Party time

Iriseseses

It's that time again

Rowe's Apple Orchard is on Route 7 in Newport. The trees sit on both sides of the road. Every year, there's about a five day period when it feels like you're driving through a mystical forest.

I guess you could say I've got a bleeding heart.

Sure, it's pretty...

...but the pollen plays merry hell with my allergies.
Does that make me a glass-half-empty kinda gal?

Spring poetry

The honey wagon made a delivery today
half a mile away.
Thus, Kel left all her windows closed
on a warm, sunny spring day.

Awakening

Four days later...

Bricks and stones part 2

The finished project.

Newborn

This is what greeted me when I got home from work this morning at 7:30.

Garden-to-be

Yep. More flowers. Hey, after a long winter I deserve it.

My favorite Bud...

...is not beer.

3 birds with one photo

This photo shows:

1. Hazel, The Amazing Feline
2. GREEN GRASS in my backyard!
3. My icky window, that will soon be replaced.



My daughter's friend has been airbrushed to retain her anonymity.

Distraction from taxation

First blooms of spring today:



Last summer we got a freak windstorm than knocked down five trees in our yard. (Miraculously enough our house wasn't hit.) My hubby turned one of the stumps into a chair. This is where our rock garden will go. (Expect updates on that.)



Another sign of spring:



Some of the leaves we didn't get around to raking last year:

What Spring will mean

This corn field sits less than half a mile from my house. In a few weeks, Mr. Dairy Farmer will be tilling and fertilizing these fields.

Ah...I love the smell of manure in the morning.