dear winsome

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And snow..spring eh? The weather the past few weeks has been a little crazy, rain, snow, sunshine..kind of like life I suppose.

These are a bit old considering it was 93 yesterday! Ugh. Stay away summer..at least a little longer. This season has really been all over the place, a lot like me.

I'm also the biggest procrastinator..by the time I want to do something for just me(like blog!) another thing pops up. Like spending time with my two Lu's.

If only I had the money to pay someone to do the hard, hands on stuff...or the ability to multiply for project completion purposes, only in my dreams. Really, I've been having some strange sci fi related ones lately. It's probably those late night Defiance epsidoes I started watching..

Designing and collecting pieces for our historic house is the awesome, easy part. Removing layers of old dried on wallpaper/paint from almost every room, refinishing every inch of these cracked old walls(150yrs+) and learning everything as I go. I'll be a pro once I'm done! And possibly buff. My hands are killing me.

Getting my 1950's housewife on and all baking projects out of my system before it's too miserably hot to even think of turning on the oven.

made bbq pork bao buns..ermahgerd.

and my first attempt at Paczki for my Polish man, just like gram's.

We really wanted to go to Merida/Yucatan peninsula and stay at the cutest B&B on our honeymoon(almost 5 yrs ago!) but went on a road trip to Portland,Or/Canon beach instead. Totally worth it, but we're still dreaming of a New Orleans/Mexico trip..learning Spanish from a vintage set whenever we cook south of the border stuff together!

Chile Rellenos are my specialty..I let him chop things and sip margaritas haha! Best assistant.

I dropped off the face of the earth lately, and into earth haha. The warmer weather has me working on a million house projects, and my green thumb.

Papa O'Malley had tons of English ivy surrounding his stone cottage house, one of my favorite places growing up.

I've been reading up on propagating, trying to turn a little into a lot.

I've had this mini jade for about five years, it's not so mini anymore! Succulents are the plants for me.

We've been spending a lot of time outside when it's nice, the animals love the deck as much as us.

Zizi

Maybe more.

Copper

They're loungers.

Lumen

sort of.

Baxter

Some sad news over here..my little birdie Bleu passed away, broke my heart. It started as a little sneeze/cold and I rushed to get some medicine in her but it was too late, she was gone late that night. I remember throwing my arms around a sleeping Luke's neck and sobbing "she was a good girl!" I turned into a little kid again and cried myself to sleep over the loss of my budgie buddy.

But all is well and after a few weeks of missing my girl a new little fella came home with me..you'll meet him soon!
It's freshly rained and 70, Luke's calling me from the garden to come out and play..destractors. haha

Have a lovely weekend, it's spring!

the prettiest of yellows..

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Lu loves 'em too

Hi friends! Whew..I didn't mean for so much time to go by without an update, sometimes life just gets in the way. And instagram. Still obsessed, it's the instant gratification haha!

Some March happenings, I've been trying to keep on the bright side..