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
Love your watercolors and your lovely pictures of spring blooming. Dogwood has always been a favorite of mine. we, from ne high desert cold Nevada, can’t grow them because we’re too dry. I remember, though driving over Donner Summit from Reno, Nv, to California and when you descend the other side of the Sierra Nevada mountains the green oak, juniper is splashed with brilliant white–dogwood. Lovely beyond words. thanks so much for your lovely blog.
I can’t Wait to read your books!
Susan,
Thank you for your blog. I love seeing spring on Martha’s Vineyard. Out here in CA it all looks pretty bleak with no rain.
Missed you, glad you are back. Congrats on the new book. Can’t wait to read it.
MaryAnn
I am so excited ….. this is such a wonderful gift from someone who really does care a lot about other’s happiness and joy. Thank you, Susan, for this perfect opportunity. Judy C
Hello Susan!! So nice to have you & know that all is well. Thank you for the BEAUTIFUL photos of all your Spring flowers, especially the lilacs. Growing up in California, I never experienced them until adulthood, and their scent is fabulous!! So looking forward to your new book; hope my name is drawn!! Happy Spring to you & nice to have you back! Oh, I almost forgot to comment on the photo of Girl & Jack side by side!! A REAL miracle!
Margie
Can’t wait for my copy to drop through the letterbox all the way from America to Scotland! Very excited! Thank you for working so hard for all us Girlfriends, Susan, you bring a lot of joy to our world X
You really are never too old for fairy tales. I am living one! I just married the man of my dreams in a gorgeous outdoor wedding in the mountains of NC and I am 53. Our fairy tale is just beginning – just in time!
I was beginning to think my link to your site was broken, but I’m so glad to know all is well and that you’ve been hard at work on something for our reading pleasure; I’m looking forward to The Fairy Tale Girl!
I’m so glad to hear from you, Susan! I love to see that spring has finally come to Martha’s Vineyard and rejoice in the gorgeous pictures you have included in the blog. I live in Virginia now but grew up in Massachusetts. I miss my mother’s garden which included two lilac bushes and a large patch of lily of the valley. So, to see your lilacs and all the other flowering trees and bushes you have shared in the blog.
I’ve been nursing a broken foot and only recently returned to my classroom to finish the school year. During my recuperation, a little spring came my way by way of a pair of House Finches who built a nest, laid eggs, and now have a small family of three babies in an Easter wreath I have on my door. The parents are dutiful and attentive but very understanding of the comings and goings of my friends and me.
My recuperation was made relatively painless because I was reading “A Little Romance,” which I love so much. I am so looking forward to your new book! As a teacher of young children, fairy tales are a big part of my reading curriculum. I was raised on them and remember my favorites well. Congratulations on this new endeavor, and I can’t wait to read it! A million thanks!
Glad to hear you’re back on your feet and with the kids again!
I agree, you live in a bit of Heaven! Can’t wait to read the book!!
I am looking for to your new book, and I always enjoy your blog.
SO excited! Can hardly wait for the new book– Preorder is complete!!
Oh Happy Day!!!! Can’t wait for the new book.
Thank you for the photos. Love spring and all the beauty that comes with it.
love the title of your new book and I can’t wait to read it! Thank you susan for all your wonderful books! They make me so happy!!!!
So happy to hear from you again! I’m so glad all is well and can’t wait until your new book comes out!
It’s a bright beautiful spring day here in Maine and yes, we too are experiencing all the wonderful miracles of spring. Glorious!!
Blessings to you, Joe, girl kitty and of course Jack.
Happy Spring! The earth is so lovely and green again and just smelling heavenly! So looking forward to the new book. A fairy tale is definitely a much needed read for us grown up girls who want to escape our everyday lives!
So glad to hear from you. I miss seeing kitty photos.
I can’t believe your pics!! They are so adorable! And now a fairy tale!!! You are amazing girl!!
Spring AND a new book from you–I’m in lily-of-the-valley heaven! You have been working so hard, and I’m happy for you that your book is going so well. I’d Never want to rush a season, but it is a nice sense of Carly Simon “Anticipation” to have a book from you to look forward to when leaves fall!
Whew, I was wondering about you Susan! When I don’t herar from my sisters, I begin to worry, so the same goes for you! So happy to hear about your book in the works! Good luck with deadlines! Cannot wait to see the final results!!
Thank you Susan for ALL that you do!
Love liliacs to when I sit on my deck it’d like sitting in a bouquet! Is there anything better? And everything is so wonderfully green we deserve it after our long winter
Cheers to Spring
The grounds look beautiful in full bloom! Can’t wait to get your new book! Love that you’re including pictures too!
