Welcoming me home!

After spending the week in California, I returned last night to Little Bird Farm.  And when I awoke this morning, after I assisted a small bird who was stuck in our wood stove to get back outside in the fresh air, I discovered this sweet welcoming committee!  Two blooming daffodils - our first flowering spring bulbs on LBF!  Of the 200 I planted last Fall, these two brave little fellows are now ready for Spring!  I am very enthused about these little guys!  The first of many!  It is fun to go to exciting and different places, but always - always! wonderful to come home!

Valentine's Day at Ferry Market

What choices!  What color!  What FUN!  To be at San Francisco's Ferry Building on Valentine's Day was bliss!  A celebration was underway, "Food From the Heart".  The food we saw and the food we ate definitely found its way to my heart! The Commander and I arrived back in the Bay area on Valentine's Eve just before midnight after driving 17 hours.  The Grapevine met our new Little Red Truck, with snow, sleet, high winds - and stalled traffic, adding 3 hours to our already long drive. But it was worth it!  To wake up in our "Luxury Urban Loft" (luxury??) at Jack London Square, BART to San Francisco's Embarcadero, and loll the day away at the unsurpassed Ferry Market is like a dream.  We bought the loveliest French Breakfast Radishes and Rainbow Chard, and a sweet bunch of colorful anemones!  We ate Clam Chowder and Crab Louis with Acme bread while gazing at the Bay - and into each other's eyes (corny, but true).  Then we had a chaser of Tempura Soba soup and Tonkatsu (Delica is probably my personal favorite of all the eateries).  A Chai Latte from Peet's, a take-home Pain Epi from ACME & Mt. Tam from Cowgirl Creamery rounded out our market visit.  Oh!  And a tiny carrot cake for two from Miette!  (This was prettily wrapped for us in a small pink box with simple white string.)

Everything is just so pretty!  I never cease to be amazed at how lovely and colorful and vast the offerings are here!  And at how many, many, many, many people there are!  But that's ok!  Why wouldn't everyone want to be here on a Saturday in February?  Especially with their Valentine! It is one of the greatest places on earth!

Baby Bird Shower

At last....Baby Bird's Shower!  We had a wonderful time.  And in about 8 weeks.....You know!  

Getting ready for the Baby Shower!

Finally, February!  We spend the month of January getting organized.  And then, February comes along and we too can move along!  Putting plans into action - new projects!  I love projects!  And the project of the moment is a Baby Shower.  FUN!  Our grandbaby, "Baby Bird", will arrive in early April, so we will help his mommy and daddy get ready for that day with this celebration!   Little Bird Farm will never be the same - glitter, glitter everywhere!  Yes, that is our Christmas tree,  still in the living room.  It continues to be green and supple and fragrant!  I can't relegate it to the compost pile when it is still so spry!