I remembered about 7;30 yesterday morning that I had offered to bring muffins to the Small Group meeting at 10, so I made them quickly before breakfast. It was cool, but sunny when we went for a quick walk and checked the garden. The deer had eaten the orange tulip--before I got a picture of it. but the daffodils and iris are lovely.  And the asparagus are faithfully coming up.

apple tree buds

Asparagus

I enjoyed the small group meeting at Heather's house. We talked about travel and I remembered and talked about some of the great trips I have taken--the summers in Nova Scotia, the visits to France and Spain.

Then I headed to the Land Trust, which was vaguely dissatisfying. I went to Earth Fare and bought a few things before picking Ray up about 5. We got home and I got right to work making beef stew. I had invited my parents to come for supper, as they were just getting back into town from a long trip. They arrived about 6, admired the garden, and talked about the cruise and the drive home. They also were impressed by the paint job in their old bedroom. They left after 8 and I watched some of a movie, but turned it off at 10 and recorded the rest.