Remind me how I ended up in paradise

Apparently if you want the town’s tree service to keep your autograph alive for posterity, you can!

My bingo card for things that will conspire to ruin my vacation.

Wake Robin/Red Trillium

!(i && alone && can) fix it

Something to reduce work stress. I might paste it on top of my monitor. Because

• It doesn’t have to be me that does it
• It doesn’t have to be me all by myself that does it
• Maybe I can’t even do it

Because sometimes I get to feeling like I have to do everything, at all times.

And with the coming of Not-Winter, a great weight lifts off of me that I hardly realized was there. Suddenly I love my life without effort.

This is my 27th spring in Vermont, and it has never stopped being a miracle.

“I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy; but like every body else it must be in my own way.” Edward, Sense & Sensibility

Me after 3 glasses of wine! Celebrate the good times.

One of my awards for helping save the economy Sunday before last.

This isn’t the main award I picked. It’s nice and shiny and red, but my main award is even prettier and should be coming soon. This was something I chose with leftover points. X had fun playing with it.