Spring has Sprung

Today marked the beginning of Spring and although Spring has been in the air for a couple of weeks now, I feel like today marks the beginning of something special.  Freshly cut flowers from the garden scattered throughout the house,  winter coats stored at the backs of wardrobes and weekend BBQs. Isn't it amazing how the smallest things can lift a mood. 

All over Maryland and throughout the East Coast the Cherry Blossoms are blooming. Here is one of the trees in our yard.  Just magical!!

A new season look

Leave to Gwyneth Paltrow, or GP as she is more affectionally known around this house, to inspire a new seasons wardrobe.  This week saw GOOP email their Get Ready for Spring  with a series of looks for the season.  One word, AMAZING! I am absolutely in love with the Alexander Wang blue striped dress, the cropped jacket by Girl. by Band of Outsiders and the most fabulous and on my obsession list for the season,  a black jumpsuit, Gwyneth's was a jumpsuit, Etoile by Isabel Marant. Hmm, now if only I can get those uber fabulous blonde locks for summer and those legs.....


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The first signs of spring

A year ago, the first signs of spring would see the lilac jacaranda flowers blooming, the fragrant frangipani flowers budding and jeans being thrown by the wayside for summer dresses as days started peaking in the early 70's.  Well a year later and hundreds of thousand miles away, without any jacarandas or frangipanis to surround me and a clear lacking of summer dress appropriate weather, I find myself looking for other signs of spring. 

Tulips budding in the grass, vibrant yellow daffodils in masses so thick one would mistake the garden for the Chelsea Flower Show and the return of deer to our waters edge. So what about the summer dresses so eager to make an appearance this season...All I need is one day of unseasonable warmth in the mid 60's and they are coming out!!