Went to the riverwalk in San Antonio today. The weather was absolutely beautiful. Just a great day to be out and about and alive!

Texas Bluebonnets and wild flowers

Spring

I always get a little nostalgic in fall and spring. In fall, I dislike everything (plant life and all) dying but there is a sense of acceptance because everything has played out and it is time. As much as I love spring and the wonderful feeling all of the new life around me brings, I can't help but to feel a little melancholy. I think of all the people in my life that have passed and are no longer on this earthly world to experience the beauty of rebirth one more season. I spent the afternoon trimming, unearthing, raking, plowing and planting and could not help but to think of the people I love while I was experiencing the excitement and anticipation of new life.

Gabe and Melody's baby shower

Max says he hopes everyone had a great St. Paddy's Day!

Daffodils - a poem by by William Wordsworth



I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.



I cannot wait to see the first blooming wave of the daffodil. Mine are up but not showing blooms yet. I have seen my first crocus bloom and am eagerly awaiting the forsythia show. Sometimes they bloom on my birthday but not this year.

Fallen Firefighters monument

Sunday before last was glorious. We went down to see the new monument and to find Roger's date of service brick. Here are a few quick pics. I will add more later.