Early spring is not my favorite time of year. I'm lamenting the loss of winter (my true favorite) and anticipating the freedom of summer. This time of year is "gas pipe" (as my friend Ruth would say) weather. It has been raining today, so yeah, our basement has water in it and the sump pump is attempting to eject it. Everything looks dumpy and depressed, as well as depressing. Which is the perfect time to start looking at houses-if you find one you like now, you'll love it later! And apparently, going to open houses on rainy days is good for finding out which basements are REALLY dry. Two places we looked at today had water in the cellars, although this allegedly had not happen before. We have decided to try to sell our house and move to something smaller, more energy efficient, with two bathrooms, and in a different school district. We are quite ambivalent. The idea of packing, sorting, etc. has us both slightly off balance. On the other hand, saving some time, $$$ and resources is quite alluring. The convenience of this location and the character of our house is also hard to give up. Theoretically, all of us are on board with changing schools. It was actually, Maisie's idea, as she shared she gets distracted by kids in her class who act out. We have struggled with this since the beginning of the school year. Unfortunately, we don't know what to judge our experiences against, but have felt more certain that some other schools may not have the same level of behavioral issues and be a bit more academically challenging. Even the after care program has had problems. And it's only Kindergarten! If we can't sell our house in a timely fashion to move before the new school year, we will continue to work to improve Maisie's school situation and start more home improvement work as time and money allow. It helps to keep in perspective, that these are 'white peoples problems' -so many in the world do not have access to education or housing, so for this, I am grateful and humbled.
The animal sightings recently include a mink on the Ellis River in Jackson, NH, red-winged black birds, and timber doodles or wood cock.
Following is a photo essay of things seen this month:
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| Ski Trip |
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| Spring Thaw |
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| Maisie calls this an alcohol necklace because it looks like a Crown Royal bottle. |
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| Post school dance, pre-birthday party. |
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| School project |
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| priming great grammies bed |
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| finally pulled the trigger on some Clark's desert boots |
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| Maisie's room with wall stripped to the lathe. |
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| Maisie's finished room |
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| some weird lizardy thing covered on croutons in the Planet Fitness parking lot |
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| nature's snow sculpting |
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| day lilly shoots-spring is springing |
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| Great Grammie's bed all painted and made |
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