Spring Ramble Along the River

Today I had a little time to myself, the first in a while, and I spent about an hour of it rambling around the trails by the Mississippi River.Even though most of what I saw was brown and muddy, there were a few splashes of color.
Ahh, Spring.

Happy Easter

We had a lovely time today, mostly spent outside enjoying the Spring.


Perfect weather for croquet.
We may have created a monster

Funny

As I am clearly in the middle of a felt frenzy lately including this little number for the Elder Hug-a-Bug who is in danger of losing her second tooth at any moment, I was tickled to see this linked on a friend's facebook page. Head on over, it's too funny.

Kitchen

I have been spending a lot of time in my kitchen lately.
Not doing thisso much as lots of this


Unfortunately, I also have this to show for it, which I don't have to wear all the time, but should wear more than I do.
It just gets in the way when I am doing what I would rather be doing like this
and this
Anything new and exciting out there for you all?

Spring

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the [shepherds pipe]1 all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring! The sweet Spring!

Thomas Nashe

From the Fifth Lamp, Viewing the Floodwaters

Here are some views of the Mississippi River from the Fifth Lamp Down.
West

March 2008March 2010
East
October 2009
March 2010 (this is usually all grass here, and you can see the road to the parking lot disappear into the water)
The waters are rising in Saint Paul.
We're at about 4 feet above flood stage, lots of parks on the river have closed due to rising waters and unsafe currents.
From up here on the bluff, we get to watch in safety and amazement at the awesome power of nature.

What have I been doing all week?

Well, let's start with this -
And lots of this -

While listening to this -And with a side of this -Have a great weekend everyone!