April Showers

Where, exactly, did April go? It was a blur of holidays, rain and school vacations. But all this rain has resulted in a riot of beautiful colors and scents. Good and bad, I suppose, in that allergies are at an all time high. But I'll take the occasional sneeze anytime. I just love spring! It's my favorite season. I think it's because I feel like "I've done my time" and now deserve the reward of warm weather, sunlight, and blooming trees. I also like that its not too hot yet, and all the nice months of beach days and school vacation lay in front of us. Fall is temperate, but the looming winter prevents me from enjoying it.

So what's going on in our little online village? Lots actually. Wendy is busy working away at a new page that is going to blow every one's socks off. Plus we have a new calendar that has received such and amazing response, I think because Wendy is a wizard when it comes to making ordinary information look beautiful. We also have new features available with easy online payment. You can attach coupons to the calendar now for a small fee. It's a great thing, especially considering you are reaching such a wide audience (over 3500 people).

We have lots of new members joining. Greg from Sunrise Assisted Living called me today and offered a beautiful room for our members to use if they need it. He's a brand new member and already getting in the spirit of ThreeVillagePeople.com It's a wonderful thing.

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Happy Spring!!!

Post on our calendar for May

"It's been a long cold lonely winter....."

Ya gotta love the Beatles. They succinctly put into words the passing of time, the passing of generations, the passing of human emotions. Every March, the lyrics of "Here Comes the Sun" ring true. And those of usso lucky to live on this little parcel of Island have so much to look forward to.

For me, I have been raging a battle with my lungs for six weeka; flu, asthma, pneumonia. I have just about had it with the cold and the winter bugs. But I know spring is coming, I see the 200 tulip bulbs I planted peaking up through the hard ground and I am filled with hope.

I passed the Setauket Pond yesterday and looked at it longingly. "I'll be there soon to have a picnic by your bank" I thought I heard myself say. I daydreamed of the swans that are so beautiful (but honestly a little nasty) that come up on the beach down by the Setauket boat ramp. I love them in spite of their barking orders at me (not unlike my dear friend Lisa). I pine for Friday night pizza at West Meadow beach with my neighbors from Spaulding Lane, watching the orange ball of fire sink into the Sound. What a beautiful place we live. All the seasons are lovely in their own way.....but "here comes the sun" The best time to live on Long Island...and boy does that make me happy.

Enjoy!!!

Spring gets skipped!

Nice weather just in time for Earth Day (yesterday) and Arbor Day(today). Tomorrow is going to be summer weather in the 80's. Now I am not complaining...(well I am, a little, mostly because my legs are just not ready for shorts....a pasty gray color that one can only obtain from a winter in the Northeast). OK so what's the deal?...every year we go straight from Winter coats to shorts. What happened to Spring? It has become elusive.

I want to savor the Spring; marvel as my environment turns from gray and dismal to a cacophony of colors and vibrance. I'm not ready for summer. I love the summer....but part of the joy of spring is that it ALL lays before us; spring in all it's glory, followed by summer vacation, warm nights and sprinklers showering dry lawns, sprinkled with the laughter of children.

I guess this is all a metaphor of sorts. Life moves too fast. My poodle is turning gray, my boy is becoming a man, and I too am changing at break neck speed. But I am wiser too. And in my wisdom I realize that we have to savor each season, each phase, each era. Now is all we have....the precious present. Seize the moment. Enjoy. It's going to be 86 degrees tomorrow...I better go tan those legs.;-)

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