Many Things Small Seem So Grand...

....like the beginnings of the raspberries

which later became black raspberries

or the dainty nesting tables Pat brought us from the thrift store

or the lobelia, happy in moss

Oreo under the grape vine

The faux birdhouse with the faux tin roof that Pete made for the lintel

I am not too proud to confess that having a lintel is a certain amount of pressure

The wild roses climbing over the fence

The baby sparrow preparing to leave the house

Marbles...always marbles...

The new additions to the fence

The yard bunny

and the ice cream wagon, "Scoop to Nuts", parked for the time behind town hall 

brimming with perfect-summer-day smiles.

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"may my heart always be open to little

birds who are the secrets of living

whatever they sing is better than to know

and if men should not hear them men are old"   
- e.e.cummings

Happy Birthday Weekend, Siggy!

The Porch Revisited

   For those of you who are following this nesting saga, today I simply offer the conclusion to a Spring! project you were left in the midst of...and for those of you who follow us, you know the reason for "Spring!" And for those who aren't familiar with the story behind "Spring!" - it's because "Spring!" is so ridiculously fantastic and embarrassingly beautiful!
   So back to the subject - the screened-in porch.

It began for us as this-

Then became this-

And today became this-

Now, of course, this is entirely staged. Pete humored me and we carried the dining room table from the house and temporarily placed it on the porch just for the purpose of taking these photos...

...but now Pete has plans to build an even larger table since the room is so accommodating.

Pete would not agree to photographing the food because "it is only a sandwich!"

So we did have lunch here today since the table was beckoning, and it was absolutely lovely- the wind blowing through the many trees which lend us so much natural shade, and a robin taking a dip in the bath....and it's Spring!

April Fool's Day...

...arrived one day early in Connecticut this year.

This was the backyard yesterday-

And this is today - April 1

Happy Birthday Jimmie Joe!

And HAPPY MAYBE-SPRING everybody up here!

in Just-

spring          when the world is mud-

luscious 

the little

lame balloonman

whistles          far          and wee

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far          and             wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's

spring

and

         the
                  goat-footed
balloonMan          whistles

far

and

wee

e.e.cummings