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
I’m so excited for you to be so close to publishing your new book! Looking forward to reading it and hearing more of your life stories. I love the stories you share in your books, especially your Girlfriends stories of chasing down the Beatles and your heartwarming Christmas stories of Grandma pulling you back into bed. I always read your fun cook books cover to cover the season before the actual season arrives, just to build the anticipation.
Wonderful Susan, Happy May to you! This blog is a virtual May basket ~ a beautiful surprise left on our virtual doorsteps, so full of gorgeous spring flowers and arranged with loving hands. As Darcy K. said, you have a gift for bringing us with you on your walks, into your home and garden, along on your travels and we get to experience the delightful wonder you realize every day. Thank you once again! And now a new book!! Two new books!! YAY!!!
XOXO
Your yard is lovely..I can almost smell the fresh air! Looking forward to the new book…If it is a fairytale…..I would love to see you draw a witch! I LOVE Witches, always have, always will. Take care, xoxo
I’ve drawn them before, but there’s no witch in this story, only a warlock. 🙂
Oh Susan, I missed you! But it was worth it for all this wonderful and exciting news! You are indeed a fairy tale girl, and I love, love, love the idea, and now the reality, of your unique novels! You have a gift for creating magic, and for sharing it with the world. Your bright light just keeps on getting brighter! What an inspiration to us all!
Thank you so much Rosanne!
Oh, I love your spring pictures and flowering trees and bushes. I have a flowering pear tree in Arizona but it blooms in January! Can’t wait to see your new book! Such a generous give away!
Dearest Susan,
Such very exciting news that was so worth the wait knowing that you have been so busy caught up in your creative world!! You were greatly missed, but your post today with the great info and wonderful photos of the kitties, flowers and beautiful artwork has me content that all is well!!! Fantastic title! I agree wholeheartedly that we are never too old for Fairy Tales, in fact I’m in the planning stages of creating a Fairy Garden. Looking forward to both books! Thank you for sharing!
I am glad you are back. I have been wondering about you. I am looking forward to the new book! My Mother’s Day present was my first Grandbaby!
That’s what I call “working it!” Congratulations on the best of all Mother’s Day gifts!
I’m so glad you’re back. I was a bit worried, but hoped you were having fun wherever you were! Great news about the book(s). I would love to be a winner and add them to my Susan Branch book collection.
Loved the photos of the lilacs and flowering trees. Spring is such a gift!
Brenda
It has been a beautiful spring! Well worth the wait!
I knew, when it was so long since your ‘birthday’ posting, that you were working on your book. I have pre-ordered mine with much anticipation and excitement!
Hello Susan, Thank Goodness everything is ok! You were very missed.
Thank you for sharing the pictures of kitties and trees and
bringing beautiful Spring to our very dry California. Going to preorder
The Fairy Tale Girl now. Wonderful title!
Is that you and joe on the cover? I really like it.
It’s a secret . . . you’ll seeeee. 🙂
Oh, boy! More to look forward to. I am currently re-reading A Fine Romance. On my way to pre-order.Yay!
Hi Susan, I was thrilled to see a new post from you! I’ve been checking everyday
and it’s been a long, dry spell! ha! I just put my pre-order in, but I would love to win another copy of your book. My friends and family loved A Fine Romance. Miss you so much when you are gone.
Judy from Arizona
So glad that you are back. Missed reading your most interesting and sweet blog. Looking forward to the new book!
I had a hunch we would hear from you today and Walla..here you are.
When we moved from CA I planted lots of lilacs as we couldn’t grow them in SO CAL. Not the fragrant types. I planted various shades of them and white too. It took a few years but this year they were Fabulous. Can’t get enough of them so we planted more last year. 🙂
Looking forward to your new book. 🙂
Good with the hunches!
Think the gremlins you speak of have forgotten to take my comments from waiting moderation to now read and added to your letters . Many comments have come after I posted early today, as soon as I saw the lovely new blog. Maybe I am just in the long list waiting to be reviewed…hope so..when will the drawing for the books be held…will know what to preorder …..have a great day …Kathie from Limerick, Pa
The new comments come and pile onto the old ones, and sometimes I can’t keep up, so the old ones get buried further and further, but look, I’ve just unearthed this one! 🙂 Oh I forgot to say when the drawing will be held, well probably about a week.
Thanks, I found answers to all my blog problems and an answer from you personally, as well….Thanks for all your creativity!,,,
Glad you’re back, I was getting worried!!
Can’t wait for the new book!!
