Lincoln with his eyes open!

Lincoln's Birthday

Lincoln's Birthday

Lettuce, Spider webs and Rain

Spring is absolutely here. Lettuce is coming up nicely and all was right with the world until a couple of days ago. The rains have started and they just do not know how to stop. Our oldest is in Nashville, where we are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new grandson. Hoping now he will wait like he should because the city is just having the worst flooding they have ever experienced. Really afraid if we get the word to travel now, we will not be able to find our way easily. Praying that people all in this flood zone are making their way to safety and get a dry warn place to lay down their heads tonight and in the coming days. We have had a tremendous amount of rain in Ky. but noting like the devastation Nashville has had in the last 24 to 36 hours. Video I have seen is awful.

Busy few weeks

Went to see Over the Rhine again last Saturday. They were wonderful as always. I am a little bit sad that there are no true music venues for small independent groups though. If someone had the right spot and just a little cash, there would be money to be made and a lot of very happy people. It is hard for me to understand why a University town would not have more music in on a regular basis. There are great spots all over campus that have wonderful acoustics and just the right amount of seating. Just the acts that come in for WoodSongs alone would do well if they were here the day or the night after the Woodsongs taping. Oh well..... Here are a few pics. The lighting was dim and the lights were different colors so quality not great but it was a very good show.

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.

Snow brought the robins!

We looked out this morning and saw about 100 robins total flying in for an early Spring. We had about 3 inches of snow this morning with a few more scheduled to be here by afternoon. Roger had shoveled a path for Max to go out because he is so small he gets buried in just a small amount of snow. The robins landed right outside of our windows hense the smudges on the glass where Max's little wet nose has been.

Happy VAlentines Day!

My oldest son making his woo face

My oldest son and his wife are expecting a baby boy around the first week in June. I found this picture of Gabriel as a newborn to post because in pictures we have of him since he was very young, he looks towards the camera, holds up his number one finger and says wooo.... started with enthusiasm for sporting events but has carried over now as a joke. His wife gives him a hard time about it and I just wanted to show her that really he can't help it. Must be a genetic thing because he was doing it as a newborn! Too funny.

Another snow day here

It started out snowy. Three inches or so by 3 in the morning. It has turned over to rain so everyting is a wet slushy mess. Chances of more tomorrow I guess. I do have a little springtime in my window though. An Amaryllis bloom given to me by a friend at work. I look at it and think of Spring right around the corner.