I was so excited to awaken this morning to sunshine after two days of gloom and cold! Of course, I put aside my "indoor plans" and headed outside...Mom pittered here and there in between resting while I got down to some serious 'mosaicing"! Every now and again, a gentle breeze would rain down confetti upon us from the blossoming apricot tree. Our daffydils are still smiling from all around the yard and Moxie sprinted here and there while the chickens clucked and cackled. Speaking of our hens, one of the newest members laid her first egg today...well, her first egg since moving into our Hen House that is! I really should get around to naming these new banty hens...
I just had to stop for a moment and hop online...are you as excited as I am for Spring?! We have had some serious Spring Fever here in the Solomon/Davis household...we spent all of the past two Sundays outdoors and loving every minute of it!
Lying here in the dappling sunshine at the end of the day, perusing my garden magazine and Mary Jane's Farm simultaneously, I recall our short "vacation" of yesterday. Mom and I drove to the outskirts of town to the Fruit Stand and picked up oranges and strawberries fresh from the field and orchard. Just around the corner from there we visited Minetti's ANXIOUS ACRES. Truly a step back in time, we sampled four different kinds of grapefruit and three different types of tangerines, mandarin oranges. When we failed to see that the establishment did not take "Plastic" and we did not have checkbook or enough cash in hand, we were surprisingly delighted when told, "No problem...just drop a check in the mail when you get home."
How's that for good "country courtesy"!? When you come up to visit, we'll definitely have to drop by Minetti's! Tonight, we feast upon pork loin baked in a delicious sauce I purchased there as well...raspberry chipotle!
Yum!
My biggest frustration at times is attempting to find just the right words to convey to you, dear reader, the excitement and experience...the taste, the smell, the feeling of a "day in the country" here in Sonflower Valley!
May God richly bless your day as He has seen fit to have blessed mine.