I adore your journals, I’m always looking for the fabric type. Since you said you’ve had them for years, I am going to go back in time like I used to do and make my own with fabric!! It’s so much funner making them by hand than trying to buy something you can’t find exactly to our liking nowadays!
Thank you for the chance to win/read your precious new book. I can’t wait!!!
Susan, I (we) missed you soooo much and was hoping all was well with you and yours!!! Phew, glad you were just working your little fingers and large brain to the max! :-). Oh, I love nothing better than fairy tales and blossoms and a view of the sea. Le sigh! Oh Vanna, pick me!!
So glad to hear from you. We missed you. I can see you’ve had your mind on getting the book finished. Meanwhile Spring looks like it’s in full bloom on the Island. I enjoyed seeing Jack & Girl kitties together in the photo, and the tour of your yard and the view of the sea. And…I’m so excited about the new book. I’ve preordered it along with some other delightful items. Couldn’t find the book “Girlfriends” are you sold out? Thanks Susan for updates – missed you.
Yes, and unfortunately Girlfriends Forever is out of print, you will have to look on eBay or something like that.
welcome back Susan, missed you. glad things are okay there and that spring has arrived to the island. now could we quickly move on away from the Lilacs??? much as I love their fragrance, they make me sneeze miserably. I have a question for you, on that last photo on the bottom… what happened??? I see a car and a tree that looks like the car hit it and it fell on the little house… what happened there??? things are nice here, just introduced our first batch of peeps to the adult crowd in the main pen, up until now they would go outside to the play pen for the day. they are old enough now to be out in the main pen with the all the grown ups. we have a hen eggsitterin’ already, and hopefully a few more will get the hint, the ducks are laying so we will see if we get some baby ducks along with baby chicks. now if we could convince the rest of the hens to do a little eggsitterin’ we would be in business. the weather has been nice, cool but nice with afternoon rain showers and a few thunderstorms, more for the week ahead. I was so thrilled to see that the Duchess had a girl, how wonderful and I cannot wait see those little dresses for her. they will no doubt look charming, chic and utterly adorable. I am happy for them both, their family is pretty much complete now. well I have to get out to the henhouse and get the water tubs and containers cleaned up and filled up and feed the barnyard bunch for the day, also keep tabs on the peeps on their first day out with the adults. have a great day everyone, hugs….. 🙂
Hi Pat, nice to see you too! The photo is from my new book ~ just a sample, but I’ll tell the story there. Happy day in the barnyard!
thank you Susan, the peeps had a fun day out with the adults, they have a new defense method if the adults pick on any of them.. the swoop, swarm and swat method. they all swoop down on the adult , swarm all over them and swat with their flapping wings… it is hilarious to watch them. and they are such nosy birds, anything and everything gets their attention. the peeps are not too sure about the ducks, but they fascinate them with their quacking and waddling… you should come around here and sit on the porch with me and watch the fun. I sit on the front porch to watch the thunderstorms go by and now I sit out back to watch the peeps get along with the adults… life in the barnyard. 🙂
Still waiting for my own “Happily Ever After…”, but will enjoy reading about yours, whether I win it or buy it!
gray skies just turned blue! another book! thank you, Susan, for such a gift you’ll simply never know…….oh, that I could in return touch your heart so. blessings~
Dear Susan, I am so relieved to receive your beautiful e mail today and of course I am happy all is well. Being 87 years young, I am a mother hen and I worry about people I love. Thank you for the photos, I can actually smell the gorgeous lilac flower. You are way ahead of us in the spring flower arrival. We are now up to lots of violets and the lilacs are budding. I would love to have my comment entered in your new book giveaway. Please stay well and happy and good luck with your newest books.
Ruth Winkler
Your blog is my homepage! Your entries and photos brighten the beginning of my day!
I never knew you could do that! What an honor, thank you Claudia!
Loved, loved, loved A Find Romance! Looking forward to The Fairy Tale Girl.
Donna from Michigan
I just can’t wait to look at and read your new book. Must admit, we all have been waiting for this precious bit of work to be published. Bless you for thinking of us and making this available!
I have enjoyed all of your books and can’t wait for the arrival of Fairy Tale Girl!
Your artwork, especially the lettering, cheers me. After years of painting watercolors, thanks to you, I’ve created a blog and started lettering. What a joy this is!!
Exciting news! I can’t wait to read the new books!
A friend gave me your last book as a gift. I enjoyed it so much I bought the Fine Romance for each of my daughters. Looking forward to your new book. Everyone loves a good fairy tail.
