Winter?

I'm not complaining... but I'm a bit of a worrywart.  I keep thinking, winter's going to come, and it's going to come hard, and stay till May.

But, I keep trying to make myself an optimist, so I take the girls outside, enjoy the springy days, and try to convince my inner pessimist that she is wrong.

This is called discipline.  Or torture.  Elena is sitting inside because she hasn't finished her lunch.  Anni is just as upset, because she wants her sister to come play with her.

And finally, we walked over to Cliff and Marilyn's to perform an ancient "come home" spell.  On warm days like this, it is very strange to go outside and not say hello to at least one of our neighbors!  All the other snow birds seem to be coming back, but we'll have to wait for April for the Kaufmans!