Here is a photo of our huge some-kind-of-pear tree. It's burst forth with white blossoms in the last few days. Such a wonderful discovery!! It's right outside our bedroom window, so in the morning (if we're not up way before dawn...) we g

 Spring has sprung around here. The birds are chirping. The violets and springing up. The daffodils and yellow and the bluebirds are blue. But. If you think it's all duckies and bunnies you would be mistaken. Vermin-wise we seem to be making

A couple weeks ago, Elias turned 18 months old. In a related story, he's developed a sudden love for backhoes. I think of all the stages of human development, the toddler is the cutest. Of all toddlers in the history of mankind, Elias is the very