Welcome back! I did miss you! You have been a busy little bee! Can’t wait for the new book.
Missed you, Susan. It’s beautiful here in Michigan too after a long, hard winter.
Your newest book sounds like so much fun – count me in!
How nice to see a post from you today!! It is cold, clammy, and foggy here and nothing is blooming yet, so your beautiful “springy” photos are a welcome sight!! Can hardly wait to read “our” new book!
Glad to hear all is well Susan. I plan on pre-ordering the new book to make my collection complete and if Vanna chooses me, I have the perfect person to give it to – my sis in law Lisa who is a new fan of yours. Crossing fingers and toes Vanna!
I would love to walk to the sea and sit and be peaceful each day. Unfortunately its a 3 hour drive to the nearest coastline …. one day maybe i’ll retire to the sea ….. girl can dream! Beautiful magnolia tree.
I’m glad to see you finally have some beautiful spring flowers on the island. It probably makes it so much easier to write your novel smelling those fabulous lilacs. They are my favorite in the spring and ours are already gone.
Can’t wait for the new book (hope Vanna pulls out my name!)
I so enjoyed A Fine Romance, thank you.
Thanks Susan for the update, I have ordered the presale book, but if I win the other one it will make a terrific gift! Love the spring pictures there on the island so very welcome after winter…I believe your long time away from us girlfriends was terrible with missing our chats, but in the long run glad that we have another book coming. After all you for sure know they do not write themselves. love to all. Suzy
every time I try to leave a comment it says I’m waiting for moderation. I do not see my comments so don’t know if I’ve ever been “moderated”. Hopefully one of these times I will be accepted. I so wanna be! Love your blog!
I am inspired by your beautiful art work and fabulous colors. Your photos of flowers, birds, cats and nature are truly beautiful. I also love your comments and keen eye with the Downton Abbey women and with their vintage clothing and hats. Thank you for such an interesting blog with your fantastic works!!
Welcome back! So excited for this new book!
I’ve really missed your blog. It’s like a ray of sunshine. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Looking forward to your new book.
First thing I was able to breath easier knowing all was o.k. with you. Second thing I am doing is putting my name in the hat for your new book, which I would treasure. So happy to read your latest blog, springtime is a very welcoming event after such a hard winter, love all the blooms in your yard, trees are beautiful- thanks for all of your hard work to bring joy and beauty into our worlds-
Since receiving Vineyard Seasons over 20 years ago, I have loved all your books and have given many of them to family and friends. So I am looking forward to The Fairy Tale Girl. I used to get your Willards by mail so long ago.
Your books, calendars, and other pieces of art are an inspiration to me. So much so, that I have finally started to try my hand at water colors, too. I have a long way to go yet, but it is fun! Thanks for being my inspiration!
PLease pick me! I’ve been a fan FOREVER!!
I saved ALL your Willard newsletters…Remember when they used to get mailed?? crossing my fingers in California!
Belen
I do remember, loved doing it.
There are so many questions I have always wondered about your life…..Maybe I will find the answers in your new book!!!!!
I think this is the one!
Happy middle of May to you! I was just thinking the other day, “I wonder what Susan is up to???” I love the post with all the beautiful Spring blooms! I would do a double somersalt if I were to win your book (And believe me, that would be a fairy tale of it’s own, lol!) Good luck to everyone : )
Our spring is always very slow to come here in Northern MN, so I really enjoyed your photos. I’d love to win your newest book!
Hi Susan ! Just wondering how you picked out the front cover photo for your new book ? I preorderd it yesterday so looking forward to reading it ! Stay Sweet !
I was looking for romantic and maybe a bit of a mystery.
I can’t wait for your new book……it sounds wonderful!
I’ve read and re-read ‘A Fine Romance’. It transported me to another place, something I haven’t gotten from a book in a long time….
Thank you for bravely forging ahead….
XOXO Barbara!
The island & your yard are beautiful. I’m in the middle of moving to a new studio, it’s great, and has a yard!!! So, of course the flowers were put in first! Now packing & moving huge bags/boxes of fabric, & sewing machines… so fun… ha!
Your book title is PERFECT! Of course I can’t wait to read it. You are such an inspiration to me. I’m restarting my quilting business, have a new direction, want to write, create, design…. and through you I can see it’s still possible, even at 50!
Life is so WONDERFUL…. when you DREAM! thanks for the great post!! Happy painting!
Love your priorities Holly!
Hi Susan,
I love the mysterious wedding picture on the book cover. Not all is revealed. It could be any one fairy dreamer, reaching for happiness.
