Brighter each morning

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Quote of the day

(Thanks, Maisie!)

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Waiting for dinner...

...and getting stuff done.

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Reflecting

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Channeling spring

Easy and wonderful.  (I use a mix of milk and light cream, rather than all that straight-up heavy cream, and find that scallions stand in beautifully for leeks when necessary.)

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Play time

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Getting ready...

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Stuck in the grey

Truly a moment in the day -- almost home, after work.

To find spring here now, you have to really look closely; it is not visible if you're not making an effort, on foot, to see it. The big view is still dark, grey, and empty.


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Back to it

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Mighty

Ah, less tender than I would have imagined; she was completely buried under the snow at first, but as it melted, she righted herself. A lesson for me all over.

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Tender optimism

The forecasters are not exactly sure how much snow we'll get tomorrow, but they are warning us of a major storm and the area schools have already decided to close for the day. New England springs are not for the timid nor the tender, and having just spent such a warm summery week in Florida I feel my own capacity to cope wanning. But still, it has been a fairly mild winter for us overall this year, and even if this one beauty succumbs there are green shoots up all over ready to go full-on spring.

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Heading out

So grateful to have had a week away filled with warm lazy days, beach walks, meandering conversations, and connection. Easy, casual, effortless. Magical.

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Color, texture II

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Ultimate

Getting in shape for the upcoming season.

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Endlessly beautiful

The ocean calls us all, doesn't it?

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Color, texture

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Under foot

Long walks, every morning, on the beach, where ever square foot is a picture and a story.


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Tropical

 The colors, the quality of the light, the heat, the plants; every moment is clearly in a time and place away.

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Both are good

Sleeping in, and then having great coffee -- that's the way to vacation. We snuck away for a week in Florida; really the first time spending spring break away.

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All about the rings

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Tiny travels

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Chilaquiles

Because yesterday they saw how out-of-my-mind happy I was with Taco Tuesday in the school dining hall.

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only temporarily

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Planning

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Why it's worth planting bulbs in the fall

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How to celebrate on the drive into work on a Saturday

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Purple sky at night

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Well, not ideally

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Cheering me up

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Double vision

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