spring summary

busy busy busy spring. here is a quick recap.

hanging with miss america, teresa scanlan at City Hall for a "Keep Philadelphia Beautiful Award"

ate delicious soup and tested our soil (which turned out to be pretty grimy) at the Soil Kitchen

promoted Clemente Fest at the Fairmount Arts Crawl

enjoyed one of the pretty days in a park.

Participated in a Dance Flash Mob at Pifa's Street Fair with Amanda (this picture is of a rehearsal in a parking garage...yes even Flash Mobs have rehearsals sometimes)

With Petra on the Highline for a quick trek.

post-Clemente Fest glow.

Marching Forth and Fork!

spring is s l o w l y rearing its head and we are getting closer and closer to warmth, sunshine and new opportunities!

jon got into his doctor of public health program!

(small coffee celebration at my favorite cafe in the world,

fork etc. )

and things are taking off once again with activities at Clemente Park and Playground!

rain or shine!

cat's out of the bag!

remember when I had that post about feeding a neighbor's fish? 

they were this guy's fish:

and i'm smitten. there's no otter person quite like him!

roof access for lunch...

with a large side of sunshine, please!

white stripes

crocus focus, hocus pocus!  ever since I was a youngster, nothing made me happier about spring than noticing the little pockets of crocuses popping up in patches of grass everywhere. 

this photo was taken at a local cemetary. 

how to know if a little patch of green grassy stuff will yield pretty purple buds?

"the grass-like, ensiform lead shows a white central stripe along the leaf axis"  that, my friends, is a surefire sign of a future crocus!!  

it's friday, I'm in love

with sprouts!

but also conflicted because I feel kind of bad for eating these little baby plants! they're so cute and innocent!