As an avid reader, way back as a girl, I read every fairy tale book collection. There was often some door or secret that was off limits for complete happiness. As usual, it was opened or discovered, which then entailed a serious of tests or obstacles to be overcome, as life always goes. But after the struggle to overcome, the reward was a happy ending and lessons learned. Thank you for all the fairy dust you spread. Can’t wait for your newest reach in writing and colorful art!!
ooo Susan I cannot wait to read your stories! I think the titles are just perfect! I hope We can get them in England pretty quick too! xxxx
Susan,
Yes, I missed reading your blog, and I am so glad that you are back! Congratulations on finishing your novel! I love the title! Tomorrow is my birthday, and I have to keep reminding myself that I am not too old for so many things. Sometimes it can be hard concept to fathom. I really did appreciate your quote from Albert Einstein.
I enjoyed seeing your Spring on MV through your camera eyes. Here in NC, it is late spring and the hotter days have started to arrive. Summer will be here in next few weeks, with temps in the upper 80’s already!
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend! xoxo
Oh, I can’t wait to read the Fairy Tale Girl! I think you’ve given us all an inkling of what it’s about and how it will be, but I think if that moniker describes anyone, it’s you! Can’t wait to read every line and soak in every picture! Thank you for believing that everything is a miracle!
Happy to see a new post! Great news about the new books. Will be ordering them for sure. Your books have a special place in my bookcases and I pull them out often. They are a great comfort read.
Loved seeing Jack and Girl in the same photo!! Miracles do happen 🙂
Susan, I am eager to read your new books! Love your photos and art work. I’m just finishing reading the last Barbara Pym novel, and reading slowly as I don’t want it to end. I read them all, in order, and loved them. Happy Spring!
Me too!
Thank you for posting…you’ve been missed. Cant wait for the new books !!
It was worth the wait for all the spring photos at once. And so nice to see Girl Kitty and Jack together. Can’t wait for the new book.
Thank you for sharing!
So very happy to hear from you and to see you come up for air. We’ve missed you! Absolutely cannot wait to read The Fairy Tale Girl. Oh how you spoil us!!
Hi Susan! Love you and love your blog… And I would LOVE a copy of this book!!!!!
-Courtney
This was a most lovely post Susan…I enjoyed each of your spring flower photos as I enjoy the views of our flower gardens and our gorgeous lilacs here. And…I so believe in Fairy Tales…what a perfect title to your new book. It must feel so good that you are nearing the end of all of your hard work…with the fun part of water color painting now. Such a tremendous accomplishment for you. So anxious to read your new book. Happy Lucious May Days to you.
So glad to receive the newest post! Knew you were busy writing and thankful
You came up for air as I was beginning to worry! Can’t wait to see your new
Book based on your diary-Whee!
What a wonderful book too look forward to! Spring is a little late where I live. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at yours,
The watercolors are so beautiful. I think this is a wonderful thing, you writing these books. You have been storing this all in you for a long time and whatever you write is like music to me…like we are having a conversation. So gifted. Will look forward to a book or two or more. Thank you, Susan Branch.
And…my husband and I just back from two weeks in England and it was marvelous! I carried my Fine Romance with me and it was so fun…shared the recipe for sticky toffee pudding to one of the ladies on our small (14peeps) tour. I would loved to have done it your way but after riding for 2 weeks in the country in England, it was definitely not wise for us to drive anywhere in Great Britain, and most especially London. The trip was fabulous! And Princess Charlotte was born while we were there. Had tea at Kensington Palace the evening before she was born.
Sounds delightful Rosemary, welcome home!
Our “Stories” are nothing…unless they’re shared.
That’s when the *m*A*g*I*c* happens and hearts are bound to each other.
Out comes the Help, the Healing, and the HOPE we all need…
…that waters the Fairy Tale born in every little girl.
And you are one of the BEST at sharing, Susan…in words, pictures, and musica!
So many of our daughters, sisters, and girlfriends NEED to hear YOUR Story.
Your True Fairy Tale.
It really does rally the heart to hope when we hear the “before” side of things!
Your courage and vulnerability are great gifts to us. Thank you!
(??? How will we know which 15% is “Fairy Tale Fabrication”??? hahaha)
That’s the fun part! You have to guess!
Welcome back Susan…..we all missed you, but had a feeling you were hard at work on a project. I am very intrigued by your novel, and like everyone would love to win a copy. However, even if I don’t win I will certainly preorder a copy.
