We've been enjoying spring now that it's finally here. Phoebe and I picked "Dandi-o-lions" yesterday. She wanted to pick "all of them" but as you can see behind her, I wasn't up to that task.Ring around the Rosy was led by Tona at Siobhan's birthday party last weekend.
At dinner tonight, Phoebe went with a green theme. She's really into color-coding her dinnerware these days.
And as you can see, our garage was demolished, and a new pad is to be poured Thursday. We're looking forward to a roomy garage that I can build some quality shelving for storage, a nice workbench for gardening and woodworking, and of course a place to park both cars. After last winter, this project moved to the top of our list.
The massive brown area is our newly tilled garden with a fresh 6 cubic yds of compost (aka "horse poop") all over it. Good thing our neighbors are cool. It smelled like the state fair cow barn around here until the rain last week :)
Otherwise, I have been working like crazy: I'm moderating an online class currently while also teaching all day. This summer I'm going to venture into the world of "consulting," for lack of a better term. I will work with teachers to improve teaching practices. The work will be with a small corp now owned by Scholastic. I'm travelling to Ocala, FL and Texas twice this summer. Really? Ocala, FL on the Summer Solstice? Not my idea of comfortable. Remodeling's coming along here with not much planned after the garage. Alisa's painting and I'm still doing trim upstairs--neverending!
We're off to Portland to see Mat's family this summer. Phoebe talks about "flying on a plane when it gets hot outside." Should be fun! We're looking forward to the visit!
Andy
