Something To Smile About, With Yet So Much "To Do"--

This beautiful blossom displayed is of the Peace Lily given to me this past May, when we hosted a Garden Party, for fam.* & friends. I really haven't had too many house plants bloom inside on their own, so this is quite special, especially since it was a gift from our eldest son's best friend, of childhood days. Thank you "G".

A new week, with much on the; to do list, I'll keep on keeping on, & let my heart smile along the way.

I do think getting up in the early morning with barely any sunlight, along with the extreme cold, will make any New Englander yearn for springtime, which thankfully we're getting there, one day at a time.

Monday & Thursday evening of this week I'm already booked, [besides my daytime work schedule] with Town Meetings of which representation from our Conservation Commission is required. Our Commission is working on obtaining protection for the stone walls in our quaint little town. Three other towns in our state already have this sort of protection, along with some other states in New England, but we're still lagging behind on that one. As human nature & actions have proven time & time again, we tend to not appreciate or value something until after it's gone. So for those of us who love the winding, sculpted, irregular texture of these walls, we've only just begun, in urging for legal protection of these local antiquities.

Dolly continues to grow & do well. She's been getting a lot of use out of her cute igloo doghouse this winter, & also staying put inside her double locked kennel, when she's outside, [the little wanderer]. Spring won't come too soon for Dolly, for her first Birthday we'll be installing an invisible fence. That way she'll have more space & freedom to move about, which will make her & all who care about her, very happy, indeed, as she's very sweet & truly deserves it.

Well, that's it from this neck of the woods, busy, but good busy, with our soon to be published children's book project slated for attention this week, with a contract that needs reviewing between our artist, & my good friend & I, who have co written this cute, heart warming book. For updates on this unfolding project just go to; [dearlesterandlouise.blogspot.com] , we're getting there.