Fancy News! Lucky Hay Wagon Makes Appearance in Jersey Girls' New Barn - can they be far behind?

Here the new barn is being made ready for the happy cows to come - in one shot the lucky hay wagon makes it's fortuitous appearance, and in another shot Don Queso is seen to wave hello to the crowds of spirits of 'cheeses-to-be' that already jostle about for space in the great new barn.

Fancy News; our Moose has made an appearance!

It may not be widely known, but our little Springfield, Vermont, besides having been elected the Official Home of the Simpsons, has the distinction of hosting a resident moose population, and last evening one of the younger members of that clan made an appearance in the public parking lot off of Mineral Street near the Comptu Falls.
It was a most pleasant visit at first. Now that it is Spring, neighbors are out and about - people and other creatures who haven't seen each other or been outside to enjoy nature at all in months. It was nice to see Moose come down to town and poke around with mild curiosity, at least until for some reason (unknown to man, or beast it turns out) a member of the Springfield police force decided to use the police cruiser as a communications device.
"You shouldn't do that officer!", offered neighbor Bob, but no, the officer proceeded to go through the complete Moose vocabulary offered by a small-town squad car, and when he was done the little moose came over and most deftly crushed the hood to the pavement with one smooth, almost elegant gesture - with an apparent ease and effortless grace that left all breathless with astonishment, and full of admiration for a critic of bad behavior that doesn't mind being forceful in the pursuit of decorum.

When cats garden

Fancy Cherry Blossom News from our Nation's Capitol

the obligatory cherry blossom picture, taken with the Sony DSLR and it's stock lens kit on April 2nd.

Fancy News from the Past

On my recent trip I barely budgeted enough time to take some photos of my old artwork in Washington, DC, but here is one - a leaded/stained glass entry transom window that I designed and made in about 1981 or so.

Fancy News, it is still Springtime in Vermont

Springtime in Vermont is a good time to get outside and say hello to neighbors.



Springtime in Vermont is a lot like Fallas, though not as well-attended. La Primavera en Vermont es muy parecido a las Fallas, pero sin botellón.




another bread shot, (I am still knocked out by the New York Times bread recipe).

Fancy News - home again, home again, jig, a jig-jig

Here in Springfield, Vermont, (Official Home of the Simpson's), the snow has melted enough for me to sweep the sidewalk, the solar collector is going full blast, and I am busy doing hand-built forms in clay for a primitive firing later in the Spring or in the Summer.
I continue to have great success with that recipe from the NYTimes for killer breads, the recipe that appeared last Fall.
Then there is the garden, it awakens suddenly and it's first words are to the birds of course, but it's second call is for me to come and groom and ready it for a Summer of fun! (LMAO/MPEC) Hay que ver, que enseguida llegan dias largos, por frio que siga siendo, el jardin llama desde el primer dia que llegan los pajaros, ni siquiera dirritido toda la nieve! Vale pues, no hay remedio, el jardin es un trabajo y hay que hacerlo y ya. Vuelto de Washington, y lleno de historias ...