Good Morning!

This is what greeted us outside this morning.

Eggs on Toast claimed he was not cold.  I said, "You will be.  You...will...be."

Better than Spring Flowers

There comes a day every spring, not too long after the snow has melted and the air has a hint of warmth in it, when the boys and neighbor children rediscover the joys of the sandbox.



Witness the peaceful contentment and complete absorption.

Spring Snow

Winter is always reluctant to leave around these parts. I continue to be amazed at the bipolar nature of the weather in the spring. Yesterday temperatures reached 70 degrees and then we woke up this morning to about four inches of snow. I sent Eggs on Toast out to take some pictures of it.







He obliged, complete with self portrait.



After breakfast the boys all went out to get their fill of the cold, wet stuff.











A lot of it melted throughout the day and now it is snowing again. Ten minutes later--now it's not.

We Looked Out the Window and What Did We See--Snow?!!

Did you notice that today is May 24? Well, it is, and it has been snowing all morning.



Do you see the white stuff? It's not just on the ground, it's falling out of the sky, too. Still. As I type this, two hours after these pictures were taken.



On our way home from dropping the school-boys off, Junior said, "I wish it were Halloween. Is it almost Halloween?"

Then when we got home, he turned on our "Christmas with the Chipmunks" CD and we've been listening to "Frosty the Snowman" and "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" (and everything else).

By the way, it's May 24. Did I say that already?

Still snowing.

Spring

Spring is nice.

In fact, I love spring.

I could do without the hay fever, though. Praise be to Loratadine.

At the beginning of the week the days were sunny and the temperatures came close to 80 degrees. Then we had a day of storms. We had some rain, some thunder and lightening, and some hail. Then it rained all night. Then in the morning it snowed. Then the sun came out and the whole rest of the day was sunny but cool. Now today it's raining steadily with a heavy cloud cover. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warm again. I love having warmth, sun, storms, cold, rain, and warmth again all in the same week. It's kind of exciting.

I love seeing the vibrant green and the blossoms and bright flowers where there used to be brown.

I could do without the weeds already proliferating in my yard, though. Praise be to Round-up and Preen.

April Snow

Here are some pictures I took of this morning's snow, all melted now.

Hiking the "Y"

Last Saturday we hiked the "Y", a 2.4 mile hike. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Mountain. It was a perfectly beautiful spring day.

We're tough, man.