It's Tiller Time!

As of yesterday, the tiller is ON and today we SAIL!

 

Early Bleeding Heart

 

Violets by the Stone Steps

Trillium

 

Purple Lilac

 

Along the Lake

 It's leafed out somewhat since I took this photo...

Moorings open today!

Mama Chippy by her Front Door

🌷HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! 💕

Early Garden

 

Snug and Sleepy

 

The way out of the Bay (onto the broad Lake)

 

Leafing out at the Lake

 
That's our mooring area off to the right.

The Little Red-Breasted Nuthatch

 

American Cardinal male in the top of the Crabapple

 

Goldfinch at the new Feeder

 

White-Throated Sparrow

 

Had four in our yard, biding their time
until the last of the snow melts off the Mountain. 
Then they'll go up there, where they love to reside all Summer.

Be sure to have Mayo today!

 

Actually..."Cinco de Mayo is a yearly celebration held on May 5, which commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory over the French army was a morale boost for the Mexicans." ~ Wikipedia

Robin Redbreast

 

Jonquil

 

Compass Rose

 

After we gave the Lifetime Achievement Award Trophy to the person who had run the Sailing School for 35 of its 42 years, I painted over the Compass Rose, which I first painted on the Sailing School porch in 2015.  I painted over it with the gray deck paint exactly so that the pirate who stole the lease to the land could not have any  benefit of it.  But photos remain...!

Original: 

Annnnnd, that's a wrap...

🦋🌷🦋 IT'S MAY!! 🌷🦋🌷

The Maypole (click) 
What does it mean and what does it signify?

The Last Day of the Sailing Club...

                             

... We'll be giving the person who has run it all for 35+ years

a big Lifetime Achievement Award Loving Cup Trophy! 🏆

The International Sailing School closes this weekend

 Folks are gathering for a work weekend
to close the place down forever
... and today is Wil's birthday.

We bought the boat! (I love the overhang!!)

 

Double Peach Daffodil

 

Elder*Grandson is 10 today!

Gramie & Grandad got him a telescope.
(Big hit!😁)

 

Daffodils!

 

From Liane*in*VT (whose brother in law is an actual rocket scientist)

So, it turns out, Musk overruled his engineers and did not have flame diverters installed in the launch pad. This is what happened to the launch pad.

Some of the speculation among those who do this kind of thing is that debris from the destruction of the launch pad damaged the 8 engines that were visibly not functioning immediately after launch.

Expensive and reckless decision, if that turns out to be the cause.

Periwinkles

 

EARTH DAY: Goldfinch changing to Summer plumage

 

Everybody Sing...🤣

 

Just keeping FOX in the news cycle...

 

Saturday, this fox sauntered through Youngest's yard in broad daylight...right by where the grands play, and totally ignored their chicken coop and chickens.

The only sort of FOX worth watching

Mind you, this one is licking its chops because it saw Spinnaker on the (screened) back porch!

Sunlight on the Mountain

 

There be Pirates here!

 

Steeples

 

How the Candlemas Candles turned into Easter Candles...

 

Buds on the Trees

 

Museum in Kennebunk, Maine ... showcases schoolchildren's art

 

🌷Tulips🌷

 

Crocuses in Glory!

 

Perennial Pansy!?!

Pansies have always been annuals in NW Vermont.  However!
  Amazingly, this one grew back and flowered a week ago!

 

🌷🌼🌷🌸 HAPPY EASTER~! 🌸🌷🌼🌷