february 16th to 22nd

february 16th.....

the geese are back with a vengeance this year.
the pond is full of geese and ducks. lots of  activity
out there as they fight for the right to be in the pond.
we spent so much money over the last few years
trying to keep the numbers down. i fear it was all for naught. 








february 17th.....

took uma on a outing to the estate to see the new baby goats.  we walked around the grounds investigating everything.  "let's walk over here and see what we can find,"  uma told me. a stick in her hand like a real adventurer  we walked through the big arbor in the rose garden, uma carried her little stuffed goat.



uma was determined that her little goatee  (as we call him) wanted to meet the goats in the barn.  uma was

very hesitant about getting too close to the goats, but love seeing them and the rooster and chickens who came over to see what all the action was about.

then we walked down to the children kneeling at the feet of the madona.  they were all gazing up and uma looked up to the the mother. 











february 18th....early birthday celebration

it's only mid february and i'm already celebrating my birthday (march 25th) with my girl gang.  they bought me a membership to the michner museum in doylestown for an early birthday gift, and took me to see a marvelous showing of the work of mavis smith's hidden realities.  

 the scuptures are outside the gallery. it was such a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was in the low 60's.  perfect day to celebrate my birthday.


the other objective of our day was to finalize our travel plans to south carolina in april.   we sat in the nakashima reading room and looked at a map. figuring out where we want to go

 

another surprise for the day was our friend lisa joined us for lunch and i was given yet another gift!  really it felt kind of silly, but i love my friends and defer to their judgement.  thank you ladies for making me feel so silly and so special.

lida, diana & lisa

february 19th.....

after my morning dance class i was kidnapped by amy and take to bucks county to hand deliver invitations for our upcoming women's retreat  to various yoga studios and touristy areas in bucks county and acccross the river to new jersey.  we went as far as french town. another beautiful day and i was almost outside some of the time...the the drive through the country is so gorgeous and of course the company was excellent too.

lunch in new hope

 

beautiful bucks county

february 20th..... tia builds a house

after work i popped over to see the kids and anjuli was there babysitting uma and building her a house out of cardboard boxes...uma was thrilled

 

uma fascinated with the trap door

 february 21st.....

spring is so close i can taste it...here are some snowdrops that are coming up in my garden.

february 22nd....

i managed to sneak out of the office at lunch and take a little walk about....enjoy.

copper beech foot print

isn't this bark amazing (copper beech)

crocuses