You know spring is here when

There's so much to talk about that's related to the weather.  First, as much as I enjoy the other seasons, there's nothing like warm weather.  The photo this week is from Timmy in Mexico, who had gone camping with friends to a place called Mulege on the Pacific Ocean.  Looks nice.

You know spring is here when....

-- the lawn mower starts on the first try.

-- the barbecue starts up on the first try (burgers last night)

-- it's burn day (to burn all the brush from the previous year)

-- you clean out the garage.

-- you see the first crocuses

-- your friend in Maine says he still has a foot of snow on the ground.

All the above happened over the weekend.  How great is that?

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Some news: Joe ran into the London marathon this weekend; into, not in, as he was out for a morning run and ended up running into those hurting people running the marathon.  Margaret is finishing up some big projects for her coursework, as is Annie.  Annie has been arranging a bachelorette party for Margaret as well.  Mary swam in a meet yesterday, and has been helping the economy out, shopping for our trip to Florida to see John and Marilyn next week and for the wedding.  Me, I have crossed a couple of thresholds to finalize my thesis (defense and rough draft and revisions) but still can't say I am done.  Soon, I hope.  And, channeling John Boyle, if someone ever hears me talking about a PhD, I have a baseball bat that I want you to hit me over the head with.  Knock some sense into me.

This week we opened our website for our project to return to Gabon hopefully next January: encoredelapaix.org.  

Sports has been a big part of the past two weeks; heard from Andrew who was all over the March Madness with Daniel.  He almost won the Warren Buffet 1 billion dollars on his bracket, but I think he had Wisconsin beating UConn.  Go Huskies.  And baseball has started; it's too early to look at the standings, especially if you know your team is in last place.  Go Reds, please.

Here's a new one:  April 10 is officially Siblings Day.  Sorry David, Peter and Andrew, I totally missed that one, so happy belated siblings day.  

Speaking of siblings, David has been in the news quoted on a major fraud report.  And thanks for the updates from Germany Peter; sounds like a great trip.  And on Sunday, we'll see another sibling as Dan comes up to join us for our traditional Red Lion Inn dinner (fourth year!) along with Annie.

So, happy Easter everyone.  We made it.  Love from up here.