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What a non-blog week. No travel. Perfectly beautiful weather. Just downright normal! Hurrah!

So, I ventured out into the lovely evening to see what’s going on in the garden. I was happy to discover our spring flowers starting to burst from their slumber.

Time to freshen my supply of allergy medicine 🙂

We were finally able to get a tree pruner to come by and remove the damaged portion of our front street-side tree. (You might recall that a major limb was damaged in a strong winter storm almost two months ago.) We also had much of the high growth trimmed to avoid bringing down the overhead electrical lines.

Our urgency was further upped by the approach of another strong storm set to arrive today. Fortunately, the rain and wind held off until after morning, and the folks from Perfect Tree were able to do their surgery.

Just in the nick of time, too. Not 20 minutes after they left, the rain began. This morning, we awoke to powerful winds…gusts of 50mph at times…so I’m relieved that we got that done.

Now we just need the spring leaves to come in and make this tree look normal again.

Jeff receives a lot of trial specialty publications in the mail, because he subscribes to a number of architecture and design magazines. But this one takes the cake…so far, at least.

I would have guessed a circulation of about 14 people…but apparently this goes out to an estimated circulation of 28,000.

Jeff and I were clearing away some old vines in our garden. These vines pre-dated our ownership, and had grown unruly…flower-tipped tentacles that had begun to invade and tug overhanging tree limbs. Beneath the clutter, we discovered a serene face…happy once again to feel the warmth of the sun. I wonder what her story is.

My flight home from Dulles to SFO is already delayed an hour due to rain in San Francisco…but at least I'm not on the nearby flight to Boston: "We've lost our pilot. He is somewhere in the terminal. But we will find him, and then we can begin boarding. Sorry for the delay."

They need one of those leashes parents use for wandering children 🙂