HAPPY MAY DAY FRIENDS! Some of us are partial to the tradition of dancing around the maypole, some of us celebrate workers all over the world…maybe you have your own version of May Day! In any case, I am giddy because spring has finally arrived on Braintree Hill. The sky is blue, the sun is bright and it’s 68 degrees! I am drunk with joy.
Today we spent some time at our local garden center and then we went to Creek House Diner for our very first maple creemee of the season. Until you have tasted a creemee you cannot even imagine the dreaminess of this dairy treat. We sent a “selfie” to our kids and they swooned with longing for their own creemees. We came home and washed the screens that had been stored in the woodshed over the winter. Each room now has a screen in at least one window and over the next few days we’ll install all of them. FRESH AIR in the house! Batman did a good bit of gardening, both in the raised beds and the hoop house. I put together a bouquet of Tête-À-Tête daffodils and Scilla and snuck down to our neighbor’s house and left it along with some blueberry muffins on their doorstop. Their goat herd has increased this spring with a new batch of kids and they have gifted us (now and then) with homemade Chève cheese and buttermilk made with goat’s milk. I baked the muffins with the local buttermilk. Outstanding.
I thought you might like to see our very own version of Dorothy’s Yellow Brick Road (above.) The coltsfoot is blooming along the side of the road and it really is dazzling on a sunny day. You can read about coltsfoot here.
Corazón and Wilma have been coaching me this weekend as I work to get a piece with a deadline finished up.
Here’s a sneak peek at the very start of the piece.
In an effort to keep myself working on challenges, I plan to submit a piece, invited by this call to artists. Gotta stay vulnerable in order to grow, am I right?
I sure do hope you are finding some simple happiness in the midst of these upside down days of 2022. Sending you hope and encouragement to do whatever small thing you can do to make this world a better place. xo