Still Waiting for Spring

We were warmly welcomed when we pulled into Brett’s place last week:

But that’s about all that’s been warm.  As we mentioned previously, we had expected spring to arrive in Minnesota shortly after we came.  Well, we are still waiting!!  The lakes in the metro-area of the Twin Cities just melted a couple of days ago along with a little more snow.  Heavier snow hit southeastern MN and western Wisconsin.  We found some shrubs with new growth about to open, but spring is not yet here.

We have been busy with seeing the grand-daughters off to school each day, and being around when they return each day.  We have also had a couple of opportunities to drive through “rush hour” commuter traffic: last Wednesday through morning traffic to attend a funeral, and Friday afternoon returning from near the airport.  Both trips were nearly enough to bring us to tears.  We are not used to such STOP-and-go traffic, and certainly don’t miss it.

Friday night we had visitors for “Movie Night” along with popcorn. 

 

This makes it easier to deal with weather and traffic