A Few of My Favourite Things...

bird from Swallow's Nest

balls (made with cinnamon) from Bali

bowl from Mihrab on Main Street

new placemats from Kerns - Gibsons (only $1.99 each!)

plate with bird from Nikaido - Steveston

birthday gift from my lovely friend, Karin

I love the colours and the quote is so perfectly timed!
"Sometimes your only transportation is a leap of faith" by Margaret Sheppard

place setting - makes me smile

"weeds" from my yard

blue leaf tray from my new favourite local store - The Swallow's Nest

(our quirky chairs were from there as well)

tulip - I never planted any flowers in the yard so everything that comes up is a surprise and a gift!

glass eggs from Mosaic Market in Davis Bay

blue dish from Bali

Super cute shopping bag at the beach - a handmade gift from Cynthia

deer - just down the road from our house! (I love how he posed for us:)

flowers in my garden

I noticed there was a bit of a bird theme going on here...hmmm...

Happy weekend to you - I'm off to the flea market.

Happy Spring!?!

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

Good morning everyone and happy SPRING to you! I can hear the birds chirping away outside and I've got a pot full of pink hyacinths beside my bed so it smells like spring. I'm just going to put on my rose-coloured glasses today and believe that the wonderful weather is on it's way. My tulips and crocus' (or is it croci?) are very optimistically peaking their heads up through the earth.

I wish you all a wonder-filled weekend!

Feeling Groovy...

I've had a hard time smiling lately. I hadn't even noticed it but now that my mood has shifted back to normal, I realize that I just went through a bit of a low spell. To look back at it now, it feels like it was some kind of protective sheild I put around myself in order not to be hurt but I have no idea why. Yesterday and today I feel like I have some new energy - smiling easier, laughing and even wanting to dance around the house. Funny when you're in a funk, sometimes you don't even know it. I know that I have no reason to complain and I'm not. Maybe just the crazy changes through the worst winter in 40 years somehow caught up with me - but anyway...I'm back and it feels so much better! There are crocuses coming up in my garden, the buds are sprouting on my brand new lilac tree and my family is coming to visit this weekend. It's all good! I'll post some pix once I get my own computer back (hopefully tomorrow). There was an amazing sunset coming home on the ferry last night!
Happy hump day to you!