May days

I would love to have some pithy and worthwhile musings to ponder on, but today I just have a collection of camera pixels. It's been hot, then cool, then rainy, then comfortable, then muggy, then breezy. You can imagine the state of the girls' closet and dresser after just 24 hours of this roller coaster weather that spring brings and now that we are more than three weeks into it, I still get overwhelmed by all the outfit decisions each weather change brings. And Kate changes multiple times no matter the weather. She has her own built-in weather vane which demands costume changes like a Paris runway model.

The weather has also been busy changing up the scenery outside with delicious greens that you can smell and flowers budding overnight. The other morning I walked outside our front door and almost fainted from the sheer goodness of the scents in the air. Oh my. It was ethereal. Really and truly transporting.
And of course there is the river, just doing it's thing. It speeds up and forms delicate ripples when the wind sails up and down its surface. And on the still days, it is a perfect mirror for the trees to behold themselves in their brand new leaves. How can they not just stand there and admire themselves for hours on end? The flowering trees must simply know that it is their time to shine. They have unfurled every last nook and cranny of bloom into the sunshine flagging down anyone in the area with a yoo-hoo, look at me.

Driving around the block, the village, or the city is almost torture. You don't want to be admiring from your car seat, you want to be hugging their trunks and burying your face in their branches.

Have I mentioned the lilacs yet?  No?
Next post.