Cindy- I was walking around today looking at all the lilies I have in soooo many areas of the garden. Have been adding them for years here and it really looks to be paying off this year. They just barely started. And I love all the different types, Asiatic, Oriental and all the many hybreds. Best Seller is an AT hybred like Red Alert is and it (Best Seller) is one of the early bloomers here. But then the trumpets and the various OT hybreds and orientpets start up much later I think. Julia- Lots of scapes starting to show up here so bloom season should be good. At least I hope so. We had rain last night which was good because that means I did not have to water anything.

I think I saw one of our ospreys yesterday. There is a nesting box on the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge over the Hudson for them. I'm still a bit confused about what they are doing at my house. We are maybe a mile from the river, and close to a small stream, but the primary raptor food here is squirrel. Hmm, now that I think about it, there used to a couple of goldfish in that stream.

Thanks Rachel - My only regret is that the photo is not more of a close-up, and not larger; but we were so taken by surprise by the whole thing, we were incredibly lucky! For someone new to birdwatching it was especially awe-inspiring.

Aunt Jen my long lost retro soul sister :) That big chill fridge in your delicious picture is the second half of the first kitchen picture I posted with the lime laminate counters and vintage stove. I love that whole kitchen, it makes me smile :) Powermuffin .. yay, another cool chair aficionado! :) I'm going through a cute chair phase in life it seems, every vintage chair I find IRL .. I day dream new cute fabric on it. :D Still looking for the perfect pair of chairs to bring home to send to the reupholsters.