Happy Leap Year February 29th!

I was awake particularly early and came downstairs to find Dominic asleep on the couch, meaning that the best place to write is now the kitchen. So here I sit with a huge mug of hot chocolate.

Believe it or not I have a hard time jumping directly to coffee, so my first hot drink of the day is usually hot chocolate. It also makes me sleepy (or perhaps brings out unfulfilled sleepiness) so here’s hoping Liz doesn’t come downstairs in an hour or two to find me face down on the laptop! 😉

Let me tell you about the week before asking a question that came up in my reading this week.

Today’s feature pic shines the spotlight on a wonderfully sunny Spring flower … Mimosa.

I came home from picking up the kids the other day and there was a huge bouquet of it on our doorstep – a gift from our neighbour. That it was left at the front door is something in and of itself. Unlike in North America, typically, the French wouldn’t come into your yard without you letting them in… it goes to show the level of comfort between us (but… it’s also the first time).

To get a bright yellow bouquet like this, you have to pull all the leaves off (there’s one leaf at the base of each flower branch – so it’s a bit of work) but it’s so worth it… by later that evening, the entire house was bathed in its sweet scent.

First off, I’m amazed that the first month of 2020 is already behind us! (Is it too early to start the Christmas-countdown clock?! 🙂 )

Just kidding… we’re still hanging on to the last threads of this Christmas. Decorations came off the tree yesterday and the tree itself (artificial) will come down today, leaving a huge, gaping hole in the living room that we’ll have to get used to again.

This week I’ve been amazed a number of times, for various reasons. Let me give you the low-down….