Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you. 

~Edward Payson Rod

Ok. So these aren't violets. But the quote was too perfect to pass up.

I feel like I wait for this moment all year long.  

This moment.

When my peony bush is in full bloom. 

And the yard and the house are filled with the most amazing scent.

Currently the whites are outdoing themselves.

And in the next few days the pinks I transplanted from my parent’s yard should open. For the first time. In three years.

That's a long wait.

But perhaps that is all part of the charm and the allure that is the Peony.

Another Anniversary.

Time just continues to fly by.

It's hard to believe we've been here on Columbus Circle for 2 years.

And yet we still feel that same tingle of disbelief every time we turn onto the street...

"We actually live here?"

Paleo Vanilla Scone

Perfect, eaten in a civilized, nearly proper-English fashion, for breakfast. With lots of dairy free butter. And a strong cup of tea. Seated on the patio. While blinking up into the bright, late Spring sun.

Equally perfect, eaten in the more typical fashion, over the sink. Standing in the kitchen. In about three bites. While going between about seven different tasks.

Recipe below. 

I made the powdered sugar icing for only the ones my gluten free but not sugar free daughter ate.

http://nourishingflourishing.com/2011/06/petite-vanilla-scones-gluten-free-grain-free-vegan/

This week was…

...long neighborhood walks and adventurous hikes in the sunshine,

the scent of freshly mown grass and lilacs in the evenings and eating breakfast outside, 

visiting with neighbors and feeding ducks, 

shopping for roses and eating ice cream, under the stars, out in the hammock, 

so much time spent outside and the promise of even more to come...

There can never be too many flower photos...

...can there?

Not when they look like this, I daresay.

This was my Mother's Day gift.

Welllll... not THIS this. Not the glass. 

No, I got a glass cutting kit. 

And with it I MADE this.

Out of a Mexican Coke bottle.

Pretty neat, huh? 

Not to mention, green.