April Showers

April 27, 2017 (117/365)

"Weather is a great metaphor for life — sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella or choose to dance in the rain!" - Terri Guillemets

Spring Green

April 25, 2017 (115/365)

"Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." - Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay

Aspirations

April 24, 2017 (114/365)

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."  

- Helen Keller

When I planted sixty-four pink and white bulbs last fall, I dreamed of enjoying bunches of blooms. Instead, I have one perfectly beautiful tulip and 15 more buds that still haven't revealed their potential. Fingers crossed!

For the Birds

April 23, 2017 (113/365)

One of the most peculiar traditions in Paris is the Sunday bird market on the Île de la Cité.

Here is the Wisconsin version of the Marché aux Oiseaux: Chickens at the garden center and visiting our nephew's new peeps