Hoping this week finds you well. We just returned to a normal schedule yesterday - my son had the previous week off from school.

Is there anything more beautiful than Daffodils! We have had a chilly time here in New Jersey but, these amazing blooms have finally arrived!

I’m fortunate to have a few varieties here at the Chalet.

Arkle (Large Trumpet unscented)
Sun Discs (Small Double Yellow unscented)
Acropolis (White with Orange center - amazing scent)
Thalia (White with sweet scent)
Le Torch (Yellow with Orange center)

a mix from the garden (Le Torch and Sun disc)

Daffodils (plural noun): any of various perennial bulbous herbs (genus Narcissus) of the amaryllis family

especially: one whose flowers have a large corona elongated into a trumpet

Beautiful Image from White Flower Farm - where I purchase all my bulbs.

Friends while we were on break and the weather was rough - tons of rain and cold - (We also had an Earthquake Friday April 5th … that was crazy) so we spent a bunch of time as a family organizing around the Chalet. I thought it might be helpful to send my Spring Check List to my subscribers to help them with their Spring Cleaning needs. Look for that email - be well and I’ll see you over on Instagram.

Spring Awakenings! 4.5.2023

Delightful Daffodils 3.17.2021

When my sister came across this booklet from the spring 1980 Museum of Modern Art exhibition Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective I knew I had to share.

I attended with my sister and brother in law. I was a teenager and they were gracious to include me. Every monumental museum experience I’ve enjoyed in my life has included my wonderful sister. How blessed am I - I owe her so very much. So many amazing experiences!

When I searched the Internet asking what the largest Picasso Exhibition is/was - the answer was this MoMA event. Below is the first page of the event press release.

Look at the floor plans from a simpler time.

**Books on Picasso available through the Museum**

**Close Up Details for the Exhibition companion book**

I hope this trip down memory lane has sparked something for you. I love museums dearly. Not only for the beauty and inspiration but for my deep love of history. I’m lucky to have a few not far from the Chalet including; the Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Montclair Art Museum, Morris Museum, The Newark Museum of Art and the Thomas Edison National Historic Park which I’ve visited.

I’ve also visited these institutions in and around NYC: American Museum of Natural History, Ellis Island, The Frick Collection, Guggenheim, Intrepid Museum, The Met Cloisters, Neue Galerie New York, The Museum of Modern Art - or better known now as MoMA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art which I’ve been so lucky to visit too many times to count. As I’ve said before - it’s my second favorite place on earth after the Chalet.

Spring means the start of museum trips and I’m hoping to visit a few new ones this year: Merchant’s House Museum, Museum of the City of New York, New York Historical Society, New York Transit Museum (with my son too), The Morgan Library and Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Of course I need to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art too! So many places so little time! hahaha!

For a list of Museums in and around NYC click here. Til next time friends be well - find a museum near you to enjoy and I’ll see you over on Instagram.