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Happy Easter

Suddenly it’s spring!  At last!!!!!

Hubby fired up the pump on our pond yesterday and is running it again today.  The fish are loving their swimming time below the falling water.  This seems to have awakened our entire back yard and the warm (yes it’s ABOVE 70 degrees today) has caused spring to finally arrive.

  • The PJM azalea is ready to boom
  • The weeping cherry absolutely popped open this morning and is in full bloom
  • Our first frog appeared on a rock near the waterfall
  • The male wren is singing and carrying nest-building materials into the birdhouse
  • The new kitchen windows are open

All signs of spring — let the celebration begin!

Happy Easter !

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Spring? & other stuff

One and a half  inches of snow fell on the first full day of spring, and yesterday into today, one and one half more on the 4th day of spring.  Spring?

The good news?  The kitchen is “almost” done.  It has been almost done for the last two weeks now, but the almost is a whole lot closer to done today.  The trim is up on the cabinets and the painter was in prepping for his paint job on Monday of next week.  The front dishwasher panel is currently puzzling the carpenter as I am puzzling over some difficult piano music for April 2nd.  I decided to stop annoying us both and came down to the computer for some quiet time.

Think I’ll sneak upstairs and take a photo – – – –  this is the sub-zero FINALLY almost completely invisible behind custom cabinet work

And now — pick colors for the walls — the title of this photo is simply, POSSIBILITIES . . .

I was in Lancaster, PA to a quilt show last week.  Their spring is further advanced than ours and I found these beauties outside the B&B where I stayed overnight . . .

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Spring

It’s here!  We can finally say it, right?  Happy Spring!  As of 7:21 pm tonight, it was officially spring.  Best not to jump for joy too much, however.  There are still piles, small piles, of snow left here where it was packed really seriously deep by some winds and a giant snowblower.   And, tomorrow, the first full day of Spring?  You guessed it — snow is in the forecast.  But where there’s spring, there’s hope!

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Walking wounded

Hubby has a very sore shoulder from shoveling the roof and a sore “backside” from a fall under our pickup truck as it was stuck on the driveway.  My shoulders don’t feel too good after all the ice chipping and shoveling today and my left hip is sore from my first fall of the day down in the street where we had to park the truck.  Walking (limping?) wounded here in Connecticut.   Winter is really taking its toll and now I’m grumpy too.