SPRING thumb ...

Love RED ... Sky BLUE ... Sunshine YELLOW ... Painted-doors TURQUOISE ... Turtle PINK ...

This morning, my happy AND hopeful GREEN thumb turned into a a bright AND colorful SPRING one !

EASTER water HARVESTING day !

Eau de PÂQUES ... EASTER water ... MAGIC elixir ... CURE-ALL potion ... MIRACLE philter ... 

To be HARVESTED from the running water of a SPRING or BROOK ... Right BEFORE sunrise on EASTER morning ... AGAINST the current ... 

Both my GREAT grand-mothers filled BOTTLES with Easter water and gave them away to EACH member of the family ... To be kept AND used ALL YEAR round ... Known to CURE tooth and back ACHES, cuts AND bruises, burns AND skin conditions, broken arms AND upset stomach, sore thoat AND muscles, poison ivy AND shingles ... Also used to GROW nails and hair FASTER, get rid of SCARS and clear ear INFECTIONS ... Good AGAINST bee stings, fleas AND blood suckers ... 

My grand-mothers woke up EARLY on Easter morning and walked DOWN to the river in their NIGHTGOWN to fill BOTTLES of it ... So does my MOTHER ... And naturally ... So DO I ... 

Just because it is SUCH a wonderful piece of FOLKLORE to pass from ONE generation to the NEXT one ... And because ... 

It WORKS ... 

HAPPY Easter to YOU all !

This year, WINTER is a real JERK ...

This year, WINTER is a real JERK ... 

ENOUGH with the HOSPITAL and the MEDICAL clinic, the VET and the PHARMACIST, the ELECTRICIAN and the PLUMBER, the INTERNET server and the CAR repair SHOP ... ENOUGH with the COLD, the ICE and the SNOW ... 

Give me a couple more DAYS and I will be BACK to my NORMAL cheery and bright and joyful SELF ... That is IF they fix my MAUDITE internet connection and I get a BREAK from family HEALTH problems ! 

I am DETERMINED to resurect on EASTER day ! 

Stay TUNED ! 

I miss my FB, blogging and IG friends, I miss working in my STUDIO and I can NOT wait to GARDEN !

Boing ! Boing ! BOING ! Happy SPRING !

Boing ! Boing ! BOING !

Happy SPRING to you ALL my friends !

Still NO internet, SOME electricity, a FOOT of water in our FLOODED basement due to FROZEN pipes and my PAPA is back at the HOSPITAL for a little TUNE-up ... 

But ALL will be BETTER now that SPRING has sprung ! I will be BACK home for good on FRIDAY or SATURDAY and wil reply to messages, requests AND comments when I DO ! 

Enjoy this SPECIAL day ! 

Boing ! Boing ! BOING !

SPRING juice CHEERS !

SANTÉ ! Cheers ! SALUD !


NOTHING beats a sip of maple SAP tapped STRAIGHT from the tree and SIPPED with pleasure on a SUNNY day in the LAST crystal glass I INHERITED from my GRAND-MAMAN Alice ... 

SPRING juice ! 

This is WHAT my SPAWN used to call it when he was a little BOY ...

My GIRLZ aren't NO liars !

The GIRLZ have left the BUILDING ... 

A SURE sign that SPRING is right around the CORNER ... 

Even if MONSIEUR winter PROMISED to hit us tomorrow with a SNOW storm that could last a FULL week ... 

Sometimes, he's SO full of it ... And my GIRLZ aren't NO liars !

MAPLE syrup REsurrection ...

REsurrection ... REbirth ... REincarnation ... REawakening ...

What better way to REvive and REsuscitate EVERY spring ...
than to be BURRIED in a cemetary where
the REvitalized-by-the-warmer-temperature MAPLE trees are TAPPED
and their SAP boiled into SYRUP ...

Do YOU believe in MIRACLES ?

Do YOU believe in MIRACLES ? 
Do YOU think like ME that OPTIMISM acts as a VERY powerful 
heavy-duty DARK thoughts, GLOOMY mood and NEGATIVE feelings CLEANER ? 

GRRRREAT news ! The doctor removed the INTUBATION and my PAPA is breathing WELL and all by HIMSELF ! This was our SECOND biggest worry, the FIRST being that we were scared his HEART would stop during the SURGERY while he was SEDATED ... 

We could NOT be HAPPIER ! The ordeal is STILL not over but he is on the ROAD to RECOVERY ! 

The SUN is SHINING, the maple SAP is DRIPPING in the PAILS and look WHO came OUT of hibernation to CELEBRATE this JOYFUL day with US ! SPIKY the PORCUPINE ! He is BACK ! 

YAY !

BONJOUR early PRINTEMPS !

BONJOUR printemps ! 

65 degrees F and SUNNY February 21st ! 
Doors AND windows wide OPEN ... 
Snow MELTING as FAST as ICE cream on a HOT summer day ... 

8 o'clock this morning I sat right there on the back deck 
BAREFOOT and in PAJAMAS with the FIVE cats to sip my COFFEE ... 

You can call ME credulous, NAIVE and gullible ... TODAY, it REALLY feels like WINTER is over ... But of course, YOU know ME by now ... 

I am the QUEEN of OPTIMISM ... 
The BIG boss of the BELIEVE club !

HAPPY premature SPRING day to YOU !

YEARS ago, we DECLARED February 15 as OUR official SPRING day ...

Already, the SUN is warmer, the DAYS longer, the GREEN plants are growing NEW leaves and there is a little SOMETHING in the air that doesn't LIE, a little voice WHISPERING coming from the FROZEN ground ...

TODAY was VERY mild and the snow was melting VERY fast ... To celebrate this JOYFUL day, Bibitte took me for a LONG walk UP on the mountain ... A CAT walk ...

Happy SPRING day to YOU !

WAITING ...

WAITING ...

for little BIRDS to fly by ... for JANUARY to leave and FEBRUARY to arrive ... for SNOW to melt and green GRASS to appear ... for WINTER to disappear and SPRING to show up ...

WAITING ... for SNACK time to happen at the end of the afternoon ... for a second or third round of SNOOZING to hit ... for the SUN to go down and the rising MOON to light up the NIGHT sky ...

WAITING ... for TOMORROW to begin ... for little BIRDS to fly by ... for JANUA ...