WAITING FOR SPRING

Charlie the squirrel stealing food from the birds, anticipating Spring 

                         I can not remember any March, since we moved to St Louis in 1987, being moody like this one. Just 10 days ago, March 19, 20 and 21 we had sunshine all day and 80 degree weather.
Donna and I where rushing outside and started cleaning and preparing the landscaping around the house and some trees started blooming in just this few days. We thought, the best Winter ( I love snow) since years, is finally over.

Spring is here or so we thought

                We were so wrong. In the past week we had 3 Winter storms coming through and I was scrambling bringing all the plants back in. I had the back deck organized with furniture, Umbrella and gas grill. What happened to the global warming?

One day after our first cook out

All this in 2 hours

I had already put my Swiss flag out

This tree was in full bloom

                           Like I said, I love snow, but this is not really a good snow. Only 2-3 inches and gone the next day, leaving a wet muddy mess behind it and this is going on for the past few days and one little storm is still in the forecast for this weekend. So we're waiting desperately for spring. I am about ready for golf!



                         In the mean time we had a few activity going on with the big one being a St Baldrick's foundation fund raiser to find cures for childhood cancers. Our Gina raised over $2500.00 on her own by having her hair cut to be completely bald in an event at Helen Fitzpatrick bar and grill Saturday afternoon 3 weeks ago. The whole family went to support her efforts. Congratulation Gina!!

She looks scared

She could borrow hair from Daniel

                         And another fund raiser, again organized by Gina was a Trivia night with a all movie theme and questions. We all dressed up as a character of the Karate Kid movie. We ended up as the only group out of 14 being in costumes. The funny part, we still did not win the price. A single person, probably the organizer's cute daughter took home the trophy. I personally did not enjoy the concept much, mainly because I could contribute with only 3 answers out of 100 questions. But I loved being together with family and friends and the snacks everybody brought where enjoyable.

Our attempt to match Karate Kid

                          I also spent a great day at the St Louis Zoo with Windy, Jacob and Luke during their Spring break. It was one of this rare beautiful warm days this month and most of the animals where outside, feeling frisky.

Great day to visit the zoo

Even they enjoy the day