Is It Spring Yet?

Here we are more than half way through April and the tulips are just beginning to bloom, the magnolia tree had almost no blossoms on it, and the trees are just starting to show a little green.  Weather has been nice for a few days, but now it's back to rain which is expected to last into Tuesday.  Any time now!

The unspringy weather hasn't slowed us down at all though.  WonderMom and I took advantage of the nice weather to clean up the flower beds in the front yard.  Still have a lot of work to do in the back, but that'll have to wait for the next dry spell.

Need to get the tomato and pepper seedlings from Cricket to get them ready for putting out next month.  I was looking at them when we were at her place for Easter.  Had a great time with them, BTW, and guess what, the new puppy like me!

Speaking of Cricket, she and Paco have sprung for a new (to them) van, a newer ('06 I believe) Sienna, a burgundy red, LE model.  She showed up with it last Thursday when she visited before taking her brood to see the dentist (good reports all around BTW).  Lucky for us we had our new (to us) '08 Prius parked in the driveway so she could be surprised, too!  And Shimmy complimented us on getting a car the same color as our house - sea foam green or something!  See photo!  That's WonderMom reprising her role as a car show model!

Also picked up a few new items from the Apple store, and they all shipped on different days - free shipping all around.  The FedEx folks stopped by four different days last week! 

And finally, WonderMom picked out a new glider to replace my overstuffed (and over used) lounge chair.  It takes up less space and is actually more comfy. 

I think (hope) were done with the buying spree for a bit. 

We went out to dinner with our friends from up north, whom we haven't seen since last November.  It was good to see them again.  We got all caught up on family happenings and summer plans.  We always enjoy our infrequent get togethers with them. 

More when it happens!