Winter or spring?
The weather has been absolutely crazy... Last week I took a picture of some of the blossoms in the orchard. I had planned on blogging with the title “Blooming Blossoms” since the cherry blossoms were out and it appeared that the peach and apple trees would be blooming very shortly. Then the cold front hit... The temperature at night has been in the the mid to upper 20s, daytime temps have been 20+ degrees cooler than normal. But we are so much better off than our friends and family in Ohio - Cleveland has had over 10 inches of snow this past weekend (more snow this Easter than they had for Christmas) and Bobbie the Nun reports that they had about three feet of snow in Chardon. Everyone is concerned that the fruit trees have been damaged by the frost. Hope the trees are resilient and survive this freaky spring.
Received an e-mail from Sue thanking everyone for their thoughts, prayers and well wishes as Mike became a Catholic on Saturday at St. Wendelin’s Easter vigil. She said it was an absolutely beautiful service and probably the coolest one of all.. she stated even six and half year old Joy was wide awake, watching and listening (well past her bedtime) as the service was over 2 hours and 10 minutes but who’s counting. Mike chose the name “Charles” after his grandfather and St. Charles Borromeo is the patron of catechumens. There was a lovely reception afterwards that everyone enjoyed in spite of all the snow. Kelly and Chris were here for Easter. Unfortunately Dave was not feeling well so he chose not to come. Jim put Chris to work, moving the wireless network so that we’d have a connection in every corner of the house. We also moved this huge tabletop (weighing over 230 lbs) to the patio so that when the weather warms up we’ll be able to enjoy dinner out there. We still have to shop for a grill. We plan on dining outside enjoying the sunsets and view of the mountains, orchards, etc. Speaking of dinner, we had the traditional Easter meal, but I decided to make garlic mashed potatoes, went to the local grocery store on two different days but the garlic didn’t look good (that should have been a clue). K&C purchased some in Leesburg and brought it with them... roasted the garlic for an hour as directed but it wasn’t soft enough, put it back in the oven for several more minutes.. the end result was less than optimum - I was really disappointed as the last time I had garlic mashed potatoes at K&C’s - they were delicious.. oh well, next holiday dinner should be at their house. Chris is obviously a much better cook than I.
There is so much more to write - will just have to make an effort to blog daily with shorter entries.
Is it Winter or Spring???
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
