Spring

When I lived in Vancouver, one of the things that surprised and delighted me most was the spring – with its real spring flowers. After growing up in Brisbane where the main seasonal changes seemed to be handled by jasmine (in October) and Mayflowers (in, uh, September), it was a complete novelty to see daffodils and tulips springing out of the ground everywhere.

They don't spring out of the ground down here, and I doubt they'd thank me for leaving them out in the Mississippi heat. Instead, I buy them in pots and treat them gently in the house... and today I took them outside to have a look at the sun.

L'Oiseau

Today was gorgeously sunny and breezy and carefree – a true Northwest Spring day – so I left all the doors and screens open to bring it inside. When Berry and I came back from playing across the road, she pointed in the kitchen and made her bird sign and a little bird noise (the bird noise has sounded more like a kookaburra since Australia).

Surprise: there was a tiny bird sitting on a chair in the kitchen! It wouldn't go out any of the doors and kept trying to crash into the picture window, so I had to catch it and release it outside myself. First though, I caught this photo of the little bird sitting on top of Berry's Easter basket.

(It's a little fuzzy but hey, it's a wildlife shot!)

Shiny Birds

A fun way to welcome Spring – our sparkly silver block-printed bird greetings have been introduced on Etsy. Every card is individually hand-printed, using original designs carved into a linoleum block.

We've printed stationery sets and greetings like Bird-Heart-Bird and Birds Like Cupcakes Too.

Well, they do.