This picture is for Sam!

I thought Sam might like this picture of a sidewalk sweeper cleaning the river walk early on a Saturday morning.

Misspelled Sign

I thought you guys might like this sign, which I saw on Station Street recently while on a walk.

Spring Has Started!

It is finally really spring! The last 2 Sundays we have gone to the Frink Centre to check out the status of wild flowers. Evita is checking out the Trout Lily, which was on the verge of blooming the second week.
Not much is happening yet, but hepatica was blooming the first week and was joined by bloodroot the following week. The second week answered a question for us -- are the flowers out when it is rainy? The answer is no, they pretty well close up.

Hepatica

Bloodroot

Easter Visit

We visited Irene and Omie and the triplets for Easter. On Saturday we went for a walk to the conservatory at Centennial Park. One of the favourite things for the kids was to get someone to pull them on the skateboard, using an old hula hoop! Here, Elliot has gotten Irene to pull him! You can also see how tall he and Spencer have gotten (and Mya too)!


Who knew that you could manage three kids on a bike and a skateboard! They also celebrated their 15th birthday a short time ago too!


The spring flowers in the conservatory were ridiculously colourful, so colourful they almost seem fake in the pictures. They're not, though! It's not so colourful outside, although crocuses and even some daffodils and hyacinths are starting to bloom.


We saw a cardinal in a tree on our way home again.

Later in the afternoon, Evert and Sandy joined us along with Nathan, Garret and Mitchell for Easter dinner. It was a really good time!