I had a feeling you were busy as a bee with your new book, and that is why we didn’t hear from you, as we usually do. Isn’t is exciting that we get to order early and now maybe win a copy! Love that Girl Kitty and Jack are making friends with each other.
That was a good surprise, them were so close to each other! 🙂
How wonderful! I kept checking your Site and no site of it – and got so worried and promptly prayed that you are working on your book – thank God you were! Whew! Please don’t do that again – a word or a picture – will be worth it for
our sanity! 🙂
Don’t worry ~ I’m fine! 🙂
I’m so glad, you’re fine, Susan, but I didn’t know Tasha Tudor had even been ill until I got the e-mail that she’d died! ☹
I hope it was the same for her!
Oh, This is such Great news! I have made a new friend over the last 6 mo. and can’t wait to share YOU with her! My true sisters love you and my earthly sisters love you too. I am blessed! Thank you for sharing you talents!
Jaimee from Idaho
Susan, again my morning comment is in Moderation, way back.
This one is important! Please let me know if I’m not showing
up on your side. It’s about the Downton Abbey exhibit in NC.
Thanks, Julia
I’m getting so many comments, I’m having trouble keeping up — there are 139 waiting right now . . . I’ll stop commenting for a while and just try to get through the pile.
Yes! Each of our lives do have a bit of Fairy Tale in them! I look forward to reading about yours.
My daughter Lynette and I have been so worried about you. So happy to see you this morning! Waiting for your book to come out will be torturous but worth it I’m sure! Xoxo!
Welome back to blogland Sue, Joe and kitties!
That was fast!! Hope you feel happy with all the work almost done.
Looking forward to adding more of your books to my shelf-cannot wait.
Cheers for Spring, Charlotte and a new book from Peggy and girl dog
Sparky in Madison Wi.
I’ve loved your art for years and years. I have all your books and am excited about your latest book because I know I will love it, too!
Missed you….enjoyed the exciting news about the book. Hasn’t spring been beautiful this year? Love the lilacs!
Dear Susan, A magical title and beautiful cover!! I have many of your books and recently purchased your watercolor, Lighthouse Beach, and hung it in my granddaughter’s bedroom in my house and she loves it. The long braid matches hers and the cat in the basket looks like my cat, Cattybelle! Thank you for sharing your amazing talents. You are truly an inspiration.
Hi Susan – Happy to see your new post today and to hear your new book will soon be out!!! Congratulations!! I’m so excited for you and for me (for selfish reasons) Can hardly wait to read it!!!
I live in a city on the 6th floor………..yesterday I looked out my bedroom window and saw a bunny hopping down the sidewalk and the first thing I thought of was you and Peter Rabbit!! I guess a sure sign that you were back…….The new book sounds wonderful!! I lent my “Fine Romance ” to a girlfriend with strict instructions on how to care for it and a promise of a prompt return!! Glad you are back………..and oh beautiful is Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana…………Nancy in Canada
Susan, I was so relieved and excited to see your new post this morning! I was beginning to wonder if some not so wonderful things were happening in your life rather than the hustle and bustle of life and writing a new book. I’m so excited for your new book later this summer! As a child, I loved reading/looking at picture books, and though the stories in “chapter books” were far more exciting, I did miss the pictures. Your books are the very best of both worlds; picture books for adults!
Thank you for the reminder of baby squirrels and their cute little tiny ears! We used to have two giant elms in our front yard. It was always comical to watch the squirrels play tag between the trees. But, alas, the trees succumbed to Dutch Elm; down they came and the squirrels moved elsewhere. Ah well, the cycles of nature!
So glad you are having such a lovely spring!
Absolutely loved “A Fine Romance” – looking forward to the next books with great anticipation. We are definitely NOT too old for fairy tales!
So glad to learn that you and Joe are well and admire your tenacity to keep with your writing and painting this past month. As a fellow New Englander I agree that this year’s spring is especially welcome and beautiful. Like everyone else I look forward to your new book. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Susan! I was just thinking of you yesterday and even went to check your twitter to see if all was well. Glad to hear your absence was because you were making magic and telling tales. (ps…don’t you just love to look at boxes of watercolors?)
Thanks for the nudge about the princess Charlotte mug. Our family had a name guessing contest and my sister won so this is the perfect birthday gift for her. Shhh!
Can’t wait to read your novels. You were my original inspiration to become an illustrator so I’ve been waiting 25 years to hear your story.
xoxox and happy springtime on your Isle of Dreams.
Virginia
Oh I am SO excited about The Fairy Tale Girl! SO excited! Way to go, Susan!
