Easter & Other Things Spring

We spent last weekend in the Twin Cities to celebrate Karen’s birthday and the Easter holiday.  We enjoyed a wonderful birthday dinner, a super fun evening of Easter egg coloring, an Easter egg hunt and a delicious brunch on Easter day.   Here a few snapshots of the weekend.

The Birthday Cake

 

Easter Egg Coloring
The Hunt Is On

The weather was amazing while we were in the Twin Cities which can be seen by the kids in their short sleeve shirts and shorts.  All of the snow had melted and most of ours was also gone back home in Duluth.  I even spotted my daffodils trying to peek out along the sidewalk along with a small blue flowering plant (Siberian squill?) in my back garden.

Peeking Out

 

Tiny Blue Blossom

Many critters have been busy in the backyard enjoying the warmer weather.

Busy Backyard

We have a pair of robins that decided to build a nest on our house’s gutter.  They have been seen gathering dried grass, mud and twigs all week.

Building A Home

Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse at the end of this week.  We had a spring snowstorm that dropped nearly half a foot of snow.  We are now officially third on the list of the snowiest all-time winters in Duluth.  The forecast isn’t looking promising this week with rain, sleet, snow and wind expected through Friday.  Unless of course we want to beat the all-time record for snowfall.  I personally do not!

Winter Is Back!

Where are you Spring?

Spring Skiing

The kids were on spring break earlier this month.  We decided to spend one of the days enjoying some spring skiing.  We drove up to Giant’s Ridge Ski Hill on Sunday.  We skied, swam in the pool and enjoyed a nice dinner. We returned home the next day. It was a quick trip, but a nice way for the kids to begin their break.  Mike and the kids took a few pictures on the hill with his iPhone.  I missed out on the photos and selfies.  I was there skiing too…just not as fast or on the difficult runs that they were on.

The View
Ready For Skiing
Selfie

 

Ready To Bomb The Hill
Selfie
Belly Flop
Cannonball
Cannonball
The Lodge
Ready For Departure

 

Squatters

The local deer population seems to think that our backyard (and our neighbor’s) is the hip place to hang out.  We have daily sightings of up to six deer at a time.  I spotted these two at 6:00 a.m. earlier this week.  The first one was lying on top of the tiny irises that had just started to poke through the frozen ground.  The deer didn’t  mind that I was taking photos and I was within 30 feet of them when Sophia let Daphne out in the backyard.  They got up and wandered over to the neighbor’s two doors down and were still there when I left the house with Sebastian at 8:00 a.m.

Relaxing

 

Restful