovely, elderly lady stopped by with her husband and her brother. She wanted to visit the place where she and her brother grew up. It was here. Her name was Isabelle. We talked back and forth non-stop comparing what we knew and she filled in the missing links. Isabelle asked me about those little flowers in the woods. Do they still bloom each spring? She said she didn't know the name of them but always called them May flowers because of when they bloomed. So that's what I call them too.
Last week was like a flash in time which makes for long time since I've posted here. Busy and fast days make for a fast life and I prefer a different one to that. I was home over the weekend and it felt great. I've said this before but I really do love being home. I had piles of everything that needed tending to... laundry, bills, papers, dirt, dust bunnies... you name it... the pile was there. The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous and that makes me even more tickled (and content) to be at home. Yesterday we went for a late morning/early afternoon bike ride on the trail not far from us. It felt so good to have the warm sunshine on your skin and the breeze on your back. The scenery is turning greener by the day with the leaves slowly popping out on the trees. Those are nature's curtains. They hide us from the neighbors! :) Or they hide the neighbors from us. Yeah, that's it.
Speaking of neighbors, we've been noticing that when we leave the chickens out during the day they like to venture off through the woods over to the neighbors. For hours. My sister said they go over there to smoke and talk smack about me! Hmmm... possible ... but they just don't seem like the smoking kind of fine feathered ladies that we've raised. One day Gordy followed them on their little escapade. It seems that the neighbor has not one but TWO giant bird feeders in their back yard and the landscape vacuum cleaners chickens have been enjoying the smorgasboard like there's no tomorrow! Nice. No wonder why they aren't hungry when they get home from the all-you-can-eat buffet. After talking to the homeowner about the intruders chickens we come to find out that she *loves* when they come to visit each day and wonders what happened when they they don't drop by. The plump ladies gave me the "I told you so" look and I advised them not to wear out their welcome and always remember to use their manners.
They cackled back with "but... but... but..."
Fluffy bottoms are such attention getters, aren't they?!
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I'm off to celebrate my Mom's birthday with my two sisters. My Mom is 71 today. She's sweet as ever and full of love. The sun is shining just for her. We're taking her out for a day of shopping and some special one-on-one with her daughters. :) Happy Birthday Mom!
{ Enjoy your week! }
Spring has been welcomed with open arms over here. Yesterday I was home for the day and it was such a beautiful, sunny day complete with spring breezes. The perfect combo to start the season by hanging laundry on the line. I *love* hanging laundry out. Love, love, love it. It's such a mind-quieting task. All troubles fall to the wayside. Maybe it's the extra vitamin D I'm soaking up or the fresh air filling my lungs. I think I need to start a new business: Pretty + Simple Wash Line Laundry. Have a wash line? Fresh laundry and sweet dreams guaranteed! Ask me how! :) I could lure new customers in with my fancy clothespins:
Or maybe they'd be captivated by my fancy polka-dotted rubber boots and thrifted wicker laundry basket:
Ah yes, I can see them lining up now...
How's business at your wash line?