So glad that you are back! I look forward to your new book. I am sure that it will be as delightful as your other books!
Hi Susan,
I’m so happy you’re back…I’ve missed your posts and now a giveaway, wow!
I would love to win your new book, and if I don’t win I will be ordering some for Christmas gifts. Thank you for your inspiration and beautiful positive thoughts.
Joyously,
Betty @ My Cozy Corner
Susan, I missed you so much! Your blog gives me encouragement through my day as a stay at home mom to three littles …. and I have a big announcement too, my three became FOUR!! We welcomed another boy (only have one girl, poor thing) he joined us on April 27th, 9 pounds 1 ounce, we named him Avery 🙂 He’s got a full head of fuzzy hair, soft as duckling feathers, and the most perfect little face you ever did see. My heart is bursting with love. What a lovely Mother’s Day I had. Take care, dear Susan, so glad you’re back!!
So excited to have another Susan Branch treat! Best news ever!! I just recently moved to North Carolina (Blue Ridge Mountains) from FL and for the first time in 15 years, I smelled the beautiful scent of lilacs…such a wonderful moment. Happy Spring!!
Jacqui G
Happy appreciating Jacqui!
So glad to see one of your posts again–I’ve been opening up your blog every day to see if you were back! Missed you 🙂 Your blogs are indeed a breath of fresh air to me. Thank you, thank you. Can’t wait to read your new book(s).
Susan,
Thanks for the wonderful flower pictures. I love the smell of Lilac in the air, and even though the Honeysuckle here is invasive, the two fragrances combined on a warm breezy evening is something I will always carry with me and love. Can’t wait to see the new book, it looks fabulous!
Thank for the update Susan! I preordered my copy yesterday..and I am very excited to read your fairy tale. I treasure all of your books and I read them again and again! We all should have room in our lives for fairy tales❤️
Oh Susan I was worried about you and kept checking but so glad you have a “Book” or even more. I anticipate it’s arrival!
Glad you’re back to us! So excited about the new book! You go, girl.
So excited about the new book – congratulations!!
Love all the beautiful Springy blooms that you’re seeing up in Martha’s Vineyard! Very excited about your new book! Fingers crossed!
So happy to hear from you again, Susan! I can’t wait for your new book, “The Fairy Tale Girl” to be published. Spring is certainly busting out all over your place. It’s breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing. Though I hope to be one of the winners of your book, I am preordering just to be safe! Wishing you many happy writing hours to finish your book!
Blessings to you,
Dawna
Lovely pictures, you are having a beautiful spring.
No Regrets is one of my most favorite songs and the way she sings it, lifts your heart. I’m sure your new book will be wonderful!
I’ve loved your books right from “The Heart of the Home”. And now comes a fairy tale…….wow. Lilacs are my favorite flower and I especially enjoyed your beautiful pictures.
I so loved A Fine Romance! So I am very excited about Fairy Tale Girl! Love your drawings, photography, recipes, home and garden, and how excited you get over things like lilacs in spring and squirrels at the bird feeder. My kind of woman! (Lilacs were my mom’s favorite. Since she grew up in Nebraska, but our family moved to Texas when I was young, I’ve only had the privilege of seeing–and smelling!–them on occasion. They are fabulous!)
I was wondering and a little concerned about you. Glad to see you back, with all the lovely sharing and pictures!!!!
I’m so glad you’re back! And with such a lovely post – your flowers are wonderful. I asked about you on Facebook and was told you were fine, but persevering on the book. The result is a fabulous title and cover! I look forward to having all of it in hand.
Happy to hear from you, Susan! We DID miss you! Spring has definitely sprung at your house – absolutely lovely. So excited about the new book! Just have to tell you a story about your last book giveaway for the Kitchen Gardens book. Not too long ago my best friend, Sandy, gave a copy to me that she had ordered online when I told her about the drawing. She isn’t one who uses Amazon very often, so she just picked one and ordered it. That was, of course, before the price of the book had gone up to $900 plus! When the book arrived, she discovered she had a copy AUTOGRAPHED BY THE AUTHOR! And my wonderful, generous friend gave it to ME! I am blessed to have her as my best girlfriend! We both love your books and blog. Hoping you will do a West Coast book signing with the new book that is close enough for us to travel to — maybe the Bay Area? Congrats on the new book!
Missed you. I am so excited about your new book and can’t wait to read it.
I know what you mean about auto correct….it’s a nuisance.
Glad all is well.
