Home again

You know, as exciting as it is to get away sometimes, the feeling of coming home had me positively beaming today. I don’t know, maybe it’s this peaceful place that has me mesmerized – or maybe it’s Spring itself. Stepping out of the car at 9 am, I could hear the song of the birds, and then the black & white greeted me.

What a beautiful morning it was here in Maryland. Although it was cold enough outside for a sweater and my Carhart vest, the sun was such a pleasure.

I picked up some pansies to plant in containers.



My sister is recovering nicely and it was good to see her and some of the family.







Shallow depth of field here, which might really bother some people. (Hi, Ray). But I like the little ruffles.




I sat outside in the sun this afternoon, in a spot protected from the wind and read books l received from {her} in the mail. Thank you, my friend. It was such a beautiful surprise.




Progress on the lilac bush is always interesting. These shoots will grow into branches.








All of the trees are budding and soon the dogwood will bloom.




This is what the dogwood buds look like.




There are two white dogwood trees by the house.




I added a texture to this one just because.

SophieG* Handwriting Texture

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I was overwhelmed to see so many comments when I opened my e-mail today. I’m still reading your interesting answers to the questions I asked in the last post. Have a beautiful day, all.

Until tomorrow, then . . .