Surprise!

One week ago on a Monday morning, Wendy started her barn chores and found a surprise. I went over to the farm to see...

Surprise!

On the saddles Toby registered his non-excitement...

Only a day or so later, Wendy sent this...





So, little Surprise is faring well with his new mama Ophelia.

Then, I got down to brass tacks and began an assemblage of mountainous paperwork for a possible senior housing apartment among the Mennonites of Lansdale. A week later and I'm at the top of a paper mountain starting to descend the downward slope hoping to finish in plenty of time to get ready for Gloria's arrival from Tucson and Marge's arrival from Charleston, which by some unplanned miracle, brings them to Philadelphia International within two hours of each other. Marge will pursue a committment she has here before returning to resume her wintering in Charleston while Gloria and I head to the Philadelphia Flower Show and another day to Longwood Garden's Orchid Extravaganza.

Keoni has been busy visiting Iowa schools. The Ottumwa Courier published a nice story about it. By the week's end another surprise was a text from him that he was on his way to St. Louis with the conductor to hear the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He texted from there...

Sandy, at some point picked him up and took him out to Jeanenne and Larry's where he stayed the night. (I think.) There, a big bunch of his cousins had quickly gathered for the impromptu visit. Here they are...

The Clark family, and Keoni and Sandy. And that's not all of them! Some were away visiting other grandparents.

Keoni has, no doubt returned to Iowa for the rest of his two-week stay there. Next weekend he'll have three orchestra performances.

This weekend Aidan played in a very enjoyable PMEA Concert. After the concert...

He and his brother are getting together sometime next month and playing at the church here. Keoni will be back on Spring Break. (I think.)

Sandy continues to draw and shared some again...

From her visit to the Flight 93 Memorial here in PA.

Marge takes four-mile walks in Charleston and shared some sights she encounters there...

Back here in PA the seagulls that hang out around a shopping center about a half mile away were grounded in the pouring, 34-degree rain...

It's a couple days ahead, but it's always a good time to send some love your way...