Ahhh spring...the Jeanne d' Arc way...

 This magazine, these pictures, sigh, just makes you feel so good, so ready for a day where you be outside, in the sun, in the earth, hands dirty, the smell of soil, robins in the yard, the promise of spring.

 Bring the outdoors in, the indoors out, fill anything you can with something green; baskets overflowing with delicate ferns, industrial filing drawers each filled with a different herb, the classic urn, or a stately Wardian case showcasing a prized orchid or two.

April's Jeanne d' Arc will bring you into spring, gently, beautifully, perfectly. Preorder yours here. April's issue arrives in the states around April 8th (available only in select boutiques throughout the United States). This an SO MUCH MORE for you on my website, more vintage items to be added this week. Enjoy!

SALE SALE SALE

One of a kind jewelry creations and lots of spring goods now on sale online. Act fast! Very limited quantities! Have fun!

They Are Here!

*****UPDATE**** Just opened the boxes this morning and they sent me the Danish text by mistake. Rest assured the good follks at JDL already knew the error and the English version is in route to me as I edit this blog post.
Boxes from Denmark arrived yesterday! Today we will be furiosly wrapping, packing and mailing to all of you who preordered February. I have a SCANT handful available if you still need yours...go here to order. Enjoy!

Pseudacris crucifer...

(Listen...you can hear them too, turn your speakers on.)
Last night I heard them...wasn't sure so I had to step outside on the front porch for a better listen. After the door closed behind me it was silent for a minute or so and then there they were. Faint, not in the pond by my house, somewhere across the fields towards the wetland area but definitely there or should I say here. Yes, they are finally here.

Here in Ohio pseudacris crucifer, or Spring Peepers as we call them, hibernate under logs and loose bark of trees from around October to late February early March. Warm spring rains bring this nocturnal frog out again to search for their mate. Only the males have the ability to make the high pitched peeps that we hear thus earning them their name.

When you have several hundred in a pond it is quite a chorus (or cacophony depending how close your bedroom window is to the pond). But for me it signals spring. While it has been in the 60's and 70's here the last 3 days we are looking at 40's this week...but it's coming, just as the peepers did.

P.S. On Martha's Vineyard spring peepers are referred to as "pinkletinks", in New Brunswick, Canada they are called "tinkletoes", in parts of the southern United States they are sometimes called spring creepers.