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April 1,
2009 ~ Wednesday,,,gray, cold and damp....about 36 degrees

While doing
errands with Dave, we happened to park beside this
truck with an unusual passenger on it's roof.

April 2,
2009 ~Thursday...sun in morning with the first of the
honeybees on the crocuses...the fog rolls in the beach in the
late afternoon.

It may be
time to put the old sled away.

April 3,
2009 ~ Friday...fog and rain and then some thunder!

Filling up!

April 4,
2009 ~Saturday...some sun, clouds, wind and rain...
I leave for Connecticut

a very dramatic
sky as we leave Massachusetts

April 5,
2009 ~ Sunday...sunny and mild in Connecticut

Some early
magnolias are blooming in Connecticut.

April 6,
2009 ~ Monday...a heavy rain falls all day in Connecticut

April 7,
2009 ~ Tuesday... cloudy and cold...in the 40's

... a walk
to the nearby park at my parent's house to visit this
lovely couple!

April 8,
2009 ~ Wednesday...the sun is playing peek-a-boo in Connecticut

The sparrows
at my parents' house are busy getting their
birdhouses ready for new arrivals.

April 9,
2009 ~ Thursday...sunny and clear in Connecticut

A duet, my
brother and his daughter ( my niece)...

April 10,
2009 ~ Friday...sun and clouds and some drizzle in Connecticut

While I'm
at my parents' house, I'm working on new little paintings.

April 11,
2009 ~ Saturday...overcast in Connecticut
Today is our
cat Polly's 15th Birthday!

Dave sent
me this photo of Polly with
her birthday hat that was on her head for
one second!

April 12,
2009 ~ Sunday, sun and clouds, cold and windy and in the 40's

This is the
town of Collinsville from the top of the street
where my sister lives..we had a wonderful dinner at her house.

April 13,
2009 ~ Monday... sunny and going up to the 50's in Connecticut

This little
chippy is often found in the drainpipe at my
parents...

April 14,
2009 ~ Tuesday...more sun in Connecticut

Avon Mountain

April 15,
2009 ~ Wednesday...another beautiful day...warming in Connecticut

My sister,
S, came over to make some delicious food
for my parents. She is an artist with food.

April 16,
2009 ~ Thursday...sunny blue skies, 60's in Connecticut

A magnolia that the birds must have planted
in my parents backyard is blooming.
It's very thin and reaching for the sky with
blooms at the tip top of the branches.

The sparrows
at my parents house are still busy lining
their birdhouses.

April 17,
2009 ~ Friday...sunny...70 degrees in Connecticut


April 18,
2009 ~ Saturday another nice day in Connecticut

Visited the
duck couple at the park near my parent's home.

April 19,
2009 ~ Sunday...sunny in Connecticut

My niece
dog, Sugar, stole her Dad's shoe!

April 20,
2009 ~ Monday in Connecticut cloudy

Working on
a house portrait of a cottage at Goose Rocks Beach...

April 21,
2009 ~ Tuesday... a rainy day in Connecticut
Happy Birthday
to my niece Rose!


April 22,
2009 ~ Wednesday...sunny...Dave comes to Connecticut to pick
me up to
head North...homeward bound with a detour in Concord, Massachusetts.

In Concord,
we visit the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge and see this
beautiful wood duck.

April 23, 2009
~ Thursday...sunny...after spending the night in Concord
at the home of my father-in-law...we have breakfast at a restaurant
and
have an amazing coincidence...then we head home to Maine.

It's lovely
to see some spring flowers dotted here, there and everywhere!

April 24, 2009
~ Friday...sunny in Maine

It's so soothing
to breathe in the sea air and
listen to the waves.

April 25,
2009 ~ Saturday...sunny

Am enjoying
the birds and flowers in our garden!
This is a white throated sparrow and scillas!

April 26,
2009 ~ Sunday...another belle day!

This is a
very tiny daffodil!

April 27,
2009 ~ Monday... the fog rolls in!

The fog is
lovely along the road to Parson's Beach.

April 28,
2009 ~ Tuesday... sun and hot!

We have the
pleasure of meeting 2 adorable kittens that need a home
and this is the little girl. I fell in love with her. Our home
is full and I hope
they find a wonderful home.

April 29,
2009 ~ Wednesday...sunny and in the 60's

Polly found
the mirror in the back part of the house.
She likes the company of the cat in the mirror!

April 30,
2009 ~ Thursday... sunny and in the 60's... a good day
to paint out on the porch with Ellie May.

It was butterflies
and flowers that inspired us today!
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