Rose Breasted Grosbeak Songs

We have been listening to wonderful Rose Breasted Grosbeaks for the past few hours.

They sound so beautiful and are so pretty at the feeder.

 I found the You Tube site where you can hear him sing. Try it and see if you can hear the pretty songs!

http://youtu.be/NixrHvecZ8c

More Spring Flowers Welcomed Here

It is so nice to see daffodils blooming all over our property.

There is no rhyme nor reason for their locations. 

Some are in the front yard.

Some are in the back yard.

Some are in the side yard.

There will be a group of ten or so in one spot, then only one or two flowers in another.

Our property lets me go on a scavenger hunt for flowers!

Spring Flowers Welcomed Here

 As I peek at the creek, I see the pretty yellow flowers growing along the edge.

 As I glance at the edge of our stone wall, the pretty purple flowers are growing along the edge.

I know it is a sign of spring, but I need to be reminded when we still

have a fire in the stove at night and have to scrape the windshield from the frost in the morning.

Last year at this time, I was photographing our hyacinths in the snow. 

They are already past blooming this year.

Our spinach is growing, but it is cold at night.

What a funny spring - hot March and cold April!

Spinach!

It is hard to believe, but we have had spinach growing in our garden for the past few weeks. 

It wintered well enough to grow this spring.

Last night, we had our first spinach salad fresh from the garden. 

There was not a huge amount of spinach yet, so the salad was small,

but it sure was good!

There is nothing like fresh picked spinach!

I am looking forward to a great summer with fresh veggies every day!

Mice and Phones

This little guy is so tiny, but can make a huge impact on our business!

Our business phone died on Friday and we did not have service until a few minutes ago.
The phone repair man said that a mouse had chewed through the lines.

Michael commented that with all of the technology today,
he was very surprised that the phone company could not make a mouse proof box!

We just received our first phone call in four days.
It was a nice sound, hearing that phone ring!

Dead Phone

If you have tried to call us in the past two days, our phone lines are down.
It was static on Friday, then no dial tone today.
It will not be fixed until Tuesday.
If you need to reach us, please email. At least the internet works!

Happy Easter Birthdays!

Two special people are celebrating birthdays on Easter Sunday.

Michael's daughter Onica will be 26.

A very special boy named Joey will be 10 years old tomorrow!
This morning, Joey and his mother picked up a Cinnamon Roll Cake
to bake for his birthday.

What a wonderful day to celebrate a birthday!

HAPPY EASTER BIRTHDAYS!

If you would like to celebrate Easter and are not sure which church to visit,
we invite you to join us at Bay Pointe Community Church.
Services are 5:00 and 7:00 PM tonight
and 9:30 and 11:15 AM tomorrow.
Michael and I will be there for all services,
and would love to see you there.

HAPPY EASTER!

Spring wonders

When the stress of life gets me down,
I can always get relief when I walk to the front yard and breathe in
the wonderful scent of hyacinths.

Even better, I can cut off one purple and one pink stem, put them in a vase,
and bring them into the kitchen to make everything better!

God is so amazing!
The beautiful colors and the scents of spring make me realize how wonderful His creation is!

Props and Cocktails for Dinner

Michael has been baking mixes and photographing them all week
to update the web site and our labels.
I taste tested the products after he completed photographing the products.
It has been a very fulfilling week!

A few days ago, he spent the entire day baking and photographing.
I could tell that Michael did not feel like making dinner, so I suggested that we eat the props!
The Cherry Cream Scones were our main course.
They were spectacular!

Of course, we needed a salad, so I whipped up a fresh fruit salad.
I am not a cook, but I can make a great salad.

I used as much fresh fruit as I had on hand
(strawberries, orange, banana, pineapple, grapes),
added peaches that Michael had canned in the fall,
then topped it with frozen blueberries that I had bought fresh from
our friend Roberto's blueberry farm last September.
They froze beautifully, and I love having wonderful blueberries all year round.

We had a great fruit "cocktail."

It's not often that we eat props and have cocktails from a photo session,
but it sure was fun,
and delicious!

Only in Michigan

Last Sunday - very cold, windy and two feet of wet, heavy snow.
Some roads were impassible
and electric was out in several counties

Today - warm, 62 degrees, sunny skies.
Motorcycles are on the road.


Only in Michigan!!!