wordless wednesday: Lilliputian native plums

Juicy, tiny native plums from Tenney's Farmstand:  1 1/2 inches of summer bliss.

Wordless Wednesday: SPRING!

A little bit of Spring Fever has hit me today, as I walked around the Depot Square area of Peterborough, NH, where the shops are embracing this glorious early Spring with masses of potted flowers. A dandelion tickles my foot as I sit on a granite bench, and as I pass the library, the beauty of their flowering trees makes me stand in wonder and delight. The delicate blossoms of a flowering crabapple tree comes into focus as I open the car door.

This season makes everyone wander somewhat crookedly, intoxicated with the explosion of greens and shoots, buds and tissue-thin petals. SPRING!

Hope you're enjoying the season, wherever you are!

Silent Saturday: Christmas lights

What a chilly night! But, driving into town brought the lovely, welcome sight of sparkles. The bandstand has its usual colorful blanket of lights, and the Hancock Inn is sporting a very snazzy and calm twinkling of white lights. Sending good thoughts and affection to my two friends in the hospital today, and of course, to YOU!

wordless wednesday: here comes the sun

A quick hike this morning to greet the sun - the snow has finally melted! And yesterday I made these muffins for snacking on my wanderings, nice to have a little chocolate for breakfast:)

Hope you have a beautiful day!

wordless wednesday: sweet potato lunch

Glorious day for a little hike - overcast, gray, but still 60 degrees , for which I am endlessly grateful, and came back hungry as a bear. ( Nope, no bears lately - another thing I'm grateful for)

I had an enormous sweet potato, which I peeled, cut into chunks, and tossed with olive oil, thyme ( lots of thyme!) kosher salt and pepper, and half a sliced onion. Roasted at 425F for 40 minutes and swooned over every delicious forkful. ( oh, and pssst: they make a great Thanksgiving side, too!)

Hope your day is just as delightful, and take care of your sweet selves!

snowoverload sunday

I knew I was in trouble when I couldn't get the door open.

At least two feet of snow fell Saturday into Sunday in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire, but , thankfully, we still have power.

I hope all of you are safe and warm!

Wordless Wednesday: October

The marsh on Link Road is quiet : the blue heron I saw just a few months ago has left for warmer places, and the birdsong is silent. The sheep in the fields on Peterborough Road will be trucked to their winter barn in the next few weeks, but the grass is still green in their pastures. One can hope, but a killing frost can't be too far away. Temperatures have hovered between 40 and 50 degrees - not bad for late October!

wordless wednesday ( in the nick of time!)

Blessed evening, friends! The leaves have changed so quickly I am astonished. It's a bittersweet time ( see above), not only to see the trees shed their leaves, but to say goodbye to our local farmstand greenhouse, now empty and silent. I hope you've gotten out for some lovely walks before winter arrives.....

wordless wednesday: grape hyacinths

Three delightful pots of bulbs arrived for Mother's Day : one is blooming, one is almost blooming, and the daffodils are sulking about all this dark, dreary, rainy weather and refuse to bloom until the sun comes out.....