Spring Break!

I had a list a mile long of things I wanted to accomplish during spring break.  Not surprisingly, I only checked off a fraction of the items. But, I still feel satisfied at what I DID get done. I finished the sugar egg project. So many little sugar eggs.....I gave one to each of my Primary children and I will give one to each of the three sisters I minister to.  I am planning to give the large panorama egg to Alice and Ivan.

I tackled my scrapbook project - all of 2023 and Christmas of 2023 - and got all the artifacts into the binders and ordered the appropriate photos. I do think 2024 might be my last year to actually past things in a scrapbook since all the photos are in my Lamb-e-umptum books that I print every year. I might just save the programs of concerts I am actually involved in and that's it. Because, I doubt any of my children will be keen on saving the scrapbooks after I have passed....

I took down St. Patrick's Day decorations and put up Easter stuff on Monday.

I had hoped to get a lot of yard work done but it was just too cold to want to go out and do anything.  I did go to Lowes and purchase 36 cinderblocks for a second raised vegetable bed and, over three days, I hauled them in the Element back home - twelve at a time. The folks at Lowes were so helpful in loading them in the car and Steve helped me get them out and placed in the back yard. I am also grateful that Lowes is very close to home.

I still had my music students to teach during the and civic orchestra rehearsal to attend Tuesday night. While there, I learned of a free performance of Vivaldi Four Seasons at a church in Clayton on Wednesday night so I decided to attend.  I have played the music (a somewhat simpler arrangement) with Prairie Strings but I had never heard it performed live by a professional ensemble.  The soloist is the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra and he was accompanied by musicians from the St Louis Symphony. It was top notch!  Here I am with Jayne and Nancy, two fellow cellists in the civic orchestra.

I met with my friend, Karen Bazdresch, Wednesday morning and we tried our hands at felting. We each bought kits and she made a penguin and I a little white bird for our first attempts. I don't have a photo but I am excited about the possibilities of this craft - particularly for bird Christmas ornaments.

Steve and I watched both Ghostbusters I and II this week (he had not seen either one!) and we watched the 1994 Three Musketeers with Elise last night. Steve hadn't seen it, either, even though we had it on VHS and the kids and I watched it several times.  With the re-watch, I was more aware of the sexual undertones, even for a Disney film, and I checked out the plot for the novel on Wikipedia and it looks like it was greatly toned down for the movie! So, I probably won't be reading the book anytime soon.

The big focus this week has been getting ready for the Lamb of God performance this evening. Our dress rehearsal yesterday morning was kind of a train wreck so I hope we do MUCH better tonight. This is the reason Elise is visiting this weekend, so she can attend the performance and see me play string bass and hear Emily sing the part of Mary Magdalene.

I need to eat dinner and get ready to leave so I will close with more spring flower photos from our front yard.