Ah, Spring!

Every spring I can't wait until the Trillium blossom.    When we first moved here 52 years ago I think there were 1 or 2 plants.  Over the years the patch has increased and spread...around the corner of the house...trying to stay in the sunshine?  Trillium was a protected plant...don't know if it's still on the endangered list.  The hummingbirds, bees and butterflies enjoy the flowers.

   
   Jeff's got the garden boxes about 2/3's planted and now is the exciting time...going out there to see what has sprouted!  You can barely see the lettuce in this photo.  I've got the tops of the corner boxes planted with flower seeds and they've sprouted, too!

  I worked in the shop in Cooperstown on Saturday while Jeff and Fanny were busy in the garden.  Jeff even transplanted the petunias into the flower box by our sitting area (I want to get more) and the strawberry plants into hanging baskets which he put in the old lilac tree there.  It seems the lilacs all opened overnight!   This one is 'lilac' and the ones in the backyard are deep purple.  We use to have a white one but it's no more.  The apple tree has started to blossom, too.  Only a few buds have opened...and not very close together.  There are more and I'm going to wait...with my fingers crossed...until they open hoping they'll make a great photo!
   For several years the shop was invited to participate in a yearly fashion show in Cooperstown but since we had to provide our own models and children tend to grow, our models out-grew us and we had to stop doing it.  This year we were invited 
again, but since we still don't have any models, it looked like we'd have to decline until one of the organizers offered the services of her granddaughter and suddenly we were back in the show.  One of Sharon Gibbons' sundresses and a shrug of mine will be featured in Wednesday's show along with child appropriate jewelry by Anita Tobler...all available at Cooper Country, 2 Doubleday Court, Cooperstown.  We're open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week. Hope someone takes some photos! Hope this generates some sales, too!  So far this month all I've sold is a baby hat and a pair of baby socks.  And I need a new PC...opps, and batteries for the camera!