Monday - 360th

We have two days of unusually warm weather. More like May stuff, really. On this day, however, my mind is elsewhere. My first task in the morning is to call the car dealer and schedule an appointment for Blue Moon. It has an unfortunate rattle somewhere in the front panel or possibly under the hood. But you know what the nice thing here is? Ed and I don't have to trouble shoot and locate the noise source. I'll leave it to the mechanics!

Breakfast, prepared quickly...

 

... because we need to be ready for the arrival of this awesome twosome.

They are spirited and high energy!

And full of ideas on how to play.

(And what to eat...)

Snowdrop does have to return to Zoom kindergarten in the first half of the week. That proved to be tricky when we were shuttling the girl back and forth between households back in December. But this time the demands seem to be fewer and no materials are needed (that I can figure out). Still, it can be tedious...

And by noon she is done and we return to... kicking around balloons.

A few hours later I drive the kids home. Ed goes out on his first bike ride of the year (it is that warm!) and I give serious consideration to taking a nap. But no. I cannot! It would be criminal not to take a solid walk in such fine weather. (We are near 60F, or 15C.) And so I take a solitary trek in our local park, and I think about the spring season, and how we lost so much of it to the pandemic last year! A day like this makes you believe that this spring will be different. Better for everyone. Really, that is my constant hope.

I cook up an easy supper. Ed and I both could do with something quick and dirty. Cheeper eggs! With local mushrooms, local spinach, and not so local smoked salmon.  I'm betting that we'll both doze off over that bowl of popcorn later tonight!