Mockingbird Hill Cottage

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I Love Spring

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My one lone grape hyacinth surprises me each spring. It pops up between these rocks which line the garden bed by the porch. It’s tiny, so I often miss its entrance into the world until I happen to walk by and – there it is! Whether it self-seeded or was planted by a past owner of the cottage, I’m not sure. But I love it.

Don is home. His bus was about an hour late last night. Apparently, people were leaving the city in droves, so getting to the Lincoln Tunnel took forever. We’re having a slow morning. Looking out the kitchen door, we’re seen blue jays, robins, sparrows, a chipmunk, squirrels, and a bunny rabbit. Our morning Disney movie.

I broke my promise to myself yesterday and cleared out two more garden beds. So I was tuckered out at the end of the day. I’ll take a day off from all of that today because Don is home. My back will be thanking me!

The daffodils in full flower. Because these sit on the the edge of the woods, the flowers are always on one side only, facing the sun. Aren’t they pretty?

Hearing the birds singing joyfully as I write this makes me smile.

Happy Birthday to William Shakespeare. He’s brought a lot of work my way.

Happy Monday.

Errands, Treasures & Maybe a Primal Scream

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Yesterday: I went to the dump, recycled boxes from the cable company, drove to the cable company and turned in three pieces of equipment, ran errands at Lowes and Target, came home, vacuumed, and then had dinner with Rick and Doug.

A rather efficient day for someone who has been feeling not-at-all-efficient lately.

Today: Frosty precipitation on the ground, freezing temps overnight and it’s April 19th. Every conversation I have with a fellow resident of the Hudson Valley revolves around “When the heck is Spring coming?” I don’t remember it taking this long. We might be three weeks behind rather than two weeks.

So frustrating!

Valiantly trying to open despite the freezing temperatures.

In my never-ending quest to find more pieces of that antique red transferware plate, I frequently walk through the part of the corral where I found them. No red transferware as of yet, but I did find this pottery shard yesterday:

It has moved to my little found treasure dish.

The seashells were obviously found elsewhere, but the green cup handle, the old hose nozzle, pieces of pottery, robin’s egg shell, pod and feather were found on the property. This is actually a lovely brown aesthetic transferware plate, but I’ve covered up most of the design!

Rick and Doug are in that wonderful first stage of home ownership where they have no idea what was planted where on the property and they’re discovering crocus and lots of daffodils and all kinds of early bulbs. Each new season brings new wonders.

Don has started an Escape to Margaritaville Ukulele Orchestra. Everyone who has signed up will procure a ukulele and Don’s teaching them chords and they’ll eventually play together – maybe even a flash mob kind of thing.

He’s so darned cute, that guy. They’re on Instagram: @e2mukuleleorchestra.

If you have a hankering to learn some chords, Don and fellow cast member Matt have provided some videos to help you.

And that’s all for today. Rainy, cold, blah, blah, blah. I am about ready to do a primal scream.

Happy Thursday.

Flowers, Pillows & Egg Cups

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I wasn’t able to respond to comments until late in the day yesterday and I found that you’d been talking amongst yourselves! I absolutely love that. In fact, I found myself thinking that I should just sit back and let you talk to each other sometimes. Hmmm…

Right on the edge of the woods, here come the daffodils, planted long ago by a previous owner. They are always the first sign of spring. The forsythia hasn’t bloomed yet, the lilac is in bud, I see nary a bud on any of the trees, but this reassures me that, thought late, spring is coming.

It was warmish yesterday and wonderfully sunny, but the wind kicked up last night and it’s much colder today. It’s only going to be in the thirties today. Yikes. Rain later today and all day tomorrow, then off and on all week long.

I ran some errands yesterday and bought a couple of pillows for the sofa in the living room, as the pillows that have been there for the past few months are actually meant for the porch glider. And I’m just about to move them outside.

The new additions are the pillow in the center and the one on the right. I’m going to keep searching for a largish pillow in either yellow, red or aqua to complete the picture. The little red pillow actually belongs in the den.

And, finally, the egg cups I bid on arrived yesterday. They’re quite old and are stamped ‘Germany.’

I couldn’t resist these bluebirds. Aren’t they lovely? They’re now on the shelf in the den.

Happy Sunday.

 

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