Spring

According to iPhoto, one year ago today I was in Marblehead on the North Shore taking the photo above.

I asked Elizabeth to write a ditty about spring to introduce the new trio of projects on the right-side column.  I wonder if she really thought I would publish it? Muhahah. It's sunny and 60 degrees in Boston today, I think we can all be thankful for that! Hope you're having a great weekend!

Welcome, spring! Hello azaleas, cherry blossoms, and perfectly unpredictable weather. But if lush, yellow blankets of pollen are keeping you indoors in this otherwise wonderful season, it will do you some good to freshen up your abode. And even if, like me, you're immune to oak and cypress spores (although a recent bout of cold-like symptoms has me newly doubting my invincibility), spring is when we're supposed to throw open the windows and revitalize the household and the garden. Your sofa could use a few pillows primavera, couldn't it?

And as one of my favorite seasonal pastimes is watching big bumblebees make love to the lavender blossoms (seriously, it's salacious what they do to those flowers) let's throw some pollinator-related recipes into the mix.

Enjoy our fresh picks for springtime!

diy: monster costumes

Halloween was over a week ago, so sorry about this. I've had very important things going on, like fashioning casual headwear for my dog and reorganizing my tart pan collection. But now - an easy (also, very undetailed) explanation of making a monster costume.

Blue Velvet Settees

This is a pretty pictures post. The prettiest of pictures are of blue velvet settees. This of course, is just my opinion. It is also my opinion that the best pictures of blue velvet settees are those in dusty, bookish, colonial rooms.

This is Kind of a Big Deal

Not only are there buds on trees but I took the photo of this bud after 5pm - and it wasn't completely dark. If I could make spring myself - I might - but then again, I just might not. Boston winters have taught me patience. But the extra light and these little buds are exciting - something is on the horizon. Soon the sidewalks will be trashed with petals, seating will spill out of cafes onto the sidewalks, faces will be up instead of down, protected from the wind, and no one will miss a beat. And that's good because the natives are getting restless.

I have a big day tomorrow, that's why this post is so short, and indeed, I've had a crazy challenging overwhelming busy number of months recently - but Spring is coming! And there is no place like Boston in the Spring, don't even get me started.