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It is, without a shadow of a doubt, Spuhrrinng in Santa Barbara!

After the rains, we’re  blessed with longer days, buds bursting forth into delicate tissue paper blossoms, birdsong and the frog’s chorus float through the open windows all day long.

Yay!!

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Our resident songstress

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I even found these orchids, long discarded from an indoor pot, earnestly re-blooming way back in the cheap seats of the garden.

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Meanwhile…I wonder if I’ll ever get everything I need to do, done.

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Probably not.

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china plates from Bodo Sperlein. Bespoke hand painted canvas by Annie Millar. via British House & Garden.

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Detail from a cherry blossom sconce light at Anthropology

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But I’m not going to sacrifice ‘Stop, Look & Listen’ (OK, I know that’s for crossing the road, but it works for the garden too) when there’s so much to take in.

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Jo Malone Cherry Blossom cologne

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It’s like Grand Central around here

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and look what I found outside a bedroom window on Easter Sunday

Let’s face it, everyone’s really busy right now…

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…Here’s to new beginnings!

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