Oooo, the cover of the book draws me in! So pretty! I’m eager to read it, Susan. I’ve missed the blog, but I knew you were working on something special… worth waiting for.
Susan, Welcome back! Love the title and cover of the book. I really loved A Fine Romance, so I’m looking forward to your new book. The pictures of the spring blooms were a delight!
Have a nice day.
So wonderful to hear all of the news and see the gorgeous photos! I’ve already pre-ordered your new tome, but will happily give the other to my new daughter-in-law if I’m selected. And for baby Charoltte Elizabeth Diana…….did you get weepy like I did when I read her name? Congratulations on another accomplishment and on “birthing” your own new baby. Ain’t life GRAND!
I can’t wait to read it! What a great way to end the summer with your new book. The pictures are just fabulous.
Cheryl in California
A novel! How brave of you! Please enter me in your giveaway! Thanks and cheery wave from Bev
Oh, the glories of Spring! And to think it was not that long ago that we couldn’t see our neighbor’s mailbox because of our New Hampshire snow.
Isn’t Charlotte Elizabeth Diana the perfect name for the newborn Princess of Cambridge? I am so happy for Kate, William and George.
Susan, I am so excited about your new book and I think the title of The Fairytale Girl is perfect. I am keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that Vanna will choose my name.
I am so excited for you! And for all of us who get to share this adventure with you! Happy Dance time!
I like the cover.
I love all your spring photos but those lilacs are the best! We are long past spring flowers here in Oklahoma so it was nice to have them last a little longer with your pictures. I look forward to your new book!
Hi Susan ;
What a lovely surprise to find a new post from you!! And of course news of the new book, so, happy for you, how exciting for you! Missed you a lot, commented on it once, but saw a post about you being ok on your Facebook page, so tried to leave you alone. Felt guilty, because I figured you were busy on the book, or life and I should just hush. I hope you do know how much your blog lifts the spirit and inspires the homemaker, and gardner and the quest to be a positive person, really. You are a blessing. Love the cover of the book too!! Wish I could still wear clothes like that….and look good in them, lol. Happy day, don’t work too hard.
Yippee! I’m so excited for you and, I hope, for me too. You’re like a breath of spring fever and I’m over-the-top happy about your new book!
Big hugs and much success!
Congratulations Susan, I am so excited for you and have missed you too. The title is perfect for your book and I can not wait to read it and what will follow in this series. Your yard is gorgeous and must smell heavenly. Here in WI we are getting there a bit more slowly. The daffodils have gone, the tulips have arrived but I am still waiting for my lilacs to bloom. My hands are dirt covered as I have spent the morning cleaning out the vegetable garden and getting it ready for planting. It feels so good to have dirt under my fingernails once more. I am off to go preorder a copy of your book for me and my girlfriend Karin. So glad to know all is well with you.
I LOVE my signed copy of A Fine Romance and will treasure it always! Now I must, must have your Fairy Tale book! Thank you for caring so much about all of us. Surely you must know that we love you!!!
I make custom smocked dresses. Do you think Princess Charlotte needs one?
YES!
How lovely to see the two kitties sitting next to each other!
Glad you are-I missed your stories. Beautifull your lilacs outside–here they are not in bloom yet.
Looking forward to read your Fairytail book.
Have a great weekend
greetings,Trudy from the Netherlands
Thanks so much for today’s lovely post — it is truly a gift to see all this Spring beauty!
Can’t wait to read it! So glad you’re back blogging, I missed your wonderful posts!
Hi, Susan. So glad to hear from you and know that you are finishing your book! I can’t wait to read it. Pam
Wow, working so hard! Enjoying your spring photos–I keep going outside & finding something new in bloom….my favorite is ‘weigela florida variegata’ (shrub with two colors on leaves & PINK flowers, love it!)…the white lilacs smell divine. Love the script on your book, but the cover photo of folks with their heads chopped off is a little off-putting 🙂 Am sure it’ll be fun to read…however will you work thru the summer with all the beauty outside? What a challenge!
I adore your home, yard, garden, joy, exuberance for life and….your kitties! I’m sure the Fairy Tale will be a huge success, as I know I can hardly wait to read it!
Thank you for the inspiration and hope you so joyfully provide to all of us.
Sweet Susan your blogs are always a treat. Thank you a bunny bunch. I felt you were creating, enjoying the springtime treasures-which are too fleeting, but am glad to know you and yours are fine. Oh how exciting. The Book will be an instant sensation. Thank you. Enjoy the flowering trees, what a treat.
