Daffodils

"For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils."

~William Wordsworth

A big thank you to Karen for hosting Sunlit Sunday

 The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

and

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Spring Is Coming!

The bunnies are coming out of hiding and

things are turning green!

A bunny with a rose from the garden.

I found the teapot at World Market at the end of the Easter season last year.

I like the bunnies, the carrots and the lovely green color.

I thought it would go well with my green glass.

The ceramic bunny was made in Brazil for the Avon company.

I bet I've had it for 30 years and it holds a candle.

The towel in the back ground is from Angela McRae .

She had lovely give-a-ways this year to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Thank you Angela!

I put it to work immediately!

Thank you to our tea party hosts:

Tea Time Tuesday

A Return To Loveliness
Friends Sharing Tea
Teacup Tuesday

Tuesday Cup'a Tea

Share Your Cup Thursday

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Happy Easter!

April is Poetry Month

April is Poetry Month.

I thought I'd dip my toe in the poetry waters and try to share a poem or two this month.

First, another reproduction vintage postcard from 

The Easter Rabbit Postcard Book published by Darling and Company, Seattle.

Thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday each week.

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THE RABBIT

Brown bunny sits inside his burrow

'Till everything is still,

Then out he slips along the furrow

Or up the grassy hill.

He nibbles all about the bushes

Or sits to wash his face,

But at a sound he stamps, and rushes

At a surprising pace.

You see some little streaks and flashes,

A last sharp twink of white,

As down his hidy-hole he dashes

And disappears from sight.

~Edith King

From Fifty New Poems for Children

Hippity Hoppity!

It's looking more and more like Spring and Easter.

The bunnies are here!

It's time to use my Emma Bridgewater spring time tea mugs.

I've had the Tulip mug for sometime, but the Bunny Rabbit mug is new this year.

I do think tea tastes better in these mugs! 

Yes.

There she is.

Miss Cassie helping with Tuesday Tea!

A big thank you to our tea party hosts:
Tea Time Tuesday
Friends Sharing Tea
Tea Party Tuesday
Teacup Tuesday
A Return to Loveliness

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Wishing you WELL, much JOY and a wonderful cup of tea!

Hippity Hoppity!

Easter is on the way!

Reproduction vintage postcards from
the Easter Rabbit Postcard book published by Darling and Company, Seattle.

Thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday each week.

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I have a cold.

I haven't had a cold in years and

I DON'T like it.

What's good about a cold?

 I don't feel like doing anything but I have really enjoyed the garden.

I go out with my camera a few times each day and take a few shots. 

I watch the birds at the bird bath .. two blue jays right now. 

I'm forced to slow down.

I tried to knit on another scarf. It's off and on, but I may get another done.

I'm losing weight --- canned soup is about all that interests me.

Spending more time with the furbabies is always good.

I picked up my color pencils and played with a mandala.

I DON'T like having a cold, but it's not all bad!

Wishing you WELL and much JOY!

P.S. My friend the Birdwoman at Gardening With Nature gave me the Liebster Blog Award.

Twisty Lane may be a tag/award free blog, but it's always nice to know I inspire

someone! Thank you! Please drop by and visit my pal.

Happy Friday!

Spring is just around the corner along with Easter.

Since the sun is shining here today,

I thought I'd share one more tulip postcard from the Pacific Northwest. 

From the back of the postcard:

"Topping" involves cutting off the tops of the flowers that are just past their bloom. This keeps petals from causing decay in the lower stem of a tulip and redirects the plant's energy into feeding the bulb for next year. 

Roozengaarde Garden, Mount Vernon, Washington

To celebrate Easter a reproduction vintage Easter postcard.

This one makes me smile with Daddy Rabbit buying eggs from the chicken for little bunny.

Bring on the bunnies!

Thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday each week.

Wishing you WELL and much JOY.

Easter Brunch

I'm cheating today.

I didn't have anything ready for Seasonal Sunday .

Source

While I was recycling magazines and catalogs,

I came across the Pottery Barn catalog.

I'm sure I saved it because I loved the cover vignette

of the bunnies.

Source

Last night I even checked to see if anything from 

Pottery Barn's Easter Brunch

was on sale and still available online.

Source

The only thing I found 

was the little bunny place card holder.

Source

All is not lost.

Perhaps there is a visit to the Pottery Barn in town

in the near future!

If not, thank you to Pottery Barn

for the beautiful Easter Brunch ideas!

Thank you for hosting:

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

.

Wishing you WELL and a JOY filled Easter.

Easter Greetings

Easter Greetings

Send I thee,

Glad and

happy may

it be.

Sounds like something Yoda from Star Wars would say!

 

A friend of mine was telling me about a book she reads to kindergarten classes.

She volunteers and has been volunteering at this school for years 

and has children come up to her in other grades

 and tell her they remember the story she read to them at Easter.

The book is The Story of The Easter Bunny.

