the heart of things

  Life is full of uncertainties, yet all around there is beauty.

the hidden heart

  There is sunshine and old trucks.

  And there is the possibility of a little blue house that needs a lot of work, cleaning, and love. A place that dreams are made off.

earth day

   Happy Earth Day!
   When you were little did you pick dandelions and make wishes on them? My yard is full of them, and even though they are the gardener's nightmare I can't help but love them.

   It has been an early spring here, I'm already sporting a sunburn. More sun means more eggs, and in case you have not noticed, I am a little in love with eggs. I can't stop dreaming of the day that I will have a small flock of my own. And I have to admit I have a small love affair going with my egg crate.

 

look almost green and blue eggs!!

  Spring means strawberries, mine are still small and green, but the ruhbarb is huge! My favorite way to eat ruhbarb is strawberry ruhbabrb jam. it is supper easy to make and I eat it on everything. 

You will need:
10-12 small stocks of ruhbarb, chopped into little pieces 
1 bag of frozen strawberries
1/2 to 1 cup sugar
lemon, optional

  
Put the fruit and sugar into a heavy bottom sauce pan, cook stirring occasionally for 45min or until the fruit is very soft. Squeeze lemon into fruit, stir and cook a few minutes longer. ladle into jars, cool and eat. Keeps a few weeks in the fridge. Enjoy!

life

   Spring is in the air, that means tulips, lilacs, and weddings. Its been a busy week but here are some flowers to stop and smell...

early lilacs

pearl street tulips

spring celebration

Happy spring, Passover and Easter (or what ever it is your family celebrates).

tuesday showers

rain/snow making the field green

blue sky skirt weather

   Spring has come, and around here that means wet, slushy snow followed by 70° weather. It's all part of the game, and today I'm just happy for the wet stuff falling from the sky. Wet stuff + sunshine = green. And oh how green it is becoming, with little green shoots coming up.

sweet pees pushing up

It all makes the fact that I have to find a new job that much more wonderful, and the fact that there are only eight and a half weeks left in the school year that much more bearable.