Baby Shower for Amy-Lynn

5,000 onesies, 36 pairs of booties, dresses, jeans, jogging strollers, car seats, boppee bumpers, bath tubs, etc.

Sandy's choice of entree.

My mother is greeted by my friend Sandy.
One of many lovely desserts.

Mother-to-be and guest of honor.
Amy-Lynn's baby shower was today. despite tornado warnings and driving rain the guests arrived safely and had a wonderful brunch. Amy opened a wide variety of gifts and we all made cooing noises and admired the beautiful clothing. My granddaughter will be one styling babe-be. Two months to go now. It seems the time has flown by but I'm sure Amy probably does not feel that way. She looks beautiful!!

Happy Birthday Chuckie!!!!!

A few photos of Chuck and warm wishes for a fun day on his 62nd!

Hey where the hell is everyone??

I want to wake up in the morning
where the rhododenrons grow
where the sun comes creepin into where I'm sleepin
and the songbirds sing helloooooooooooo
Camp Blue Heron circa 1957 Remember what the caterpillar sang in Alice in Wonderland?
AAAA-EEEE-IIIII-OOOO-UUUUUU
That means opium to me. Thats what that little worm was smokin, sweet.
Look down into Mr. Poppy and then send your old pods to Mr. Bird and he'll make some tincture, aaa-eeee-iii-oooo-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Take a pound of asparagus, peel stalks. Cut one red pepper and two scallions in thin strips. Throw all into a baking dish. Pour some olive oil on it and toss around. Sprinkle with course salt and fresh pepper and several chive blossoms broken apart, also some hot pepper flakes or a crushed up dry hot red pepper. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes until asparagus is just tender. Saute 2 tbl of pine nuts in sesame oil and toss on top.
Our new Vermont slate patio installed by a crack team of skilled crete men from S&B. I love it!!!!!! No weeds to pull from between the cracks.

The Kite Runners

We flew kites today on Qualicum Beach. It's "May Long Weekend" as they say here in Canada and the weather has been clear and warm. A real treat after a cold, rainy winter. We're bbq-ing tonight on our giant grill and eating our first ears of corn on the cob. I'm sure it won't be as good as a Jersey cob, but it's a good reminder that summer has finally arrived.

We head east during the first week of June. Looking forward to seeing some of you!

My mother visited me in Paris last weekend. It was wonderful to spend time with her here in my home away from home. We visited my great great uncle's grave at the Oise-Aisne cemetery west of Reims. He was blown apart in the last months of WWI in 1918. We were the first in the family to have paid hommage to him on this consecrated ground. We also visited the Jumièges Abbey, the Normand coast and Fontainebleau castle. Getting around the country recently became easier when I passed my French driver's license in April. Of course we spent some quality time with Francois and his mom Christiane too. All is well here otherwise, I'm looking forward to future family visits.

Many Groovy Moms

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!












Her First Calf

Wendell Berry

Her fate seizes her and brings her
down. She is heavy with it. It
wrings her. The great weight
is heaved out of her. It eases.
She moves into what she has become,
sure in her fate now
as a fish free in the current.
She turns to the calf who has broken
out of the womb's water and it's veil.
He breathes. She licks his wet hair.
He gathers his legs under him
and rises. He stands, and his legs
wobble. After the months
of his pursuit of her, now
they meet face to face.
From the beginnings of the world
his arrival and her welcome
have been prepared. They have always
known each other.