It’s always good to hear from your sweet, cheerful self…..especially after an absence !! What a beautiful picture of Girl & Jack.
As always, Susan, you inspire and delight me with your drawings and little sayings so I can only imagine that your new book will be a big hit with me and many other wonderful Susan Branch girlfriends.
I would LOVE to put one of your “speak to my heart” watercolors on my wall. When my husband and I were in Martha’s Vineyard last June celebrating my 65th birthday, we looked for your art but could not find any in the local stores. Any ideas where I might find one?
There aren’t any originals that I know of for sale, but we do have prints in our web store. . . if that helps.
Glad to hear from you! It is all good news. Looking forward to the book.
Your new book would be wonderful to add to my collection of yours, Susan! Thank you for offering us a sneak peek!
Hi, Susan! Just wanted to mention that some of us low-tech folks do not use FACEBOOK or, Tweet. So unless announcements are left on your Blog, we don’t know what is going on with you and yours. Could you please ask Vanna to include your Blog as well for info, updates, sales, etc. Your consideration to this is very much appreciated. LOVE that kitty picture of Girl and Jack!
I love reading your blog and seeing your beautiful pictures. What a lovely view you have from your windows. I am also a collector of Beatrix Potter things and enjoyed visiting her home 20 years ago. Would love to have your new book.
It was so good to see your post in my Inbox. Thanks for all the beautiful photos of the flowers and trees. Loved them. I can’t wait for your book.
Can’t wait to read your book! Absolutely love the name of it – it’s perfect! And with more to come – wow – be still my heart!
Love you Susan!
Lucy
Welcome back! Really missed you (was almost like waiting for Downton). Looking forward to the new book.
So glad you finally let us in on the secret! It was a loooong month without your update!
Susan, It is always a happy distraction from every day life when you share your surroundings! Yes, I was as pleased with the new little princess as if she were my own family and Charlotte was the name for which I cheered!
Did a little Garden Bed cleaning Today and our Lilac Bush/Tree, both Purple and White, is gloriously beautiful too. All of our Flowering Bushes, the Purple Rhododendron was outstandingly beautiful, have been impressive. Our Dogwood is looking a bit sad, so we have given it a bit of Miracid and had a chat with it. It is one finicky Tree and this year it is off a bit. Our long, and cold, Massachusetts winter still has it in a slump! So can you kindly explain to me the Cover Photograph on The Fairy Tale Girl Book? If this Book is autobiographical, than am I missing something? Did your skin change colors?
I was very tan.
Susan~
Hello from Alderholt Mill in Fordingbridge. Yes I DO believe in Fairy Tales…we started our UK summer holiday on Mothers Day by getting on the QM2 bound for Southampton. This is our first night so I’m a bit punchy – so nice to check my email and see a note about your new book – can’t wait to read it.
Cheers.
I’m wishing upon a star to win your new book!
We missed you! After this past winter, isn’t it wonderful that it is finally Spring?! Looking forward to your new books.
Your new series sounds so fun! Look forward to reading them!
Oh my gosh!!! Beautiful pictures of blooming flowers and that you have announced your new book….What more could a person ever need,can you tell that I am excited!!! Also wanted you to know that I so love your quotes that you have on your blog…..I love everything that you do, I can honestly say that when I get online your blog is the first thing I go to…. Diane
Oh for A Fine Fairy Tale, can’t wait, hope I win. Love to you and Joe.
Thank You !! Thank You!! I’m so excited about the new book. Your books are like old friends, I treasure them. I will be ordering two, one for me ( of course! ), and one for my neighbor. One of her young twin boys is fighting the fight with cancer, and I had given her a signed copy of A Fine Romance ( from when I met you in Grand Rapids ). She loved it !! I love introducing you to people!!
Welcome back! I love the cover of your new book. Love the dress. Anyone we know??? Can’t wait for my autographed copy…now to the “store”.
Just got back from the Cape. All your books are there and I hang one of your flags to let everyone know I’m home. Can’t wait for your new book. I keep missing your book signings on the Cape but I will keep checking .
After a rainy week, my northern Minnesota world looks.” green and clean’. It’s a beautiful,spring world. Looking forward to reading a fairy tale….I loved them as a child!
I can’t wait for the latest book. You’re always a breath of fresh air.
OOOOH! A new book- how exiting! Happiness
I’d love a copy of your new book!
Oh I just adored this blog! All the gorgeous flowers! Spring is such a wonderful
time to celebrate nature’s beauty. And to think- only two months ago we were
having a snowstorm!
So glad you’re back. It’s been a long month without you. Thank you for the beautiful spring pictures.