I hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating all of the special mothers in your life. Spring has finally arrived in Wisconsin and we are enjoying a beautiful sun-filled day. If you need a little break this week, check out my favorite links from around the web…

• "Grownups shouldn't finish books they're not enjoying."

• A farmhouse where every room or building is a different theme? And the twig pagoda corbels are definitely on my radar!
  

• This was a fascinating read. No pity for the royal obstetrician who shot himself, as he enjoyed a quick and painless death, unlike the young queen on whom he refused to use forceps, and who then suffered a 50-hour labor followed by hemorrhage and death. Also, I hope you don't hit a paywall but I was entertained by the way the WaPo riffed on the new royal baby's name. 
  

• Thank you Met Gala for this divine way to light up the glass house at the farm! 
  

• Proof (if social media is scientific) of the appeal of women who embrace their age.
  

• It's still freezing here. I'm making this for dinner tonight.
  

• Thank you Dot! A plan for a chicken band.
  

• What a sentence: "The General was stiff when he should have been soft, and vice-versa." It's in the excellent 6-minute story titled "Seven Romances," written by Ira Sadoff in 1976. Also, here's a book store to add to your bucket list.
  

• Prom in Wisconsin a week ago.
  

• Thank you Dot! A plan for a chicken band.
  

• Milwaukee Buck's fans will love this story about Giannis. Make sure you get through the more political first half to the very illuminating second half. What a guy!
  

• Antiques of the Week:  Looking at chairs this week and fell in love with this pair. Also these: vintage Italian ceramic snow leopard figurines.

Photo by Tatyana A. via Albumarium.