March 26th - a beautiful Saturday morning. Callie the Cat has put her front paws on the bottom of the screen door and looks appreciatively (and probably longingly) at the coming of spring. I look out my computer room window and see that the teasels are getting longer and fatter, and on the branches there are very small and promising leaf buds. Why am in here at the computer when I should be out on the verandah, soaking up sunshine and sipping coffee!!!!!!! Well, there is time for that before lunch, if I keep this little post sweet and short..... As we come to the end of March I await with great pleasure all the wonderful surprises that April has. There is the promise that in a short while the lilac tree will be in bloom, and the honeysuckle, both of which make sitting out in the backyard garden such a delight. The older I get the more precious Springtime is, and I don't let it pass without being aware and welcoming. I am off to swish the dust off the porch furniture, and I will answer the call to sit in the sunshine and watch the buds and green leaves as the trees and little garden bushes hear spring calling too......

March 23rd.... A lovely spring day! Absolutely - just so glorious and inviting. My daughter-in-lw is here, creating order out of chaos in my frigidaire and besides being grateful for that I was also grateful to have someone in the house who would notice if I didn't get back after the stroll I longed to take in the garden.... So I did. Take the stroll, and so excited to see buds on the daffodils and the hellebore in bloom, That little bush in the corner of the front garden (whose name I have forgotten, but it will come to me, - most people who garden have one and someone will be able to tell me what kind of a bush those lovely early spring flowers bloom on.) Anyway, it is in bloom! And the leaves are beginning to unfurl, - the teasels are fat and sassy, blowing in the cool spring breeze. All's right with the world, and morning's now at seven (when I get up and begin to enjoy the day...) First thing this morning the valley was covered in clouds, except for one little patch of blue, - as my Grandma Clark would say, - enough to make a sailor a pair of pants. This afternoon we could accommodate the whole fleet with blue pants, it is that generous ...... I have been winding warp, and taken refuge at the computer in response to complaints from the shoulders and back now that I am again inside. Doors and windows open though..... I keep telling myself that winding a warp doesn't have to be done all at once, in the space of sixty minutes and it is quite likely that it will be first on my agenda tomorrow! It has taken some time for me to learn the lesson of pacing oneself, but being ninety-seven helps to make recognition of what's possible and what is better to be put off until tomorrow..... Time for tea, - or a cold drink Youngest son has fed the drinks shelf with a new bottle of Apricot Brandy but it is a five o-clock drink (I think) Better to put the kettle on and get out a plate of cookies for tea....