Sunday Discoveries...

On Thursday, I purchased a bouquet of daffodils from a vendor canvassing for the Canadian Cancer Society. This is the time when for $7.00 you can purchase a bit of sunshine and lend support for such a worthy cause. The bunch was held together with an elastic band and nothing was ready to open. Put them in a vase, fill it with water and within 24 hours they were open and smelling like a little bit of heaven. I can smell them from the other room they are that fresh. Spring, sunshine, generosity. It doesn't get much better than this.

It's not quite time yet in my garden for bulbs to begin blooming, and when I saw these potted tulips in the grocery store last week, I decided it was time to have some outdoors, indoors where I could begin to feel the freshness of springtime.



What I love about this pot of pleasure is that when I bought it, the bulbs were small and tight and as they began to open, I noticed that this one tulip had a lovely streak of green running through it. Makes it unique and stands out from the others.

*art by Robbie Jenkins

As a thank you for having talked about the art of Robbie Jenkins, I was thrilled when Robbie gifted me with one of her pieces, created especially for me. I have this hanging in my family room at the bottom of the stairs where I see it every day. Thanks so much for your generosity, and the beauty of your art Robbie!

I spent a few hours yesterday while it rained and blew a gale outside, curled up on my bed with tea and an afghan and lost myself in this lovely little book, The Sidewalk Artist by Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk. A story about art, love, writing and the artist Raffaello Sanzio. Of course I was then off to search and read about this artist whom I had certainly heard of but never known much about. I love it when I read a novel that takes me other places and stretches my knowledge.