Sunday, April 29, 2012

leafing

The budding stage is mostly over, and most everything has moved into active unfurling and leafing!  Here are some photos from a picnic hike we took this morning at Moraine Lake State Park.  A beautiful, sunny day.  Cool in the morning, but warming up by noon. 

 The dogwood seems to be on its way out, so I wanted to catch a photo of the flowers while they are here.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

our alternate life

It's time for this blog to be updated!

After a lot of confusion, Jubilee and I, on the turn of a dime, split.  The bougainvillea were blooming and our Florida home was really lovely.  We'd become acclimated.  But something called ...

A window of opportunity opened and we headed north ...
Hi to Tony in Daytona ...
 
 We turned off the highway in St. Augustine to visit with Sebastian.
 Bella comfortable in her new home.
 Just typical Sebastian stuff -- everywhere you look is interesting!
Seb and Bella on the beach ...
 Then, I didn't take too many photos, just headed north, listening to an audio-book - Stephen King's 11-22-63.  The dark green foliage became lighter and sparser, but it was clear that spring had made its mark.  All of the trees were blooming, in one stage or another.  We spent the night in Beckley WV, and woke up to rain.
 But still made it back to our other home in Cranberry TWP just after noon.  It was 39 degrees!!!  Didn't waste too much time making it back over to Knob Hill to check things out ....
 The skunk  cabbage had proliferated and all the trees were in bloom, despite us not being here to watch it. 
It's good to be back ...

Monday, April 9, 2012

Easter 2012


A wonderful Easter dinner with Dawn and Eric and the Cappiello's.  We're getting to be a family!  Dawn prepared a superb feast for us.
 Eric looking a little sleepy ... and Ronny's famous antipaste ...
 Everybody (but me) at the table ...
 A Pizza Rustica (?) that Fran brought from Staten Island ...
Digging in ...
 Ronny filling the homemade cannolli that Chris made ...
 A feast of Easter desserts ...
Finally, a photo with me in it!

The drive home across the farmland of South Florida.  It is very soothing in its simplicity.
 Sun setting out the back window ...