Spring Forward

Saturday night

(Well, really Sunday morning)

we

"spring forward"

And our clocks are set ahead an hour

Which means that it will now be dark when we get up

(just as we were getting used to the light in the morning)

But it also means that it will be light at night until about 7:30

(rather than the 6:30 now)

My "clock" is still not running correctly

For I've not adjusted to the "jet lag"

of Rome to Kansas City travel that we did on Tuesday.

And now my "clock" has to be reset once again!

But it is "spring" (or almost)

And it's also Lent

It's time for hints of Spring to be on tabletops at Linderhof.

Of course, I rush things with the paperwhites I force into bloom

And the tulips I buy weekly

a half dozen of them for $5

(and they're worth every penny!)

Friday, I was in the city

And stopped by Whole Foods

where . . . 

they had tulips on sale

3 bunches for $10!

And they weren't a paltry six to a bunch

No, there were ten in each bunch!!!

They came home with me.

One bunch of pink ones

for our bedroom

In a brown Bohemian glass vase

Instead of two different colors,

I got two more bouquets of the same

orange

For I've got my tulipiere

that I don't get to use all that often

for it takes a lot of tulips to make a good show.

(And normally, I can't afford a lot of tulips!)

Twenty tulips are perfect!!!!

And it looks super on the dining room table!

Since we were gone on Ash Wednesday,

The German eggs didn't get put up until I got back.

I'm funny that way --

I don't want to put something up way too early

(so I couldn't put it up before I leave)

They're real hens eggs, handpainted, a dozen.

Bought 21 years ago on a Lenten trip to Germany.

Hung on branches as they did.

That trip was the first time I had seen an Easter Tree

And we both felt that the custom should come home to Linderhof

A trip to Woolworths and 12 marks for 12 eggs.

Linderhof has had an Easter egg tree every since.

And I'm a purist --

just those 12 eggs -- no other!

And on the breakfast room sideboard

The two French antique lambs molds

For lambs and Easter go together.

Now, we can "Spring Forward"

For once the days lengthen, real spring can't be far behind.

It's Sunday and I'm joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays.