My dad says I should blame it all on Vanna. It’s her fault I’ve been away so long! I love the way that sounds. But first thing’s first . . . we need MUSICA to go with our Fairy Tale.
Don’t be mad at us ~ we come bearing gifts . . . I’m sorry I’ve been away so long. I hope I didn’t worry you, I missed you just as much as you missed me! Everyone is happy and healthy around here and keeping out of trouble the best we can. You can see we are surrounded with mini-miracles, Girl and Jack in the same photo!! Yesterday! (Look at his cute folded paws!)
‘Course the whole world is a miracle now that the lilacs are in bloom . . . this is my view out the window from my art table.
Here’s up close and personal, a bee’s-eye view.
Here’s the sky view, lilacs are everywhere on the Island right now ~ it smells wonderful outside!
So here’s more of what’s been happening around here. Besides the fact that we have two new baby squirrels coming to the feeders ~ who won’t hold still for six seconds so I can take their picture, but they are adorable! The tiniest ears in the world.
Our tulips and daffodils bloomed, so perky after that cold winter. You have to call that a miracle!
And then there’s this . . . our ornamental pear tree. I’m very big on spring flowers, I like the shock of it! This does it for me!
We still have a few of these Angelique tulips in bloom . . .
My birthday was perfection, thank you all so much for your well wishes! My dad and his wife Jeanie sent me this darling birdhouse!
And the dogwood did its part by blooming soon after . . .
Heres another photo of the dogwood . . .
When Joe was digging the hole to plant the dogwood, he found that little blue bottle in it. I celebrate that little bottle all the time. Buried treasure! Kind of a fairy tale, don’t you think?
Here’s another picture of the pear . . . I can’t get enough of it. I could live there.
Here it is again, showing off with the weeping cherry and forsythia . . .
And more forsythia, not to be outdone . . .
When we bought this house in 1989, there was a wonderful magnolia in the garden that bloomed every year and made the perfect spring picture for all passers by. In fact, long before I bought this house, I used to drive past it in the spring, just to see all the wonderful flowering trees in bloom. The woman who owned the house before me, Mrs. Bowditch, was a garden lover.
This was her tree, and the legacy she left for us. But one day, this beautiful 
tree up and died, and I’ve mourned it ever since. I know Mrs. Bowditch was looking down from heaven saying, “Susan, Put it back. It’s your job.” It took three years to find the right kind here on the island to replace it with. I wanted the exact same variety. But they didn’t seem to carry it in our nurseries ~ only other varieties, with different flowers. In addition, I find it hard to trust the name tags on the trees, I trust them more if there is a flower I can see.
There was exactly one flower on this one when we found it last year at Vineyard Gardens, but it looked like the right kind!!! So excited, we took a chance and brought it home.
And prayed that it wasn’t some sort of trick. I waited for it to bloom this year, and we got lucky, because it was the right kind! It still has a way to go before it reaches the glory of the original tree, but I am so happy to have this view back! A pure pleasure. Happy Mother’s Day, Mrs. Bowditch.♥ Thank you for the inspiration!
And here we are in the way back . . . enjoying more . . .
Oh yes, we’ve been celebrating by walking through the woods out to the pond and the ocean every day . . .
The leaves are back! We watch seagulls, terns, finches and osprey flit, dive and prey and we do “Morning Science” which always starts with the words, “I wonder why” . . . Big breaths of this air soothes the winter soul. A blessing.
Speaking of blessings, here’s one of the things I missed ~ well, I missed sharing it with you ~ was Princess Charlotte’s Birth Day! Weren’t you thrilled they had a girl? How perfect! And isn’t Kate’s dress adorable?
William and Kate must wake up and pinch themselves every day! Now Kate can shop for baby dresses! Of course we non-royalty types celebrate in our own way, by drinking tea from our new Emma mugs! Not a bad way to go! Too cute! I hope everyone got one . . . Kellee announced their arrival on Facebook . . . I know they’ll sell out from Emma soon, if not already. They always have a limited supply of these special event mugs which is the good news and the bad news!
Another thing I missed with you was . . .
So, Happy Mother’s Day to all of my soul-nurturing Girlfriends. The world wouldn’t be fit to live in 
without you! You are kind of IT. ♥ I just saw a wonderful movie that I think would make the perfect Mother’s Day gift for you. It’s not new, it came out in 2011, so it’s available on Netflix and all kinds of places, even on YouTube. I know you’ll love it. It’s called The Well Digger’s Daughter. It’s French, you have to read subtitles, but it’s easy to get used to and the cinematography is heaven with lovely views of the French countryside. I loved the musica too. And the dad in this movie is wonderful too. Also, the clothes on his five daughters! It’s set just as WWI is beginning. So happy Belated Mother’s Day dearest ones!♥
So where have I been? What is my pitiful excuse? You aren’t buying the Vanna excuse? I didn’t think so.
I’ve been doing this ↑. I’ve been writing our book. I made you a promise to try to have it before Christmas do I decided to put my shoulder into it and make it actually happen. The Musica for today was a hint. I’ve been playing it for inspiration and strength. I think anyone who must march to a finish line would be helped by playing this music.
And this is where I am now. Deep into my watercolors, making new art for our new book, which finally has a name. You’ll be the first to know . . . ready? I’m scared . . . OK, here we go . . .
Here’s the first time I wrote it . . . trying it on for size . . . to be or not to be, that is was the question.
And I liked it! So here’s where I got serious.
And here’s where I started to mean business.
And here’s where there’s no turning back. Yesterday, Kellee posted THE FAIRY TALE GIRL in the web store for presale (everytime I type presale, my auto fix changes it to “resale” and now it’s 
changing autofix to “outfox.” Stop helping me outfox!)
Anyway, this is the book I’ve been trying to write since about 2006 and would not have been happy in life if I didn’t. I had to, even though it’s a completely new thing for me and I had to practice by writing A FINE ROMANCE first. Which was not only fun, but very helpful as far as learning is concerned.
THE FAIRY TALE GIRL began as just one book, but when I added the art and photos and recipes, it was too big, so I had to make it two books ~ The Fairy Tale Girl comes complete with a cliff hanger ~ so very soon we’ll also have the sequel called MARTHA’S VINEYARD, ISLE of DREAMS. And guess what else? They are novels! Based on my diaries.
I know, but it’s true. And this isn’t even all of them! So, of course I’m scared to death! But counting on the fact that
I’m plowing forward despite trepidation. I think you will like it, it’s sort of like the blog only more and longer. For the next month, before it goes to print, I will be digging through old
photographs like this one, laying out my pages in the book with them so you can see what I’m writing about ~ and painting the art so you can go on a little virtual journey with me back to the 1900s. What do you think? A novel with pictures!
For those of you interested in preordering The Fairy Tale Girl, yours will be signed copies and shipped to you first before anyone else ~ as soon after August 15th as possible, on a first-come first-serve basis (because we really never know how many to print of these things). The actual “Publication Date,” when you should be able to find it in stores, is October. That’s so we have time to send books to reviewers.
And now, because I’ve been away so long, and because that was bad, I want to make it up to you by GIVING AWAY the first ten copies of 
THE FAIRY TALE GIRL to ten of YOU! So leave a comment and we’ll have a drawing, and wear poor Vanna out with all the work to choose ten winners! It’s good for her! They’ll ship out the moment they arrive. And BTW, if my Blog is delivered your email address, you need to come here to www.162.240.10.175/~susanbs3/susanbranch/ in order to leave a comment ~ at the very bottom of this post, where you see a row of tiny words, look for “comment,” click there, and voila, leave a comment, and you’ll be entered.
for your support ~ love you Girls.♥ Everyday I’ve thought the same thing as I’ve been writing, “What would the Girlfriends like me to tell them about?” This time it’s a fairy tale, complete with a Prince Charming, a bite of poison apple, and lessons learned! We all have a bit of that fairy tale in us, right? ~ but I’m not telling anymore! Until maybe next time. Previews are only fair. ♥
Have a wonderful day! XOXO
Spring is such a delight…full of wonderful surprises. Including your book news! Can’t wait to see it.
I have missed your post sooo much!! I’m glad your back. Can’t wait to get your new book. Thank you for the beautiful Spring pictures. I can almost smell the lilacs! Now DON’T do that to us again!! We were worried about you. Take care and have a wonderful day.
I worked on Martha’s Vineyard in 1969 at Harborside Inn in Edgartown. Their brochure called the vineyard “The Storybook Island”. Needless to say, I like how you think!
You have been missed! You give us a fairy tale with each posting, but can’t wait to read the book. So happy you’re back!
Particularly intriqued by the photo of your lovely watercolor palette–a palette of happy colors from which to “Create Joy”. Love the work-in-progress pictures. Have fun!
Sooo looking forward to “The Fairy Tale Girl”, and once again traveling with you on your journeys … thank you for making us feel & experience everything as if we are right by your side! … that is a “fairy tale” in itself. Love to you, & God Bless!!
How exciting! I am thrilled that you have branched out into a novel (oops, no pun was intended, but… I like it). And I can’t wait to read it! Love your photos of all the wonderful flowering trees; here in East TN, they are already done flowering, but it was an absolutely gorgeous spring. I had to cut my lilac bushes way down last fall, they looked in danger of dying, so I had no blossoms this year. But, they are looking so happy this spring, sprouting new branches, growing like crazy, so I know next year I will have lilacs again, yay!
Susan
I am so relieved that all is well with you and your family. I worried. Your post is lovely- such gorgeous spring flowers! I can almost smell those lilacs. Ours are just popping out now too.
And what an absolutely scrumptious dress on the cover of your newest book! Such is the stuff that dreams and fairy tales are made of….
SO relieved that you are back. And grateful. And intrigued!
Susan, every day I check to see what you have written, and have been getting worried!
So glad you are okay! I am so excited about your new books and can’t wait to read them!
Enjoy this beautiful Spring day!!
I am so ready for a good Fairy Tale!! Looking forward to reading this, and also to your beautiful drawings!
Love the title. My life has been a fairytale. Would love to read yours.
The spring photos are lovely and how great is it to see the cats in one picture together!
The books sound wonderful. It’s hard to wait for them.
Susan, thank you once again for your inspiration. I think the title is perfect. Somehow as I round the corner toward 50, I am more and more fascinated by fairy tales. I do believe in them you know. I thank my sister every day for introducing me to you, your art, your books, and everything you do. The timing of this book is perfect. Her birthday is at the beginning of September, and this will make the absolute perfect surprise. I’ll pre-order, but what a blessing to win one. Fingers crossed. God bless.
I’m looking so forward to your new book(s)! Will go pre-order my copy now! Thank you for the lovely peek into Spring on your island – that must have kept you going 🙂
I look forward to your new book. We are never too old for fairy tales!!!!
Girl and Jack in the same photo…Heaven! So glad you’re all well and back. Can’t wait for this (these) book(s)!! The movie looks great, too. Hmmm…wonder if we’ll get to see some Susan movies?? Missed you!
After reading “A Fine Romance” I knew that I had to go to England and now my husband and I are signed up to leave July 22, 2016!
I am so looking forward to this new book. I missed your blogs this past month but thank you so much for the lovely pictures of spring in “your neck of the woods”. After England (actually Scotland and Wales too) who knows, Martha’s Vineyard will probably be next!
Thank you Susan for all the inspiration that you give all of your girlfriends. What a bright spot you bring to our days.
Enjoy the sunshine and the warm weather that is on the way.
Good for you two!
beautiful post! excited about the new book
I missed your thoughts and inspirations. Excited for your new book.
Happy Spring! I also love this time of year and am looking forward to your books.
Always great to read an update on your blog! Very much looking forward to reading your Fairy Tales. Keep up the good work, Sylvia :}
oh Susan–
I went to see the new “Cinderella” with my 7 year old granddaughter.
Now that is a movie I know you’ll like for sure!!
Starring Downton Abbey’s Lily James and featuring love, kindness, forgiveness and magic wands! Oh Oh. Excellent.
Yes, Here’s to fairy tales x-x-x-x-x
Teri in Oregon
Congratulations on the book!
I CANNOT WAIT for your new book to come out! I know it will be absolutely perfect and will have many re-readings just like my worn out copy of “A Fine Romance!”
Thank you for this lovely gift, the joy of anticipating a new Susan Branch Book!
Cheers!
Niki
I can’t wait to read The Fairy Tale Girl!!! This looks like such a wonderful book. I love a good book cover and this one is beautiful. I actually gasped out loud when I read that you were giving copies to 10 lucky girlfriends. My dogs looked up to see what was wrong.lol So happy to have you back in blogland. I’ve had to reread your blog from the start just to get my Susan fix each day. <3
I was carried away in A fine romance, and I cannot wait to be carried away in Fairytale Girl! I can already picture myself this fall – warm cider, a cozy blanket, a fire in the fireplace, and . . . a good book! So looking forward to fall!,
Thanks for a chance to win your new book. Can’t wait to read it! Hope I win!
Oh I can’t wait to read your new book. So glad to see you in my email box.
Lovely to hear from you again and such beautiful Spring pictures.
I love getting lost in your blog entries! Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us.
I cannot wait for your new book and will pre~order one for my bestie and one for me. Fairy tales do come true! <3
I was getting worried!!! When it hit the one month mark since we had heard from you, I just knew something was up. Well, something was up but a good up. Lol. A new book. How delightful. Please sign me up for the giveaway.
I CANNOT wait to get this book, Susan………me and thousands of other girlfriends. The title is perfect, because, with you, life is a fairy tale. You are my inspiration to enjoy the simple things in life………………. Spring flowers, lovely cats, a hot cup of tea, a new recipe to try, great music, a wonderful movie, a good book, this old house of mine (which needs lots of TLC). I started reading this blog yesterday until I got to the picture of your lilacs. I have beautiful, fragrant, lilacs (a deeper purple), which I enjoy each day, but never thought to take a picture! So I ran out and took several pictures and am just now getting back to your blog. God Bless You, Susan Branch, you have no idea how you touch people’s lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
So happy that there will be a new way for all of us to enjoy your extraordinary talent! It takes courage to do something new in life, but the rewards are always amazing and the experience makes us stronger!! The new book will be wonderful!
Glad all is well. The photos of your yard bring such pleasure. Springtime blooming trees are just the best. Look forward to your book. Fondly, Lani
Aren’t real, romantic fairy tales the absolute best? I’m looking forward to reading your new book – it sounds wonderful.
Fairy tales give me hope. Looking forward to reading yours.
novel with your glorious pictures…oh my, oh my!
I call you a vaccine! You innoculate us from the ick in the world by consistantly offering love and joy and kindness and cheerfulness in all things great and small. The Branch Vac…theat’s the medical term, really strengthens you to know that there is soooo much more AWE then ugh in the world! I thank you, and love you for it!
❌⭕️❌⭕️,
Tawni Urrutia, in Lodi, Ca
🙂
I am SO relieved that you and yours are okay! My best girlfriend and I had been talking about “if” Susan or Joe were very sick, she might not want to share that……..everyone needs their space and time to recover a bit……. it’s a great joy to know you are well! Then, we got “worried” that one of your parents might have fallen ill………again, so grateful they are well! Breathing a sigh of relief here that all is well and happy. As Ma and Pa on Little House use to say “All’s well that ends well!” And it appears it is ending well, indeed! We’ve got a new book to soothe all of us “trauma mamas.” ha.
You just keep getting better and better!
Oh, I have missed your posts! I kept looking daily, hoping for a new one, so thank you for this one. And it’s exciting, a book. I hope I win a copy, I can’t wait to see and read it!
Your new book sounds wonderful and I cannot wait to read it. I’ve loved fairytales since before I could read them myself. My favorite memories are of reading my books and listening to my big yellow fairytale records. I so wanted to be Thumbellina!
A novel? Yea!!! Two novels? Oh, my goodness!!!! Anxiously awaiting The Fairy Tale Girl! Oh, YES!!!!
Glad you are back with your post. I have checked it most days for an update, and was pleasantly surprised this Sunday morning….just when I had lots of time to enjoy it.
Susan, I just can’t wait for this book! Thanks for working so hard on all your creations which become our cherished treasures! xo
Oh, my stars and garters! We are NEVER too old for fairy tales! And I love seeing all the spring pictures- miss the huge lilac bush that was at my grandmothers, and dogwood too. While there are many things that do grow well here in SoCal, those two don’t. Can’t wait to read your new book!!
Happy Spring! I was concerned that maybe something was wrong with my computer and that I was missing your lovely blogs. Absolutely great title and can’t wait for the publication (or maybe a win!). I am sure that it will be wonderful!
A new book – I’m so glad! I enjoyed A FINE ROMANCE so much I’ve given it as gifts to several of my girlfriends. I was especially excited to give it to one friend in particular who, along with her twin sister, took a trip to the English countryside in April to celebrate their 50th birthday (isn’t that wonderful?!). She LOVED the book, poured over it for weeks, and went to see many of the sights you saw. She said it MADE their trip, and that their time over the pond was all the more special because of your lovely book. Thank you, Susan, for sharing your joy – it has made joy for so many more!
That is VERY nice to hear! Thank you Susie. Say happy birthday to the twins for me!
Can’t wait for the new books. Great title.
The spring pictures are so beautiful, and I so appreciate your blog. I’d love to have a copy of your new book and sure hope “Vanna” picks my name!
I can’t wait to read this new book and I love the title. So glad you are back we missed you.
Waiting patiently? for the new book. Love a good fairy tale.
Hi Susan! I did miss you! so glad you are having a wonderful spring. I can hardly wait to read your new books. Thank you so much for giving me a chance to win! Go Vanna!
After so loving A Fine Romance, I can’t wait for another book of yours with a story and pictures as well. Ah, and I miss the smell of lilacs..
Welcome back Susan! Oh how we have missed you. But you have come back with the most exciting news. You are the best! We love you!
Debbie R from Valencia, Ca
How I would love to win this book! Hurray for you and your dreams!
Sounds delightful. Can’t wait for it to be available.
Can’t wait–a novel, not a memoir! Interesting.
I heard on TV that the cute yellow dress that Princess Kate wore
cost $4000! Think I’ll order two in different colors!
i am SO HAPPY for your book! once upon a time….isn’t that how all fairly tales begin? this is your once-upon-a-time. still waiting for mine…but there is hope, which springs eternal! thank you for an awesome blog, for the reality of your dream and the miracle of spring in your corner of the world. i loved the well-digger’s daughter. saw it last year. much happiness and scads of wishes for your book’s success.
Wonderful reading and beautiful photos, as usual. Thank you for sharing. Can’t wait to enjoy the new book!
Spring is coming in fits and starts to So California. We had rain recently which is a most welcome treat, but it washed away some of the gentler blooms in my garden. The tomatoes, however, are thriving. It’s always nice to put a new book on the list of “need to reads” so I look forward to the first half of your new novel. Print plenty! You have a good deal of friends and we all want a copy.
Susan,
I am so excited to read your new book! Books! I adore your work! I love your photos of springtime on Martha’s Vineyard. I am hoping to travel to Martha’s Vineyard with my husband this summer.
Thank you for the joy you bring to me!
Terry
I love your books! Looking forward to another one. Thanks for your hard work to write it and illustrate it. jmp
hope i am a winner…thank you!!!
Now that’s a purrrr-fect picture. So sweet. Love all of the blossoms! Busy, busy girl!!! Looking forward to the Fairy Tale.
So many of us – maybe all of us – are fairytale girls, aren’t we, Susan? This is a perfect title for your book.
That’s exactly what I think too.
By the way – has anyone mentioned your wedding dress? It’s gorgeous! So pretty! A lovely cover to match the perfect title.
Thank goodness!!! I was getting worried about you. It’s been a month with no word. I kept checking the blog hoping to find something new telling us that you hadn’t gone into retirement or something! A new spring, a fresh new beginning. Now I can stop worrying. 🙂 The pictures of the trees are breathtaking. Having grown up in Georgia, the Magnolia, of course, is my favorite. As soon as I saw the lilacs, I could smell them and my heart was happy. Living in a city in an apartment, we don’t have a garden and I so miss the fragrances and the visual glory of it all. Have a wonder-filled spring. And don’t stay away so long. We’ve missed you!
Helloooooo Susan~I can smell your lilacs…mine are just getting leaves here in northern Michigan…the ice bergs just left our Little Traverse Bay last Friday…can’t wait to read your next TWO books…you have been one very busy lady…xoxo…
Oh, to be on Martha’s Vinyard and smell those georgous lilacs! I have always adored them but alas, I live in Southern California. That doesn’t stop me from trying though, I planted a Descanso variety 3 years ago but it has never bloomed for me. It’s tucked away in a corner of my garden and I hold on to the hope that one of these springs it will bloom. Thank you so much for the beautiful post, so much to celebrate and I needed the reminder. Sometimes life gives you sadness & disappointment but there’s always beauty too. There are times where you just have to look a little harder for it. So looking forward to the new books! Thanks!
Ps…….adore the butterflys!
Oh my gosh – I have been worried about you and the other lovely inhabitants of Smallville! Missed you. Thrilled about your new book and cannot wait to get a copy. Also, it will be the perfect Christmas gift for all my wonderful girlfriends.
Thank you for sharing all the wonderful spring garden pictures – a bit of heaven on earth. 🙂
So excited about your new book! I can’t wait to read it! 🙂
So good to see you back, especially with a great kitty picture to start! Perhaps it was not easy to push so hard at the end of the process but it was a wise decision to put a hold on blogging to do so. We all await the enticing results! I also love the magnolia pictures and story. I’ve never seen any here in Minnesota, and assume they are not hardy. But in my coastal Connecticut childhood, I remember my aunt had one in her yard and I loved it and called it a Tulip Tree. Thanks once again for evoking a charming memory!
Hello Susan! So pleased to have you back, I check everyday to see if there was any new develops on your blog and equally excited at the “preview” of your new creation!! **Congratulations!!** You have so many comments, they are like the Spring flowers that pop up overnight in our gardens and woodlands!! It is so exciting to have something to look forward to!!
HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge!! What an adorable baby! Princess Kate is so unpretentious! Always looks lovely, well, what do you expect she is a Princess and has a Prince as her hubby and two adorable babies!! My cousin sent me the special souvenir pullout with all the best pictures of the baby and her parents from The Sun and The Mail. The articles speak of the strong connection of her names and that they are spot on! I think it trips off the tongue rather nicely!
Vanna will have to start daily workouts I am afraid to get ready for this next give-away!! 10 dives into that vast amount of names to choose the winners is a bit daunting!! It would be lovely to win! I took my Fine Romance with me in February, carried it in my purse everywhere I went and took a few photos of it in different places. I have yet to print off all of my photos! My cousin calls them Kodak moments every time I took a photo!
Have a great week!! So glad that everyone is healthy and enjoying Spring!!
Hugs,
Candice xo
I CAN’T wait until your new book comes out. Looks like it is going to be amazing! Looking forward to part 2 also!
So glad to see a new post, but understand, as you have been working very hard. Cannot wait for the new book! Love the title and the picture – sweet!
Missed you. Glad you’re back. Looking forward to reading your new book.
Susan, I am so excited about your new book! You have picked the perfect title for what I’m sure, will be the most beautiful fairy tale ever! Today (May 17)
my friend, Adele Cottrell, is 100 years old! She is a beautiful lady who first inspired me to believe in fairies. She has always said that they are real and I believe that she is right! Have you seen the proof that fairies are real (see “Fairies Are Real” on U-Tube)?Thank you for giving us another fairy tale to love!!! Have you thought about who will play you when your book becomes a movie? Looking so forward to October!
Have to think about that one! 🙂
Ohhh Susan…your yard is the place of fairy tales…how beautiful it blooms! Can’t wait for the new book…have a blessed day.
I just love your watercolor paintings!
A novel? How exciting! And I love the name.
How wonderful! A new book from you, to brighten the world a bit. Thank you!
So excited to read this book. I just love A Fine Romance. I look at it often…like every other day…often!!!
Blessings to you.
Writing a book — writing anything! — is such hard work. How nice that you have spring flowers to distract you, if only for a few moments. So looking forward to your new book. It sounds like such fun!
This is exciting news…So looking forward to your new books!
I am so excited to hear about your new book… excited for you and for US! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!
Love your blog. The spring flower pictures are so pretty! Would love to one of the winners of your new book! Thank you!
So relieved all is well. And now we have fairytales to look forward to. Novels …. what a good idea! They could be turned into films … or better yet … mini-series …. Masterpiece Classics! So what if Downton ends. You’ll supply us with years and years of stories to inspire and entertain us. (So glad you kept those diaries!) 🙂
Congratulations, Susan and thank you!
I have missed you so much!! So glad to hear from you! Lilacs are beautiful and very meaningful to me!! My Mother in law lived in the mountains and gave me an armload the weekend before our small wedding! I always have them for my April anniversary, unfortunately we must get them from a florist in Southern California. Not nearly as fragrant. Occasionally we take a trip to the nearby mountains so we can get some lilacly delicious ones!
I am so excited about your book!! ready to read it when it arrives. Thank you for all the hard work!!
Love to you,Joe and the Kitties 🙂
love it! the preamble leading up to the new book announcement, the two kitties in the same picture, and the new book itself. Thank you for writing and illustrating it!
All of your spring flowers look so wonderful–thanks for sharing them!
So glad everything is ok with you. I’ve been waiting patiently to tell you, I found Betty Crockers Kitchen Garden book. I found it at an estate sale in Essex CT on Main St across from the Griswald Inn in an early 1800’s beautiful house. I paid $3.00 for it. What a find, thanks to your encouragment. Best of luck with your new book. I love the name and can’t wait to get a copy and read it.
Good one! 🙂
Hello Susan,
Yes, I was also worried about you..glad you are well and writing….
OMG…the Lilacs…Is it even possible to grow those in Southern Calif.??
Fabulous…great Blog…Love the title of the Book…and yes…I believe in
Fairy Tales…100%…
All your beautiful Spring flowers look great..and beautiful…
thank you for sharing…
Carol O. in So. Calif. with your Red Toile Gravy Boat….xo
I was missing your blog, Susan, as was everyone else. Thank you for writing it on my birthday—what a lovely present! And the photo of the lilacs (one of my favorite flowers) was an added birthday bonus. Whatever you write always lifts my spirits. I also love the cover of your book.
Happy Birthday Pat!
I’ve been away, too! Home, sweet home, at last, and while I’m probably the only person on the planet who actually unplugs while away, it works out because then I get to open your blog for the first time in weeks and it’s like Christmas! Well, maybe in this case, more of an Easter egg hunt since you’re having a fabulous give-away – fun, even if I don’t win because you make us all feel like winners. Can’t even stand the excitement of waiting for your new book, Susan! In case you haven’t noticed, you have arrived. Congratulations and many thanks! XXO
Thanks for a sneak peek of your new book cover. Your butterflies look enchanting as I am sure the book will be, too!
This post was well worth the wait! I cannot wait to read your new book! Thank you for inspiring us and bringing delight and promise into my (our) lives. Sending love. <3
First, let me say…I absolutely LOVE the picture of Girl and Jack! Love! Love! Love!…Now, to the book…I’m doing cartwheels!!!!! This is such a wonderful surprise for all of us!…I can’t wait to read every single word, look at every single picture, admire every single bit of artwork!…Hurray to you, Susan! You’ve done it again!…What do you think? Enough exclamation points??? Yeah, I’m that kind of girl… :^)…Oh, and do enter me in the drawing, please. Thanks ever so much! Way to go, SB!
XOXO !!!!