Arty vacation pictures

A few more pictures from paradise

 sheep, for some reason

 a bird friend

 another bird friend

this was my first time in the Caribbean -  I have never seen ocean that color before

 lizard friend

 we made good use of these hammocks

 my feet with elf feet

yet another bird friend

Apple Picking Redux: Apple Picking Made Easy

Some of you may recall my apple picking outing last fall.  Lovely though that was, I have to admit that there is something satisfying about coming back with 10 pounds of ripe apples rather than trying to figure out how to cook 10 pounds of green ones...

 

 

Things That Please Me

 

note to self: self, when reception calls and says that you have flowers at the desk, but you are not at that office yet, do not have the receptionist read you the card unless you are totally sure what it's going to say...

Apple Picking

Field trip to the apple orchard lead to surprisingly few red apples - but lots of sunshine, and I didn't get lost forever in the corn maze, so I call it a win. Now what to do with a big bag of green apples...

They Say It's Spring...

This is my favorite house in our fair city (it was the one that had snowdrops while it was still snowing). I think this garden should constitute a community service for keeping the rest of us less depressed.

Snowdrops in the Snow

Yes Virginia, spring is coming.




I've been listening to Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown this week and this lyric seemed appropriate for this time of year:

Some flowers bloom when the green grass grows
My praise is not for them
But the one who blooms in the bitter snow
I raise my cup to him (link here)