Day Ninety Six

Sidewalk Art, Elijah Man, And An Iris

It's Spring Break. Grand kids Elijah and Shelby were here today, and both of them were sick. Poor Shelby had a fever and some kind of stomach bug which put her down for the whole day. And Elijah had a bad sunburn on his shoulders and back that gradually slowed him down until he was wiped out right along side Shelby this afternoon. We did manage to get in some sidewalk chalk art this morning and that was fun.

This is my fancy sidewalk chalk art heart. We tracked it into the house on the soles of our shoes.

The Tennessee state flower is blooming in our yard--just this one. For now. Others are sure to follow in the next few days. It was such a beautiful day today. Wish the kids could have enjoyed it. Get well soon, guys!!

Day Ninety Six

As I've said before, it's a rare treat for Neil and me to get to enjoy a lunch with both our daughters on a weekday. But Kelly decided to stay over Sunday night. She was jumping at the chance to have lunch at Ocha, our favorite local Thai restaurant. It was supposed to have re-opened today after a month long hiatus, but when we got there, a note on the door said it would be closed until April 13. Bummer. So the question of the day became: Where do you want to have lunch? And the usual answer: I don't care. Which is never true. Because when you start mentioning names of fast food joints around town, someone will invariably groan. Holly suggested the Soup Kitchen. We've talked about trying it for probably years but we never go. Well, today is the perfect day for some soup. It's cold, windy, and raw and we've had snow flurries off and on all day. Homemade soup and bread hit the spot and we all wondered why we had put off coming here for so long.