"It wasn't always the Easter Bunny who dyed eggs and wove baskets for the children--it was a round old couple who lived in a snug little house. Their pet white rabbit, however, always watched their preparations closely. One Easter morning, the old couple sleeps in, so the rabbit takes over. In time, the children discover they have the Easter Bunny to thank for their gifts."

The postcard is from the Easter Rabbit Postcard Book 

published by Darling & Company.

The artist is unknown but they did know the date - 1916.

Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted each week by the lovely Beth.

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OOPS!

I almost forgot all about Earth Day.

Shame on me!

The Nature Conservancy suggests that to celebrate we should:

Eat Smart

Eat Local

Eat Sustainably

Eat Green

Eat Outside With Your Friends!

Wishing you WELL and a JOY filled  Earth Day. 

The Bunnies are Here!

The Bunnies are taking a short break as they prepare for Easter

and have come for tea!

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny in tea pot style are dancing their way to Easter.

The small bunny and egg mug was hand made and painted by 

a couple living in New Mexico known as

Rabbit Artworks.

(Daffodils on the background.)

The little bunny salt and pepper shakers make me smile.

They are a handsome couple!

(Love the carrots on his suspenders.)

Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

These are just a few of the wonderful tea parties in the blogging world:

Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday

Tea Time Tuesday

Teacup Tuesday

Wishing you WELL and a wonderful cup of TEA!

"Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage."

~Catherine Douzel

Springtime!

It's Springtime!

Today we started with a cool morning and will have a high near 90.

The humidity starts coming back late today.

I wanted to do some experimenting with some of the mosaics I have presented before

and add some shots to celebrate Springtime and Easter.

The Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush are in bloom on the Rice University campus.

It seems like Spring happens for the first time each year!

Do you remember the blooms being this lovely last year?

Or the sky as blue (on those days without humidity)?

Listen to the birds sing!

New life.

New beginnings.

Courage and strength.

I'd like to thank
Mary at Mosaic Monday
and

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

for being wonderful hosts.

Wishing you WELL and a JOY filled week!

This and That

Today is a This and That Day.

One of those spur of the moment thought days.

Get ready for a long post!

But first, it's Friday and that means Postcard Friendship Friday.

April means spring and Easter.

Here's the first card in an Easter Rabbit Postcard Book published by 

Darling & Company in Seattle.

Quite a handsome guy with his egg drum and he looks as if he's been off to war!?!

All of the postcards reproduced in the book are from the first 25 years

of the 20th century, the grand age of postcards.

Unfortunately, the artist of this card is listed as unknown.

Be sure to visit Beth to see the other postcards at Postcard Friendship Friday.

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On Facebook yesterday, I ran across

Oomph Up Your Life: 22 Ways to Do It

over at the Elephant Journal.

It was hard to pick a favorite.

Hug Your Pet ranked near the top.

Did you know there is a study that shows animal companions

release a love hormone when played with and cuddled -- and so does the cuddler!

Another one:

Go from inanimate to animate.

For all the daylight hours of a single day, treat everything that you think is

inanimate, animate! 

And one more (you should really go and read the list yourself!):

Be Me-Kind:

Everytime you look in the mirror, make a promise to be kind to yourself.

Oh, and don't forget to wear sunscreen!

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Isn't mail call wonderful!

This little guy arrived in February ... just when I needed a little lift.

Mandy Saile is the artist and Mandy, please forgive for being so late for 

thanking you on my blog.

"This sweet and whimsical "Tiny Bird"

series by Canadian artist Mandy Saile pays homage to the

natural world that provides her with so much inspiration."

Please drop by and visit Mandy (and the bunnies) at Bijous Whimsy.

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Finally, are you old enough to remember a song sung by Nat King Cole

"Smile Though Your Heart is Aching"?

For some reason, it was running through my brain last night.

Perhaps because I did a lot of smiling and remembering yesterday.

Here are the lyrics.

Smile though your heart is aching 

Smile even though it's breaking 

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by 

If you smile through your fear and sorrow 

Smile and maybe tomorrow 

You'll see the sun come shining through for you 

Light up your face with gladness 

Hide every trace of sadness 

Although a tear may be ever so near 

That's the time you must keep on trying 

Smile, what's the use of crying? 

You'll find that life is still worthwhile 

If you just smile 

That's the time you must keep on trying 

Smile, what's the use of crying? 

You'll find that life is still worthwhile 

If you just smile

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Wishing you Well and Joy filled weekend!

Happy Easter

"Of course there are such things as angels only sometimes they don't have wings and we call them friends."

Postcard Friendship Friday

Would you believe? I didn't have an Easter Postcard in my collection of *paper stuff*.

So I headed over to the New York Public Library and copied the first one that popped up!

Easter Greeting

Easter Joys Be Ever Thine

1912 Postmark

Love from Aunt Pauline

Love the *Master* title of the young man!

Beth is our hostess for Postcard Friendship Friday.

Be sure to visit!