a pair of pears...

...surprised us when we got home from errands on friday.

our four kids, with the help of our friend ellen (who did the legwork)

gifted us with a pair of pear trees

 in celebration of our 30th wedding anniversary.

we'll plant them down in front of the barn

near the apple trees and blueberry bushes.

the dreams keep coming true.

you kids are a bunch of sweetie pies.

and thanks especially to ellen, the co-conspirator! 

storms have been a' brewin'...

in the evenings.

and mornings are mystical.

peter celebrated a birthday yesterday

with a gift of fly fishing equipment and lunch at sarducci's!

it was two years ago that we first saw our 

"bit of earth".

dreams.

have them.

but work hard, too.

:-)