Fire on the beach

This is our new thing. I don't know why it took us so long to figure it out. It reminds me of bonfires on the beach in PEI when I was a kid, only smaller, and without a guitar.

Bird in our house

The bird fluttered around, then alighted on a high shelf next to a mask:

Simone tried to get it in the laundry basket. 

She succeeded (that smudge of ashen fluff is the bird)--

--but before she could get to the door it flutttered away again. Finally we nudged it out with a broom...

This guy hopped from our gate to our wall

What we are missing

(The weather report for Barnard, VT calls for snow tonight...)

Nadia turned 41 last Thursday

Those are four fingers for the tens and one for the ones...

Rice and beans for dinner...

And Harry Potter for a bedtime story. (Last Saturday.)

Simone and Erica made spring rolls last week