April 2018 – Birds, Blooms and all things Beautiful

Display from Philadelphia Flower Show 2018

I think there is an unwritten rule in the blogosphere that an anniversary post is to be written each year, and though it seems much too soon for a year to have gone by, here goes!!

There’s really not much for me to say regarding my blog, but much to say about my blogging experience which I can sum up in two words:

Thank You!

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Thank you to all who have stopped by to visit, and all those with a friendly word to pass along. Thank you especially to those who have become “friends” in this community.

You are a very positive, encouraging group of people who have enriched my life with your words and talents.

This blog was originally intended as a place for me to catalogue mostly nature, but family memories as well for both myself and my sons to look back on, but you have made it so much more.

So many wonderful people in this big beautiful world, I wish I could share a cup of coffee with you all and get to know you a little bit more!

So, here’s to many more blogging years, not only to enjoy sharing my memories…

but to enjoy sharing in your journeys as well!

Until next time,

God Bless!!

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∼Jen

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“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.”
– William Wordsworth, Daffodils

It seems that March this year decided to try a hostile take-over of April…but, despite its many snowy, blustery attempts, April has at long last landed, bringing all its promises of future beauty along with it. March, of course, had its own beauty despite its stormy attitude, so here’s my look back on this very temperamental month:

Above, the very loud and large pileated woodpecker, and below, one of our backyard monkeys, doing what they do best.

A morning walk with my fellow nature-loving neighbor provided the following photos…

A glimpse in her backyard, where the infamous white cats reside, but I was zeroing in on one of the upside down dead trees she repurposes for bird feeders…

Another peek in her yard shows some of the many daffodils she decorates our street with…

I took my buddy, Princess, along for our walk. I wouldn’t dream of leaving her home, the neighbors love her and sadly our walks are soon coming to an end. 😦 Watching her health deteriorate has been the hardest thing this month, I hope she will be with me for some warm spring days, but she is getting tired so I will enjoy the days we have left and treasure her companionship while I can.

My dear friend Lesley and I along with her daughter and precious granddaughter attended the Philadelphia flower show. I don’t have many pictures due to the very large crowds, but this one turned out ok and was a nice sneak peek at spring…

Of course there were the lingering snow days I posted of earlier thanks to our many Nor’easters…

The sure promise of warmer days here on the creek are the first wood duck sightings, usually blurred by the distance, but they still make my heart sing!

Things will only get more beautiful with the blooming of Azaleas right around the corner, but I was treated to an early show of their charm in our recent southern excursion. For now, I will enjoy the warming days in our area, thankful for the beauty each new day brings.

Until next time,

∼Jen

Month: April 2018

One Year Anniversary!

Morning Memories…March

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love…Psalm 143:8