flora

just a few weeks after earning her 

master's degree in social work,

our daughter lindsey delivered our second grand baby.

wee flora was born nine days early

(although mother nature probably knows better 

than the doctors about these things).

they are safely home and 

settling into their little family rhythms.

we have met flora via our weekly family zoom call,

but we must wait to snuggle this cutie pie in person.

like you,

dear readers,

our world 

feels so very different

these days.

but greenness is finally creeping up the hills

here in vermont.

and the windows are open and the cats are

sunning themselves with the breezes 

coming through the screens.

a bit like the ferns,

i feel myself unfurling with hope.

how about you?