Bringing flowers into our home brings such cheer on these dreadful, dreary not-so spring feeling days.

Maybe I’ll take time to bake a loaf of Crescia al Formaggio or Hot Cross Buns…

I picked up some small hydrangea and a few pansies, setting them on a wooden tray.

The spring fragrance of hyacinth is enriching too, I wonder what it must be like to walk through a park planted with hyacinth?
I’d love to be there right now.

Easter with older children is a quieter, family gathering sort of affair.. and I love that.
This year, quieter than usual.

I love hydrangea, I have a white one in my front yard that does pretty well despite our harsh winters.

This little bunny and these books were on my table last spring, that Tablescape was a little more involved than this simple tray..
it was all I felt like putting out this year.

I brought home my first pussy willows and found the wee robin’s nest I made last year.

I hear tulips are blooming in Chicago now and they’ve turned the corner from winter..

In our hearts, we’d like to turn the corner to spring as well…

Until then, I will light my candles and wait for spring. This is the longest, harshest, winter we’ve had since I can remember.
I’m longing to turn away from this one too.

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“Can any exquisite, unearthly morn,
Silverly breaking o’er a starry plain,
Give to your soul the poignant pleasure born
Of virgin moon and sunset’s lustrous stain
When we together watch them ? Oh, apart
A hundred universes you may roam,
But still I know – ­I know – ­your only home
Is here within my heart”

excerpt from As the Heart Hopes by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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We’ve had an unthinkable and unbearable week in Calgary.. our collective hearts are broken.
Please whisper a small prayer for our community, it will be so difficult to see the beauty in our world again.. to find spring and hope.

Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Easter weekend.