Spring Has Sprung

 Winter is over!

I did manage to do a few more puzzles:

I also made another tea cozy out of old mask material, this one was for my sister-in-law.  It's a bit straighter than the first one.  I think I have enough pieces to make one more!

I have taken many chances to walk outside with Stella.

Things are definitely blooming:

the rhubarb is up!

The apricots were blooming too, but the below freezing temps this week froze them all (again!)  I think it might have frozen the buds/blossoms on our fruiting pear tree too. 😢

they were gorgeous while they lasted!

We took a quick trip down to VA while J was home for Spring Break.  Her BFF came along (so we had 3 teenaged girls in our hotel room!)  L went for a college tour at our alma mater, EMU, and then we met up with JP's sister and brother-in-law to show them our "retirement" property down there.  We had dinner with them, 2 of JP's cousins, and his niece and her BF - 11 of us altogether! 

The following day, the girls and I walked around downtown, checked out a couple of little shops (including a favorite, Ten Thousand Villages), art galleries, and a quilt museum before heading back North to PA.  The last 2 hours, JP drove in blizzard conditions and could barely see the road at times!

I'm not sure how much breaking J had for her break - she was working on some paintings much of the time, AND we did her taxes before she headed back to school!

So, now we are waiting a few more days for the nights to stay above freezing so that we can get some peeps and plant the peas in the garden.  It shouldn't be much longer!