A Lady In France

Awake, Thou Wintry Earth

Fling off thy sadness!


budding strawberries

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth


Your ancient gladness!


darling little apricots

(~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”)

delicate clematis

Guess who else is digging Spring?

A Young Lady who’s birthday falls not long after Easter!

So we celebrated in true Spring style

with colors galore

and Petit Princes who wanted to arrange things just so

and a medley of baking

and caking

and merry making.

Sir (fresh off the plane from New York) sits the children in a circle on the grass and asks them, “What’s more important? The treasure or the hunt?”

“The huuuuuunt!” they all yell running off for the first clue.

Treasure?

Treasure indeed.

To those Spring hearts who laugh forth their ancient gladness.

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  10. deborah l quinn says

    so lovely…seems to me that all that construction mess was worth it, if these pictures are any indication. happy spring… I’m tempted to quote ee cummings back at you, but will resist.

  11. deborah l quinn says

    okay, wait. I just re-looked at those cupcakes. you MADE those? I bow down before ye… and of course you meant for them to look like spring geraniums or hydrangeas? wow. you french (or french-affiliates) really are a breed apart : )

    • ladyjennie says

      I did! They are hydrangea cupcakes and the “how-to” is on my Pinterest board entitles “Sweet Treats” in case you ever wanted to attempt it. 😉 On top of that, the blue-purple ones are entirely sugar free. I was busting with pride. They tasted horrible, but never mind.

  15. Alexandra says

    Oh, I wish there was audio.

    To here all those little high voices pitching away in French.

    How I wish….

    Lovely, J, so lovely. You are blessed.

  17. Jane says

    Ahh, so sweet and beautiful! I love the hopefulness of spring when it snows and the blossoms on the tree hang on for dear life and somehow pull through. When the tulips pop forth their lovely heads and oh the daffodils. Here’s to a beautiful Spring in France.

    I will be in France in November, first, Lyon on business with my husband and then we will end the trip in Paris for my b’day. I have never been there that time of year, so will be a new experience. Until then, reading and enjoying your blogs on the beauty there! 🙂

  19. The Flying Chalupa says

    Happy birthday and happy easter and all that jazz! Easter eggs bouncing on the ceiling and those cupcakes, good lord, I must come to France just for those cupcakes.

  22. Mom says

    I’m sure I’ve sung those words. The cupcakes are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen.

  23. Kristen @ Motherese says

    What beautiful sentiments to commemorate a beautiful girl on her beautiful day. (And I join the list of commenters drooling over those cupcakes. Swoon!)

    Happy birthday to your big little girl!

  24. Patricia says

    How exciting to be walked through your daughter’s birthday ~ the colors, the cupcakes, the treasures … great fun and sweet memories.

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