March 18, 2017

Saturday movie brief: Spring song and dance

March 18, 2017/ Lisa Carpenter

spring dance movie montage

Ah, spring! The blooming good season we long for all winter officially arrives Monday. Hooray!

Let's kickstart the celebration of sunnier days ahead with a little movie-style song and dance dedicated to spring, spring, spring.

First the spring...

April 02, 2015

Here and now: April 2, 2015

April 02, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

Here. Now. Today.

clock and book

On my mind...

Honestly? What to make for dinner. I'm thinking a fritatta—my go-to "I don't know...

June 04, 2014

Promises of summer and plums to come

June 04, 2014/ Lisa Carpenter

Yesterday, in my yard...

flowers in June

Summer — and plums — will be here soon.

For now, though, I'll simply enjoy my pre-summer yard... and its promises of what's to come.

Today's question:

Which pleases you more — your yard in spring or your yard in summer?

March 10, 2014

GRAND Social No. 95 plus a sneak peek of spring

March 10, 2014/ Lisa Carpenter

SPRING SNEAK PEEK:

The weather at my place was incredible this past weekend. Despite snow — lots of it! — on Friday, temperatures teased the 70-degree mark on Saturday and Sunday.

It was a sneak peak of spring that made me long for the sights to come, such as this...

hummingbird swing

And this...

April 02, 2012

My backyard buds

April 02, 2012/ Lisa Carpenter

A weekend of record-breaking temps and abundant sunshine caused many a plant at my place to burst forth with joy far sooner than they typically do.

Here are a few shots I took around my yard Saturday and Sunday:

Of course, the guy below was pretty happy with the warmth, too, as was his camera-shy cohort who slithered away before I could capture them together—in a photo, not in my hands!