Octobering

When one goes Octobering, there should be layers of clothing. Because one never knows if it will be warm or cold, and one would not be able to enjoy the changing colors to the best of their ability if they are too cold or too hot.

Also there should always be stew.

Lately

the Reason for Three Feeders :: Ombre Eggs :: Playing with Old Friends :: Bigger than my Knuckle :: Tiny and Sweet :: Coloring :: Morning Companion :: Skyping with Cousins :: 8 Year Old in Armor :: Lavender :: Bumblebee on Fireweed :: Sunset :: Famous Floor (Joe's Donuts) :: a Force to be Reckoned With

Lately

Not much new around here these days. The season continues to swell with flowers and downpours. But the sun always manages to make an appearance or two each day, and I have to keep the woodstove at a low simmer or we get cooked out of the house.

We are all counting down school days until Summer vacation starts - 31 including today (can I hear a loud Hallelujah from the crowd!). I'm working extra hard with the kids I tutor at the school on sight words and counting money and working pages of subtraction... we're trying so very hard to get up to level before they move on to the next grade. But even if they don't quite make it this year, I know I'll get to jump back in and continue the journey next year.

Our Easter weekend celebrations were meaningful and happy, adding memories to our family album that will be cherished.

I now have at least 5 individual hummingbirds that visit my kitchen window feeder; I'm thinking of giving them names.

And that's about it. What's going on in your world?

Rainy Window :: Chocolate Buttercream :: Romeos :: Hidden :: Braided :: Flowering Currant and Kerria Japonica :: Orchard View :: Tire Swing :: Unmade Wishes :: Cream Cloud :: Laundry Day :: Water Pump :: The Old Birdbath :: Flowering Cherry :: Mrs. Rufous :: Drippy :: Easter Finery

Lately

Spring progresses with unpredictable skies, now full of sun, now downpouring rain. Warm one day, chilly the next. But blossoms are appearing everywhere, and the Swallows greet us each morning with happy chirps and astonishing aerial acrobatics.

My Christmas hummingbird feeder is beginning to receive visitors outside the kitchen window, each time reminding me of my Grandma.

After the long illness that plagued me into early Summer last year, stealing my energy and joy, I am enjoying the rebirth of our landscape like an old friend, returned from a long absence.

Spring Light :: Pasta :: Fridge Adorned with Love :: Roasted Veggies :: Flowering Quince :: Thatch Ants :: Magnolia :: Wild Strawberry :: Roosting Chicks :: Taming the Grape Vines :: Best Friends :: Plum Blossoms :: Almost Plum Blossoms :: Flip-Flops :: Dandelion Root Tea :: Elderberry :: Fritillaria