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The calendar says Spring is still 15 days away. But the calendar doesn’t account for the constant din of lawnmowers you can hear on my street nor the blankets of Spring bulbs pushing up to say, “Hello!” in my neighbors’ yards. I don’t know about you; but for me, Spring begins when I find myself fighting the urge to go outside and putter in my much neglected yard. She sings, Spring does, in a way that is ever so hard to resist.

Sadly, despite the blue skies after a month of gloomy Mondays, I found myself inside attempting to get Thrifty Goodness business done. Between gentle reminders to the boy to keep at his schoolwork, I juggled photographs and laundry and email. M/W/F are my days to “teach” and it’s hard to focus on much else on those days. However, I did manage to take a bunch of new photos for the shop, only to have iphoto crash during the upload. Oh well, tomorrow.

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However, the real harbinger of Spring at Chez Wonder is our ability to settle on our porch and take in the view during an afternoon coffee break. This is precisely why I’ll advocate (and I have a certain ground hog to back me up!) for an early Spring arrival. Iz and I sat and chatted over his perfect mochas this afternoon and took in our view. A view, we’ve been told, which might not be there much longer. The owner of the empty plot of land is threatening to develop. . .as progress seems to go. And, who can blame him (ME!! No Christmas Cookies for you, view stealing neighbor!!) for wanting to take advantage of this sight.

Fortunately, our home is blessed with more than one view and our upstairs sightlines will still be intact. All the more reason to hang out in the sewing room, I guess! Until then, we are marveling at the beauty of our little Astoria home. And trying really hard not to notice that our yard is crying for our attention. Sip, sip.

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