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Spring is Bursting out all over! And Thea's Birthday!


The crabapple tree in the front yard. The one time out of the year that the tree looks nice.

The lilac bush in the back yard. We've had such a lovely cool spring that the lilacs have actually been in bloom for about a month!


Yummmm - cupcake recipes! Thanks Auntie Anne!



Ooooh and a beautiful apron!

Here's Thea making one of the cupcake recipes!

Notice how the cupcake cups are arranged.

And here are the finished cupcakes. They were delicious!

And here a couple of pictures of my friend Steve's amazing garden. I took these photos today (May 29). These are tree peonies!! Aren't they amazing. I've uploaded more photos of Steve's amazing garden on Flickr.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Mom!My birthday?Oh and you forgot Dad's birthday,the bathroom and Granny and Grandpa's 50th anniversary!Good thing they don't have a computer!
Thea
June 1, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Anonymous said…
Mom!My birthday?Oh and you forgot Dad's birthday,the bathroom and Granny and Grandpa's 50th anniversary!Good thing they don't have a computer!
Thea
June 1, 2008 at 8:35 PM
aniexma said…
Your crabapple tree and lilacs look fantastic (our lilacs haven't bloomed yet). Thea, the cupcakes look really fantastically yummy. It puts me in the mood to bake!
June 2, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Anonymous said…
Mmmm...cupcakes...
June 21, 2008 at 1:40 PM
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