Cabin and Spring Fever!

So just when it was time to come out of hibernation:  COVID-19!  I'm so bummed, we were really looking forward to exploring our new area and all the wonderful Springtime events, like the maple syrup fests... now we're stuck in our house and getting a little stir-crazy.  The pups are keeping us on schedule, though, and long walks help our mood, as well as some of the wonderful things being shared online, like this: 

When I heard some folks were turning their Christmas decorations back on, though, that made me shiver.  Christmas?!  I want Spring, I want flowers, I want mud and birds and green!  So I decorated for Spring, here are our front windows:

Bunnies!  Tulips!  Sunshine!  If you'd like to do the same, there are hundreds of bunny templates online but you're welcome to use mine.  They are about 20 years old, so I don't recall which ones I hand-drew and which were found online...  for your personal pleasure please use them to spruce up your home with seasonal color and fun!  Just print them on a full sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper and use them as templates on cardstock or whatever paper you have in your home.  

Enjoy!  Shine on!  Stay well, both physically and mentally!

Easter under ice.

Happy Easter!  Happy Spring!  Mother Nature once again proved she is all powerful as we were walloped with an ice rain that altered all weekend plans. On Friday we were all set to receive our guests, but felt it prudent to warn them of the potential for another blackout: we were dark Thursday night from about 8:40pm to about 1:30am. Others fared much worse and as I type folks are still without hydro.

Across the street, a fairly typical bit of damage:  branches as large as my forearm littered the ground everywhere, with the occasional larger branch and in some cases trees looked like a giant had stepped on them, folding down and snapping most of the branches.  

Here are some photos from our yard:

Along the sidewalk.

Our cedars were not happy (but they all recovered).

Willow was not happy either, the tension in the air and the lights flickering had her hiding under the kitchen table... but on her back so she couldn't have been too upset.

Snowdrops under ice.

Spring is in the air

Easter weekend is coming... I wonder if I can make these?

I love devilled eggs, and these look simple enough... served warm they'd be lovely.  If we brought these out to the breakfast table, what would you like to eat them with?  

You can view more pictures at: https://www.tumblr.com/search/deviled%20egg%20chicks

Bunnies everywhere! Happy Spring!

Here's a view of our dining room and parlour, it's so hard to photograph so I decided to try a mini video:
 

It gives a better sense of the space.  This area is for all our guests to use, to relax, to share wine with friends or play bridge on the big dining room table.  

Yes, those are bunnies and lambs on the table, and bunnies in the windows.  Here are some more images of our Springtime home... ignore the snow.

And here's what our guests enjoyed this morning:  Eggs in a Nest with avocado and alfalfa sprouts!  This was followed by apple-honey cake and a cherry German-pudding cake.

Happy Spring!

Dear Readers,
     Happy Spring to you!  Here are the rats Cere and Bella, the "little brains" enjoying the tastes of Spring!  May you enjoy a wonder-filled long weekend! 
                                               Karen