pink moon

tonight's full moon is called the "pink moon", named for the herb moss pink or wild ground phlox, an early spring flower.

it has also been referred to as the "sprouting grass moon" and the "egg moon". 

hear that chickens?? get layin'!

happy full moon thursday!

pretty pastel style

i got  a new book!

i don't know if you've seen selina lake's last book. but it is so, so, so, good. one of my absolute favorite decorating books! i was interested in this new book, but wasn't sure how i would like it, being pastels and all. i do like pastels, but i was afraid it would be too frilly. BUT, it's not! i really like this book!

check out this sweet kitchen! and the smeg! the SMEG! if i had a million dollars, the first thing i would buy is a smeg. they are so cute!!

do these look familiar?? not mine, but i wish they were! it's funny how they have put them upside down in this photo, at least what i consider to be upside down. i wonder if that was intentional??

i do love this cupboard. in my little dream studio i will have one just like this for all of my yarn. dream on.......

so, i give this book a big thumbs up! happy wednesday!

what i like

this is what i like to read (but don't read that first book. it's depressing!)

this is what i like to listen to!!!

covergirl

i put the spring quilt on the bed yesterday, and violet jumped right up in a very posing sort of mood. so we had a little photo shoot! she's looking good!!

bloodroot

this is bloodroot, one of my favorite flowers, and early to emerge in the spring! one of it's most charming characteristics is that it closes up at night, and its' leaf wraps back up around the closed flower, keeping it safe! so so pretty!

a sea of blue

this is the back yard of the historic governor john langdon house in portsmouth, nh.

every year at this time i have to stop by and soak in the beauty of the sea of blooming scilla! this is how i want my yard to look!! i'll be lucky if i ever live that long!

thrift store score!

we went to a local thrift store on saturday, and i saw these lovely plates. since i have more lovely plates than you can shake a stick at, i passed them by, even though they were cheap, cheap, cheap! i was regretting my decision, and needless to say, i returned to the shop a couple of days later and picked up a couple. there were more, but i showed rare restraint and only got two! they look quite pretty with my chicken tablecloth!

a very warm day here, and seemingly overnight (perhaps literally overnight), so many flowers came up in the gardens! my very favorite, bloodroot, is up, and when i can get some good photos i will certainly post them!

still trying to process the horrible event(s) of this week.......i believe there is evil in this world, but i also believe that GOOD will prevail.