We are as good as snow bound today. After a month of cold alternating with cold weather, winter returned as if to punish us for wanting spring. The thaw we enjoyed earlier this month was enough to summon the morning doves and cardinals back to our yard, and we awoke to birdsong. I fill the feeders daily now.
I want to get out and walk and take deep breaths to savor the earthiness of March and April. I'm thinking about my garden, and socking away my small change for new plants. The sooner spring arrives, the better.We will not go to Paris this year. There are projects around the house and yard. It has always been my plan to turn the horse barn into a studio for my husband, so he will have space for his art work. This would make it necessary to build a garden folly, or a potting shed, or even a little tool shed for the lawn mower and the rakes. One step at a time. But I like the idea of giving work to some local builders or craftsmen.
As always on weekends, my thoughts turn to Paris, and walking there, and how it will never cease to thrill me to walk those pretty and sometimes gritty streets and passages.
The photo above was taken on Rue St. Antoine. The handsome, prematurely gray man reflected in the window is my husband.
The second photo was taken in the Village St. Paul, a few blocks away.
My kitchen beckons. I've splurged on a petit filet for Saturday night.
6 comments:
Your husband? I think this is a first! No? He IS handsome....perhaps that is why you have kept him somewhat in the background???
Yes, we also have been struck with another mess of snow. It matters not...we have turned the proverbial corner toward spring, and there is no turning back!
It is fish n chips for us tonite. A new recipe I am anxious to try from Ina Garten. Kickin' it up a notch and using a beer batter.
Eating early tonight, so perhaps some popcorn and a movie later. My kind of Saturday night!
My kind, too, Cyn. Saturday night, that is.
My husband is a very private and reserved kind of guy who prefers the background. But I do think he looks good in the window.
Same here! I can feel spring on the wind!
Lovely pictures and a lovely husband too.
This should be our last year of reconstruction so we are looking forward to traveling in 2010. France is the plan.
Our Saturday night will be Spaghetti Carbonara, sourdough bread and part 3 of the John Adams DVD. Snuggle in.
As much as I look forward to Spring there is something so comforting about a new fallen snow. It blankets your world with a clean, fresh outlook and of course it suggests SOUP.
I have no wish to leave the house today so I amy using what I have on hand. It's begun with a rich chicken broth from stewing a whole hen I bought this week on sale, onion, carrots and whole garlic. I do have some Motza flour and may go that way. I just enjoy the aroma that permiates the house and watching the soup bubble up in my new caldron with glass top. No matter what the challenges of the economy there are simple, lasting pleasures to be had.
The Milkmaid
Thanks, Penny. He is a sweetheart, that guy. Yes, that is a typical Saturday night at our house. Last week was a six-times a year exception!
Milkmaid, I totally agree! Glad to see you visiting again. I will make soup tomorrow, too, as I bought a chicken also.
If you don't have time for France, just go in Quebec! Youw will the old city... all french, like me.
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