Love and bunny hugs
Shirley
Oh my!….I know that ‘Autumn’ is the last thing on most people’s minds right now…but I was wondering if you will be offering more of your Autumn charms? They have been out of stock for so long and I would love to have one!
Hi Susan!! I am so excited for the book(s)!! Wow, you have been working so hard. I do believe in fairy tales. One of mine is coming to an end right now, but there are other chapters to write. I’m getting my very first apartment on my own and I’m really scared, but it helps to know when you are embarking on new adventures, others (such as yourself), are also scared. Preordering these much awaited goodies is next up. I remember how exciting it was to get ‘A FINE ROMANCE’ in the mailbox!! So hip hip hooray my Girlfriend, we are all rooting for you!! ps. It was so wonderful that the Cambridges had a little girl. Just thinking of the outfits on little Charlotte and George, make me anticipate their future outings even more! <3
I wondered where you were! Glad that your spring finally came and that your project is on track for a good finish.
Wonderful post today. The island looks like a garden paradise. I’m so looking forward to your new books. I’ve almost worn out the pages of “A Fine Romance.” I know the new books will be as delightful as the previous books.
As always very worth the wait, spring has sprung, and… we have a book (or two)to look forward too. yay!!
Goodness my heart just jumped for joy. I think I’m more excited for this than I am for Christmas. Thank you so much again for writing another book.
Forgot to say that during the spring storms here in central Texas that a little squirrel and I mean small as a tiny mouse was blown out of the tree. How darling he looked. Made us so sad. Anyone know if the Momma would have come back for it?
Bunny hugs,
Shirley
Soooo glad you are back! Happy Spring – Jere
Looking forward to your next book. I give A Fine Romance as a gift all the time. In fact, planning a trip with a friend to take a Cotswold walking trip with a group of women inspired by it. Beautiful spring photos too!
Checked your blog almost every day. I missed it. But well worth the wait!!!! Would love The Fairy Tale Book to add to my Susan Branch collection. I like to pull the books out seasonally!
How exciting!! I would love to win a copy of your book. Beautiful spring pictures!
I’ve missed you, but knew that you were up to something special while you were away. I can hardly wait for your new books to come out. I gave a copy of “A Fine Romance” to my Mom last year and she raved and raved about it. She passed it around to her friends so they could read it too. Her Father was English and she felt a special attraction to your travels. We both love your style and ability for story telling. You have a way of making one feel like we are right next to you, sharing in the fun. Glad to have you back!!
Glad you are back. Loved the musica.
So happy to have you back. You make our days so much nicer!
Dear Susan,
Oh, how wonderful to see your post, you’ve been missed! I wonder how the island smells, with all the lilacs in bloom! I recieved a lovely bunch a few days ago for my birthday and our living room smells gorgeous.
And I am SO SO happy about your new book! I got some birthday money, and have placed my order! What a great present; I’m looking forward to it already!
Best wishes from Holland
Nicoline
Hi Susan! Pre-ordering 2 books – one for me and one for my Mom. Can’t wait to get them. Love the picture of Girl Kitty and Jack together – they’re so cute. Reading your blog always brightens my day. Enjoy the Spring! Andrea from Boyertown, PA
I love it Susan! You inspire all of us to follow our dreams and the desires of our hearts! Way to be brave! Tami
I am so excited about your new book! I have missed you, but I knew you were working away! You are always such an inspiration! Love you!
Oh my! Lilacs blooming, your new book out soon,
and a new blog to read today – life is good !!
Thank you!!
Me, me, pick me. Can’t wait for your new book!
Your book sounds wonderful. Look forward to getting it Enjoyed the blog today. Saw many spring flowers we have too. My favorite time. Thank you for the inspiration.
Congratulations on your new book – it sounds exciting! 🙂
I love the Spring flowers too Susan! You can never have enough of them around!! So exciting about your book!! Can’t wait to read it!
You are my all-time favorite “Fairy Tale Girl”! With a husband like Joe, you both live a REAL, day-to-day fairy tale life. Dreams do come true. I can hardly wait to share your book and read it from cover to cover. I’m sure it will ‘take me away’ better than Calgon ever could (remember the commercial?). I can hardly wait to FEEL like I’m a part of your new book. Thank you for working so hard on it. My life seemed to be on a dreaded diet without your regular blog to read.
We were getting worried about you Susan! My mom has been messaging me to find out if you are all right! Can’t wait to make a cuppa and curl up with The Fairytale Girl!!!
Love the idea for your book….looking forward to reading it! Fantastic spring photos…..I adore lilacs!
Spring has been lovely here too. I can’t wait for the new books!!