The first day of Spring, 2016 ~~ growing up in our house we celebrated it on March 21, my dad’s and my grandmother’s birthday! (imagine getting your first baby (named William) as a birthday present!) In the eyes of my grandmother my dad, even fully grown, was her baby boy and he always tolerated her motherly attentions, which I constantly remind…
It’s truly Spring here in the Northeast! We’ve been buried in this seemingly endless winter, trying to keep the oil tanks and the bird feeders filled. But now the trees are beginning to bud, the bulbs are sending up shoots (no flowers yet, not even daffodils!), the sap is flowing and the birds have returned, looking for the choicest nesting…
The little table in the family room (we call it the den) is one of my favorite places to eat lunch. I’ve set it today for the two of us. Here’s your place … … but it looks like we have company! The cabbage dishes are tempting this brave bunny, just as they tempted me! Little bees have joined…