Flurries?, Little Eggs, Scarf

1. Are they snow flurries or pear blossoms fluttering by? I do enjoy the variable weather up here. Never a dull moment!
2. A friend has given me five little, white dove eggs. They're too fragile to blow, so I'll let them dry over time and try decorating them later with Pysanky for Easter.
3. A scarf around my neck and a shawl over my shoulders is cozy today.

Purple, Painting, Dandelions

1. The deep, bold colors of the landscape hold my attention this morning. The mountains are the deepest purple, contrasted by emerald greens in the foreground, dotted with white blossoms everywhere, (and the occasional black Angus).
2. I found an hour and a half of free time to begin painting the bookshelves.
3. The dandelions are blooming and I pluck a few and have a good sniff. They are a nuisance, but nothing smells more like spring to me than dandelions.

Riding Mower, Pear Trees, Fun & Games

1. He is riding his lawnmower up the road. It reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Straight Story.
2. Very old pear trees dot the fields. The farmers once cultivated them but now they grow wild. Their twisted, knobby branches are covered in ruffly, white blossoms.
3. It is game night and I get caught up in the fun!

Berries, Cut Grass, Ice Cream

1. We put in a good morning's work planting blackberries and raspberries. One of the pots had a recipe on it, using raspberries of course. We began reciting all of the ways we were going to eat the abundance of berries our canes would produce. (fingers crossed)
2. The first cut grass of the season smells like...cut grass!
3. We rarely go out for ice cream, but it seemed a fitting way to end our day.

A "New" Chair, Free Time, Baby Chicks

1. An old chair has been resurrected and given a new life. It is beautiful in its chic, new fabric.
2. I had several hours to myself today and ran errands at my leisure.
3. Chicks-in-a-box. New baby chicks on their way to a neighbor's farm.

Manure Tea, Pizza, Fascination

1. I have a bucket of cow pies that Audrey brought me. I am waiting for the rain to stop so I can transfer it to a larger pail to make manure tea. Ever since reading Tasha Tudor's Garden many years ago, I have wanted to use manure tea.
2. We are out on errands and splurge on a pizza for lunch. We sit in the car, rain pouring down, while the heat from the boxed pizza steams all the windows. We eat in perfect, veiled window privacy.
3. Tess plays "Fascination" on the piano loud enough so my mom can hear it over the phone. It's a pretty waltz that was sung and made famous in 1957.

Home Store, New Roof, Soup

1. We have an hour to waste so we wander around Lowe's, playing in the display kitchens and browsing all of the garden merchandise
2. An unexpected phone call to arrange a new roof for my mother. All the details fall into place.
3. I prepared a chicken soup recipe found at Bitching in the Kitchen. It uses all the leftover chicken and potatoes to create another delicious dinner- from- nothing! Voila.