Weekend Pictures

This weekend Scott's brother and niece came by for a visit in the middle of their spring break college tour. They arrived too late for Anna's fun filled Friday school carnival where I manned the clown bean bag toss for seventy minutes. Note to self, don't wear boots with heels if you are going to be squatting down repeatedly to pick up bean bags. I thought I was in shape. I'm not.

Scott and his brother

Saturday was a beautiful day, so we dropped by my office at the Rialto Theater for a brief tour, then went to Fox Island for a walk. This is less than ten minutes from our house, so Scott signed us up for a membership.

Scott and his dog

It's a nice place to walk, and dogs are allowed on the non-nature preserve part of the park. There's even a doggie beach where she can be off leash come summertime.

 It was beautiful in a stark, clear and crisp kind of way.

 The weather was warm enough for light jackets.

The girlsies (Anna and her friend) played down at the beach. I wonder if this is packed out in the summer.

The trees against the blue sky reminded me of Nice in the winter. There's something about naked branches reaching into blue sky that compels me to snap a picture.

And then...

Five and a half inches and yet another day of school cancelled Monday. The school year now goes until June 4.

It was beautiful, though somehow this was all a lot more charming and magical in December and January than it is at the end of March.

Nonetheless, it's still very beautiful. And Anna still exclaimed, "It looks like Narnia," when she looked outside.