On Pine Street: wedding parties, weeding, and how houses respond to love.

Marilyn and Douglas claim their wedding is not a "love match," although in Franny's eyes their love is unmistakeable.

Franny and Leo speculate about Marilyn's upcoming wedding, and whether love (especially the married kind) has anything to do with intelligence.

Alison visits the coffee shop, where she manages to surprise her friendly barista Kassandra. Not with her order, but with her choice of reading material...

Meanwhile, Alison explores one of the older neighborhoods in town. Something - the brisk wind, the shabby old houses, or the notion of coffee - lifts the weight of dread, just a little.

There's a wedding in Franny's future.

While Franny and Leo enjoy a lunchtime refuge from the wind, Alison ventures right into the face of it.

Franny finds the joy of cooking, for herself and for others.

Wind, soup, and lamps = the recipe for mid-life love?

Spring finds Franny - with lilac blossoms, sunshine, and of course, that diabolical wind.