My sojourn at Marge's is almost drawn to a close. She'll be back from the warm(er) South by mid-week.

The snow that hit the region stayed north and east from us. It was only flurries here after considerable fluffing of weather feathers on the dramatic weather broadcasts. So, by the time Marge gets here, it will be spring again. Lots of her flowers are opening and the mighty wind today has somewhat dried out the squishy landscape, as well.

At Marge's which is 20 minutes away from RR. It's actually a couple degrees colder in Quakertown. Surprising how that makes a difference to the blooming schedules.

I've resumed my afternoon walks around Rhapsody Ridge and Keoni and Aidan accompanied me several times.

Oddly, on this walk, the frogs had become fairly quiet. We went to the little pond and found that there were clouds of frog eggs with dozens and dozens of blips on the surface of the water. Tadpoles! So, I guess all the racket the frogs were making last week was procreation in action.

The little white dotted clusters are the eggs with little polliwogs in them.

Even in the dead of winter when I am walking along the fields the earth is busy with forming life.  The leafless trees belie all the action going on. Under the ice or snow, it is as if the ground is breathing life. If it is very quiet there are sounds, little blips and gurgles, or maybe when the air is still, just a certain smell--wet leaves, dirt...it's not dead; it's busy.

It's Lenten season and next to this wing of the church Spring has brought her glory.

Some stories for the church newsletter kept me busy for awhile. And, a visit to the ophthalmologist had good news. The old lens piece that was left in my eye after the cataract operation is now gone. It successfully self-absorbed after more than five months of five times a day eye drops.

It was special having Keoni home for his Spring break which was graciously extended by his school so he could play a solo with the Warminster Symphony Orchestra. I had a good seat so I got the whole performance of Wieniawski's Violin Concerto #2 on my iPhone...

Here's what we looked like after the performance.

Enjoy Springtime everybody in the Northern Hemisphere.