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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.

 

Comments

  1. The embroidered pillow is really gorgeous! I just love pillows!
    Those bluebird egg cups are adorable!
    It is cold again here. Supposedly we may have snow tonight and tomorrow morning! So over this winter/spring fight that is going on!
    Have a great Sunday!

    • Oops! Hit return too soon. Those daffodils are going to be spectacular. Bulbs are some of my favorites, but they don’t do well at the lake. We plant them and with any luck, they bloom once. They are then promptly eaten by whatever little burrowing rascals we have there!

      • These bulbs have been in the ground for years and years. It’s amazing they’re still there!

  3. Thank you for sharing the flowers blooming. I needed to see that. We have icy rain here this morning and I am just about to give up on spring.

    Those new egg cups are adorable. It would be interesting to know where they had been prior to you getting them. “Germany” sounds like a very interesting beginning.

  4. Oh Claudia I gasped when I saw the egg cups. Love at first sight. So glad you got them. Just adorable and perfect for your collection! It’s raining today which I hope will wash away some pollen. My migraine yesterday put me out of commission and today isn’t much better. I don’t need this right now, I have things to do!!

    • I’m so sorry about your migraine, Linda. It seems especially cruel that the beauty of spring seems to bring allergies right along with it. xo

  5. Thank you for the photo of the daffodils. I just needed to see something like that. Spring has not come to Edmonton, Alberta yet. Snow on the ground but starting to melt today. There is hope yet for some Spring flowers in our future.

  6. The very thought of putting pillows outside gives me hope! That’s a beautiful embroidered pillow you snagged. If you’re taking votes, I would think pulling a color, like turquoise/aqua would look stunning considering the other areas that color can be found.

    I was reading another blog, and the author was discussing hostas. So, between the two of you, I’m sort of optimistic that spring will eventually arrive. I just don’t know if that’s going to be before or after summer arrives, or if we’ll be going directly from winter to summer. I had planned on creating another hosta bed, and I’m anxious to get started….that might be delayed a bit. The snow is piling up as I write this. Ah well…enjoy your day! ;)

  7. As Donnamae said, the snow is really piling up here in Wisconsin. The ice yesterday was awful. ‘Nuff said!! What is the date again??

    Those pillows are so pretty. They surely brighten everything up with their happy colors! We all need some happy these days. And I am imagining those bluebirds of happiness winging their way over everyone spreading their happiness. Kind of like a Disney movie. We all need a little Disney, too, I think, after living in what seems a horror film for so many months.

    I thought the same thing on your blog yesterday, it was so interesting!!!!

    • It’s the middle of April, for goodness sake!

      Yes, I love it when the readers of this blog come together and chat with each other and support each other. Nothing better!

      Hang in there, Chris!

  8. so cheery! the pillows the daffodils and the little blue bird egg cups. they’re so beautiful.
    it’s speaks spring to me. not in big shouts but in sweet whispers… kind of friendly and shy.
    it’s nice to look upon flowers planted that appear in spring by others who were there before.
    a kind of kindred spirit!
    and you make me laugh. your first few lines especially! lol xo

  9. What a beautiful pillow, Claudia. Is it crewel embroidered? I adore those egg cups! But I like almost anything with birds on them…I’m a huge bird fan. Trip to. Ursery today for amendment, which I spread in my outdoor potted plants twice a year. Your daffodils will make a jolly scene soon. My irises have opened up even before I realized they were in bud! I planned my garden so I would have some kind of flowers at least 9-10 months of the year.

    • Wow, spell check did a number on my comment!…I meant I’m taking a trip to the nursery, but you probably worked that out…

    • Embroidered and appliquéd. I’m sure it was done by machine – it wasn’t at all expensive. (Home Goods) Enjoy your garden, Wendy!

  10. My grandmothers china was Bluebirds. We each have 1 or 2 pieces. I have never seen the egg cups. Lovely

  11. Those birdy egg cups are just precious! Love the pillows to – there’s no quicker way to wake up a room than dropping a couple new throw pillows. Well, as my fellow Wisconsinites already posted, practically blizzard conditions here all day today so far after enduring “ice pellets” all day yesterday and through the long night. My husband and I had been commenting yesterday on our own daffodils pushing up through the icy slush but they’re totally covered today. Sure hope this front doesn’t come anywhere near you. It is not fun!

    • It will probably head this way but it’s just going to be rain, as far as I can tell. Hang in there, Kay!

  12. yay for you with the daffodils, birdsongs, egg cups, new pillows … and soon getting to take some pillows out to the porch! hope you find what you’re looking for (another pillow, spring)!

    we had lots of rain yesterday that turned into about three inches of snow this morning and it’s still lightly snowing. at church this morning i heard a new word about such weather in mid-april … “spri-nter”. haha. anyway, hope our snow misses you.

    best wishes and prayers to everyone dealing with late-season snow, fire, allergies, etc.

    are you watching the james comey interview on “20/20” tonight? think it starts at 9:00 pm central time and that i will watch it.

    happy sunday.

    kathy in iowa

    • It’s snowing all over the midwest, it seems!

