Spring House

The past few days have been picture-perfect spring days,

and I have been in the mood for sprucing up the inside of the house.

 I am starting out slow and simple.

 

Here are a few photos of our little kitchen corner:

 

 

~ familiar items, rearranged, with life imitating art...

 

 

 

~ Maya's apron and decorative tea towel hanging below...

 

 

 

 

~ Lucy's bowls on the floor...

(oops, minus the tea towel, hmmm)

 

 

~ the ever-changing chalkboard...

 

 

 

~ our table adorned with sweet bouquet of peonies, lamb's ears and lady's mantle...

 

 

 

Simple spring days will soon give way to the first day of summer,

and I plan on soaking up these cooler days until then.

 

 

 

Dreaming for spring...

The calendar says February...

 

and the days have been going back and forth from

 cold and snowy to warming up in the forties.

 

My heart and mind wander to thoughts of spring,

too early,

but enjoyable just the same.

 

I am sharing a little spring color from photos

I found on Pinterest...

 

Enjoy!

 

 

A Bouquet for You

Flowers for You on a Rainy Day

(a peony bouquet on a vintage peony tray)

The white pitcher holds a few of my favorite peonies blossoms, as well as lady's mantle, lamb's ears and a few hosta leaves. I got the tray last year on etsy, one of my favorite places to shop!

It is a cool, rainy day, perfect for getting caught up on a book I am reading and indulging in a little laziness. I have been a little overextended lately; actually, for about a month or more, so today is a day off. But I wanted to apologize for not answering some of your comments or even getting to your blogs to read your latest.  I so enjoy connecting with my blog friends and family, and I do hope you have a wonderful weekend, soaking up some sun or enjoying the rains that nurture our flower and vegetable gardens. Perhaps a little rest is in your plans?

A~Tisket, A~Tasket...

(photo by KILEY CRUSE/THE WORLD-HERALD)

Happy May Day!

I have fond memories of May Days past, especially as a mother and a teacher. I mostly remember when, as a young girl, our daughter Erin made a little holder for a few flowers from our yard and hung them on our neighbor's door, rang the doorbell and ran for home. I watched from the kitchen window as my friend Julie chased Erin and caught her up in a hug with plenty of giggles included.

(photo: Skip to My Lou)

I found this little tidbit from Old Fashioned Living , about how Louisa May Alcott wrote about May Day baskets  in "Jack and Jill" (Chapter 18):

"The job now in hand was May baskets, for it was the custom of the children to hang them on the doors of their friends the night before May-day; and the girls had agreed to supply baskets if the boys would hunt for flowers, much the harder task of the two. Jill had more leisure as well as taste and skill than the other girls, so she amused herself with making a goodly store of pretty baskets of all shapes, sizes, and colors, quite confident that they would be filled, though not a flower had shown its head except a few hardy dandelions, and here and there a small cluster of saxifrage."

(photo: Old Fashioned Living)

A-tisket, A-tasket

A-tisket, a-tasket,

A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love,

But on the way I dropped it.

I dropped it, I dropped it,

And, on the way I dropped it.

A little boy picked it up,

And put it in his pocket.

(photo: mmoratta)

Just Because

Yesterday, my sweet husband ran a few errands after work, and this is something he brought back for me...

When he was paying for them, the clerk asked what the occasion was, and he replied, "Just because."

Sigh. I love that. I love him. He is, as I write, finishing installing the tile around the upstairs bathtub...and he has a terrible cold. I think I'll go bake him a cake. And when he asks me why I baked a cake, I'll say, "Just because."

Flowers are love's truest language.

- Park Benjamin