While I was gone...

I celebrated my 28th birthday!  We had homemade waffles, balsamic roasted strawberries and homemade juice made of apple, lime, ginger, carrot and beets!

I've started canning- making pickles and jams and butters and marmalades- oh my!  My favorites so far have been a strawberry rhubarb butter and a key lime and ginger syrup!

My best friends mom rescued a baby squirrel from the side of the road.  If you knew her, you wouldn't be surprised.  She's a wonderful mother hen.  I really, really love her.

There have been a ton of deer around our house.  They aren't afraid of anything.  I can go outside and have conversations with a group of them standing twenty feet away, and they just look at me like I'm crazy and go back to grazing.

I went to the Fiber Frolic- what do you think of my attempt to "frolic"?  I really suck....

The landscape here on the coast of Maine is beautiful right now!  The skies are blue, the leaves are green and the water still cold, but really lovely and clear!

Green. And Yellow.

Traveled to New Hampshire (1 1/2 hour drive) last weekend, and was jealous of all the green the trees had on their branches.  Five days later, and Maine has tiny leaves of its own.  Hurray, spring!

The previous caretakers of the property were avid gardeners, and I have a feeling they loved daffodils as much as I do.  I've had multiple vases of my favorite flower- they just keep blooming!  Daffodils make me so happy!

Wordless Wednesday.

Brace yourself...

For photos of the cutest puppies ever.  My dad took me to meet his future dog, Daisy, and her three sisters.  They're four week old labrador retrievers, and I had one in my arms for the hour and a half that we spent with the pups.  I couldn't get enough.  I'm still thinking of that puppy smell, those round bodies and their loose puppy skin- those tiny sweet little ears!!

Weekending.

weekending, my favorite part of the week. a time to relax, live, love, just to be. if you'd like to share your weekend either with words, photographs, or both, leave a link to a weekend post in the comments.
This weekend was...

Bright and sunshiny and the sky was blue with perfect white clouds.
Drank coffee until noon and ate a nice sandwich for breakfast.
Snuggled with Harold in a sun spot and realized
just how nice it must be to be a cat.

I freaked out on the house-
Bathrooms and washed dishes
Swept, vacuumed.
Laundry with ironing folding putting away.
I weeded the garden and cleaned the screened in porch.
All of it was much needed and felt great.

Roasted strawberries and enjoyed them over ice-cream.
It feels like spring is finally here.

How was your weekend?
Joining with Amanda.