Picture for One Moment

Saturday was brisk and windy but beautifully sunny. The-future-Mr.-Pagan-Sphinx (that's a nod to the style of hyphening one's name with one's spouse, era ;-) and I decided we had to go to the bulb show at Smith College Botanical Garden, as it was the last weekend before they closed up the bulb display for the season. We figured the last day would be less crowded but we were wrong. The place was busier than I've ever seen it on any weekend I attended this event in the past. The botanical garden is a small jewel among the laid-back, but busy pace of Northampton. And the view from of the lake from the knoll the greenhouse sits upon, is western Mass at its relaxed best. If you live in western Mass and you don't love Northampton, you have no heart!  :-D

Because it was so crowded, it was hard to take decent photos, let alone get any stand-outs. This is my humble photo offering from the bulb show, which I hope you will enjoy. For some photos of this bulb show that will really knock your socks off, go visit my dear friend The Cunning Runt at Little Bang Theory.  (for those of you who don't know him, CR is The Girls' Dad and my western Massachusetts neighbor to the west, not to mention my blog buddy.  (hi, guy).    :-)  

 

The Girls (and then there are three more girls, besides  ;)

As I look out the window my desk faces at home, a mixture of snow and freezing rain is turning to just rain. It's been coming down since around 9:30 this morning. I'm glad I had a chance to get some color and warmth on Saturday at Smith.  On this first day of the vernal equinox, I wish you....well...better weather than what we're getting around here today! But also love, peace and groovy things.

Pagan Sphinx

Linking to That's My World Tuesday

(fantastic folks from around the world gather in these places virtually to celebrate the beauty and interest that surround us through photos and other creative media)

Ben Heine Cartoon & Ruby Tuesday

Cartoon by Ben Heine

I usually post a photo for Ruby Tuesday but since I don't have anything that is particularly Thanksgiving-like, I decided not to submit anything. But I hope you'll go over to visit Mary/The Teach and check out some of the other entries, especially this one at Little Bang Theory.

I wanted to share with you a cartoon by the extraordinary Ben Heine, with an accompanying link to an article about The Group of 20 Nations meeting. Also please check out Ben's website and blog. He's amazingly talented and one of the most kind and gentle people I've met online.

A Lovely Whirlwind Wedding

Some of you who've been over to The Cunning Runt's blog Little Bang Theory may have read his announcement of our daughter's wedding! Supergirl I (Older Progeny on CR's blog) and her Beloved flew to California early Tuesday and tied the knot at city hall in San Francisco.

I don't think I've ever seen my beautiful daughter so perfectly happy. They pulled off this coast-to-cost elopement with confidence and maturity, firstly. They planned it, they paid for it and they did it. I lovingly welcome my new daughter-in-law Shannon into our lives with open arms.

There will be a party sometime within the next year or so. We're on the east coast and Beloved's family are on the west coast. I think we'll probably go there. WP's daughter lives in San Francisco too and the rest of us don't have to have our arms twisted to visit that area!

There will be photos. I checked with the girls and they're fine with it. CR and I have both chosen to keep it low-key on the internet and celebrate the girls' wedding with just our regular readers. I can't speak for CR but I'm a low-profile type person! ;-)

Meanwhile, I'm excitedly waiting for photos of the wedding and I'd love to share one or two with you.

Thank you for being there to celebrate with us, you gorgeous blog people!

Peace, love and...(you fill in the blank) ;-