Chores

A little sketch to illustrate all that’s taken me away from this blog—springtime chores! After a very long and snow-filled winter it is such a blessing to be outside; hearing the birds chirping away, watching chubby squirrels munching away on sunflower seeds from our bird feeder and watching little kids ride their bikes up and down the block. Everyone seems to have a little spring (oops) in their step as they get on with enjoying the beauty all around us. Last night as I drove home from seeing my elderly father, I witnessed a landscape right out of a Grant Wood painting: lush brown just-tilled fields bordered with  strips of bright green grass all set on a backdrop of a dusty blue sky with wisps of clouds floating over…truly breathtaking.