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Waiting for Spring

April 6, 2018 at 9:39 am by Claudia

Because I opted out of recycling last week on what was a lovely day, I have to do it today, on what is a decidedly un-lovely day. It’s going to be rainy and snowy and all of that stuff. It went down to the twenties last night.

Sometimes it seems as if spring will never come.

If you were here and looked at the landscape, you’d think so, too.

Although, little things like these lilac buds assure me it will come.

I finished my book and am starting on another by the late Wilfred Sheed, The House that George Built, which is all about George Gershwin and fellow songwriters of the Great American Songbook. That’s my favorite era in popular music and when I saw it in a used bookstore (originally published in 2007) I grabbed it, as I faintly remembered glowing reviews when it was published. I’ve just started, but I’m enjoying it so far. Sheed is a charming writer.

This, by the way, is where I overwinter my geranium. We’re short on space here and it seems to do well in this little space between the sofa and the window. Don stuck that wooden frog in there a couple of years ago. At the time, the plant had a lot of leaves and flowers, so I didn’t get the clearest view of it and I thought it was real. I was sure  it was real!

Okay. I have to go. It’s begun snowing. Yep. It won’t stick, really, but nonetheless…

Happy Friday.

 

Filed Under: books, flowers 42 Comments

April Showers

April 4, 2018 at 9:59 am by Claudia

It’s that kind of day where the lamps remain lit all day long. So was yesterday, a day in which it rained all day and into the night. I have no idea what the forecast is for today; however, looking out the window indicates gray skies and general yuck.

April showers, right?

I’m just about to finish Avid Reader, which has been a complete pleasure to read. Do I try for fiction next, or more non-fiction? I have a copy of Russian Roulette  by Michael Isikoff and David Corn and I haven’t started it yet. But the contents of that book will make me angry, as they should, so I’ll have to read it in fits and starts, if only to maintain some sort of equilibrium.

This succulent has been a part of Riley’s dish garden ever since I planted it, not long after he died. Other succulents have come and gone, but this one has remained and much to my surprise, it really took off this winter. Constant new growth. I think it likes its new position at the center of the kitchen table, as well as its buddies, the monstera and the rubber plant. I do know that houseplants often thrive when placed in a group with other plants and I think that’s the case here.

Or maybe Riley is speaking to me. I hope so.

The tulips are winding down and, like all flowers, there is a beauty in every stage of life.

I’ve been nursing a sore back, brought about, I’m pretty sure, by having to sleep propped up for several days when I had the cold/flu/whatever-it-was. It’s getting better.

Gosh, I’m ready for some work outside. And I still want to paint the remaining unpainted wall in the kitchen. It’s never been the right time, but I have to do it soon before spring starts to bring in more bugs. Maybe next week.

I have a whole list of things to do outside, including cleaning up the garden beds, raking the gravel that was snowplowed onto the grass back onto the driveway, picking up falling branches, and cleaning the side of the house and the porch railings. None of those tasks excite me, but they have to be done before I can attend to the gardens.

I saw a big rabbit sitting very still yesterday afternoon. He was up in the back forty. First rabbit sighting – a good sign!

Happy Wednesday.

 

Filed Under: flowers, garden, rain, spring 26 Comments

Easter

April 1, 2018 at 10:18 am by Claudia

If you celebrate this day, Happy Easter! If not, Happy Sunday!

Our particular Easter day is cloudy and windy and, yes, we’re supposed to get snow tomorrow. Nothing momentous, and it will melt quickly, but we’re told we might get up to an inch of the stuff. Though it is April 1st, March still seems to be ruling the weather, with colder days this coming week.

This will be a short post (Don and I still haven’t decided what our plan is. Neither of us wants to travel, it seems!) Yesterday, was gloriously sunny and my mood lifted. Today? Maybe not so much.

I found some more egg cups. I’m so used to seeing them in the kitchen that I forgot about them. These are newish and were a gift from my dear friend (through blogging) Judy.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

I love them so much, they won a place on the little shelf that lives below a kitchen cabinet. (Right next to Stella.) And they always make me smile.

Have a lovely day, dear friends.

Happy Sunday.

Filed Under: collecting, Don, Easter, egg cups, flowers 32 Comments

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