Day Seventy Eight 2011

"Spring is Nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'" ~ Robin Williams

Day Seventy Seven 2011

Winter says goodbye, and I say good riddance! The last day of winter offered up almost 80 degree temperatures and a breathtaking sunset that my little cell phone camera just could not do justice. I wish I had been on some vista at this moment, high above all the clutter of this town which is so hard to escape, especially when you're trying to take a picture of a beautiful sky. I hope you can see the silver lining. So long, Winter! Happy TGIF, y'all!

P.S.~~I'm getting ahead of myself~~today is the NEXT to last day of winter and tomorrow will be winter's last hurrah. Sunday is first day of Spring! I guess I'm anxious to get rid of winter and so ready for a more colorful world :)

Day Seventy Six 2011

It's spring break here for the kids, so a big bunch of us got together at Mom's place and enjoyed some lunch and laughs. From the front and circling left around the table are grand daughter Shelby, grandson Elijah, hubby Neil, niece Julia, sister Ann, MOM, niece Sarah, great niece Ashley, great nephew Ethan, nephew Chris, and sister Jane. Daughter Holly joined us, too, but wasn't there in time for the picture. It's always a blast to be together like this. We don't get to do it often enough. Later, Mom, sisters and I sat out on the big porch on the swing and rocking chair and soaked up a gorgeous afternoon. It's almost spring. Everything is turning green--just in time for St. Patty's Day! Happy St. Patrick's Day, y'all!

Day Seventy Five 2011

Sitting in the Arby's parking lot at lunch time, waiting for hubby to come along, and suddenly the dark clouds parted and lo and behold there was blue sky! Sight for sore eyes. Looking forward to the nice weather the next few days.

Day Seventy Four 2011

Some Random

Grand daughter Shelby's breakfast~Granny Smith apple slices

Grandpeeps Shelby and Elijah on spring break this week~playing games on Nintendo DS

The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martii) is the name of 15 March in the Roman calendar, probably referring to the day of the full moon. The term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other months. The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars and a military parade was usually held. In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was stabbed (23 times) to death in the Roman Senate led by Marcus Gaius Cassius Longinus and 60 other co-conspirators.
On his way to the Theatre of Pompey (where he would be assassinated), Caesar visited with a seer who had foretold that harm would come to him not later than the Ides of March. Caesar joked, "Well, the Ides of March have come", to which the seer replied "Ay, they have come, but they are not gone." This meeting is famously dramatized in William Shakespear's play Julius

Caesar, when Caesar is warned to "beware the Ides of March".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

So now you know. Don't say I never taught you nothin.