- 86 degrees in April
- Sleeping with windows open
- Gin and tonics on the deck
- The sounds of spring peepers in the creek and canoodling turkeys in the woods
- Bats overhead at twilight
- Bluebirds in search of a nesting spot
- Hyacinths, forsythia and primrose in bloom
- Butterflies, ladybugs and wasps
- Warm breezes
- Rescuing porch furniture from the garage and the barn
- Sitting outside on porch furniture at night without a coat
- Allergies...grrr
In one or two days it seems we've just about bypassed spring and gone straight to summer. We usually see 80+ degree temperatures in June or July so in the warmth and the sunshine these past couple of days everything is sprouting and blooming so fast you can almost watch it grow. The birds not to be outdone by the greenery have turned up the volume full strength and are singing their little hearts out in search of a mate.
The cardinals are considering a short term lease in the trumpet vine right by the back door.
The bluebirds have their eye on the bird house atop our house number pole.
The pileated woodpeckers have been hard at work carving out a new home in our aged sugar maple. 
This grand old tree has anchored our house since the time it was built in 1865. We've been nursing it for two years no and this is likely it's last spring and summer. Our house will be very lonely without it.
This grand old tree has anchored our house since the time it was built in 1865. We've been nursing it for two years no and this is likely it's last spring and summer. Our house will be very lonely without it.
We spent Friday at one of our favorite antique auctions. While I flitted between the auction hall and the barn outside without a coat (another first), Ken caught up with our friends Sandy and Bill. The folks who run the auction refer to the stuff outside in the barn as the "projects". You can always count on wading through a lot of rust, mud and dirt but often some of the best treasures lurk there. There's lots of guy stuff and a lot of "barn fresh" items - tools, chains, old hardware, ladders and motors. Most of the time I have no idea what they're selling when it comes to this stuff. The back of the barn is packed so deep and so high with furniture (almost to the ceiling) that you never really know what's in there until they bring it up for bid. Auctions are held out in the projects all year round and in the winter it's unpleasant at best - most of the time we often don't even bother to see what's out there. But with 80+ degree temps yesterday there was quite a crowd! I came away with a large old oak splint harvest basket on a wooden stand in near perfect condition. It holds more than two bushels. I also bought a box of old cast iron hooks - I'm a real sucker for these and for old doorknobs too. I'm not sure what I'll do with them yet but I sense a project coming on...
Inside the hall Ken and I made off with some great buys including some beautiful vintage printed linens (never used with labels still on!), some amazing Civil War era glass negatives, a beautiful old wooden plant stand with lovely old green paint and a colorful 1960's needlepoint rug . They also had hot dogs, fries and you guessed it, pie...FIVE different kinds.
Inside the hall Ken and I made off with some great buys including some beautiful vintage printed linens (never used with labels still on!), some amazing Civil War era glass negatives, a beautiful old wooden plant stand with lovely old green paint and a colorful 1960's needlepoint rug . They also had hot dogs, fries and you guessed it, pie...FIVE different kinds.
Some quick shots of our space in the antique mall
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