a little rain, a little deep breakfast~

please click above to hear the music

many years ago, on our 10th wedding anniversay, lars and i 

flew to maine. it's still one of my all time best life experiences. neither

of us had been to the sea and we couldn't wait to eat lobster and

smell the salt air. we stayed at bed and breakfasts along the coast 

and visited several little fishing villages. my favorite one was

camden, maine. on one of the days we were there it was raining and we

poked our heads in little shops. in one of them this music was playing.

i was immediately in love.

i bought the c.d~ deep breakfast~ by ray lynch

and to this day, if i listen to it on a rainy day like we're having today,

i am transported right back to that little town along the ocean.

i can remember how my raincoat felt (kind of clammy and hot), 

the way i wanted to take a picture every 4.5 seconds, (that was

back in the old film days- so i couldn't), the sound of the ships

in the harbor knocking against the docks, and the gulls. the magic of
being somewhere new and exciting with my husband. 

is there anything better than our senses being able

to bring back fond memories?

this morning i've been listening to this c.d and drinking

coffee ...eating popovers and watching the rain pour down.

i love rainy days.

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fri. i bought these farm fresh, organic eggs.

i'm not sure if it was more the cute little carton or the

colors inside that made me think $5 a dozen was no biggie...

a person doesn't want to use them for just anything tho, so when i was cleaning 

out my food cupboards yesterday and found this popover mix i was excited.

o.k, i know they are kind of laughable. so small that i "had" to eat 4 of 

them to equate a normal one, but they were delicious. was it the eggs? maybe.

wish i would have taken a picture before i cleaned, threw and organized my cabinets~

and what would a spring post be without a couple shots of this week's ranunculus?

a mixed color bouquet this time.

the view out the kitchen window just now...look way down in the background.

see that little pond?

when buying a house, never-ever- underestimate the power of having some

kind of a water view. when we bought our home it was winter. this little

pond was frozen over. we didn't even know it existed. we were desperate to

find a house and had looked and looked and LOOKED and we were moving in 

20 short days when we finally found this one and bought it.

it wasn't my dream house- not even close- but when the snow melted and

one morning i looked out and saw a pond in the neighbor's back yard i was

thrilled! we've lived here over 20 years now and we've made this house

a home and raised our children here and that pond down there?

it has made it all the sweeter.

*  i learned a new word today. 

ona

it's swahili.
it means 
"to feel"
"to experience with the eyes"

isn't that beautiful? 

happy sunday,  xo beth