      Yes I’m watching it – or at least part of it. It overlaps with the second part of the new Mystery on PBS, darn it. Hopefully, what I don’t see will be available online.

  13. Those bluebird cups are lovely. Our Forsythia bushes have bloomed,but not our Daffodils. Have a great Sunday.
    Marilyn

  14. Love that red windowpane pillow! I’m a huge sucker for ginghams, windowpanes & checked fabrics of all kinds & colors. Amazing how even one new thing can dress up and/or provide a new look to a room, isn’t it? Even one or two new pillows. Glad you were able to get out & about yesterday. A change of scene can be like a shot of B-12 sometimes. We were under an ice storm warning today, from midnight until just about an hour ago. In mid-April!! Not the first or second, but April 15!! In a word – OY! And this week’s forecasts show highs in the 40s – all week long. Tis the slowest Spring I can remember. Oh well, like you’ve said, nothing we can do about it. Just plod along. I’ll be watching the Comey thing tonight too. Like most Dems, I’m rather conflicted about him [for obvious reasons]. But all in all, I think he’s an honorable person & needless to say, LIGHTS YEARS beyond 45 in nearly all respects. We all make mistakes [it’s just infuriating that Comey’s big one involved the election]. Hey, nuff said. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Peace. 🌷

    #Resist
    #ProtectMueller

    • Yes, his big one involved the election, but I have a feeling we’re going to find out that Russia hacked it and Trump would have won no matter what. There’s no other way to explain the polls being so wrong and those pivotal states turning red.

    • You know, Claudia, the longer this goes on the more I think you’re right. I think Russia was into this more than we know right now, but I also think a LOT of Trump voters weren’t honest in replying to the polls. Too embarrassed to admit they were voting for him, making the polls bogus in the first place. Major sigh.

      • I think it has less to do with Comey and much more to do with Russia (I think we’re going to be stunned at what went down – just my theory.) And yes, who wanted to admit they were voting for that crook?

  15. Well, there are some friends here on the blog after all these years, Claudia, and you are very generous to let people talk, exchange info and, as you encourage, check back to follow the conversations. Thank you. You have a real community of readers; I learn a lot from them and you, all the time!

    Your new egg cups are dear; no wonder you couldn’t resist them.

    I’m thinking how wise you did errands yesterday, so you can stay out of the colder mess today.

    I’m completely distracted because of ‘news’ (and with a new infection; I just can’t get well, so back on more antibiotics; I have the best doctor [she called me on a Saturday] and got the drugs ordered) so trying to fasten on reading although, like you (and everybody it seems), I can’t get into a good novel. I watched this very interesting piece about pioneers of Southern Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, on TV last night – – have barely known much about them over the years; just heard some of what they created on AM Radio back in the day out here on the West Coast. Couldn’t get it out of my mind by bedtime; they brought some tragedy on themselves (lifestyle) in those 1970s days yet they could have never known a plane crash would occur, take more young lives (including their lead singer) and end the band as we’d heard it. By sheer coincidence, a book I’m reading is by Duane Allman’s daughter called “Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father” because I really never knew anything about the Allman Brothers Band either. You know how we’ve talked about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on TV every year and how it reveals things about the bands of our younger years that we had no way of knowing about at the time, not to mention a lot of their music; this is kinda along those lines, like re-reading my own history (what was going on at the time when I was of a certain age). Then, something completely strange for me, because I’m not a Republican, I’ve picked up Laura Bush’s memoir to read – – AND Barbara Bush’s, only to see online this morning about her failing health. These people get into their 90s and the time is near.

    We’re about to go drive my vintage car to keep her running since she hasn’t been driven for about three months which isn’t a good idea; hope the old girl starts once the key is in the ignition. Time just got by us – – you know how it races at jet speed in these years – – and I’ve had such illness of recent months that we just let this task slide. It’s cooler today (the car no longer has a working air conditioner; she’s old, built in 1972!) so we’ll give her a spin. I really don’t much feel like getting out but I’ve gotta move around because I’m getting too stiff from so much inactivity (as my grandma would say, ‘getting stove up’).

    • Yes, non-fiction seems to be it for me at the moment. So strange, because I love fiction!

  16. Love that round pillow and those cute egg cups…I am anxious each Spring for my blue birds to return!…We went from upper 80s yesterday with sunshine…to 40s today…with rain and high winds…sigh…

  17. Claudia, I was thinking I am always interested where your readers are from, when I read their comments I think it would be cool/fun if we sometimes mentioned our State or even region?
    would that be of interest to anyone?

  18. I Love these Egg Cups Best Of All! .ALL TIME FAVORITE! EXCEPT
    with the exception of the beautiful Prague cups brought for you by Don.

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