It's Spring

I think I need to followup on my earlier posts in which I expressed concern that the arrival of spring was delayed.




Spring is now well underway in the Ozarks. The dogwoods dominate the woodland landscape and also many town lawns. Redbuds are still bright red, but they will be fading soon.

Other wonderful signs of spring are turkey hunting season, lawn mowing, golf, and Major League baseball.




























Mountain View used to have the largest dogwood tree in Missouri, but no more. We still have that big dogwood out south of town, but someone found a bigger one somewhere else in the state. So now we are the home of the former largest dogwood.

Our visit to Maryland

On March 17-24 we visited the great state of Maryland. I had a one-day Wildlife Society meeting in Arlington, VA. Otherwise, we stayed in and around Annapolis. We didn't see the Chesapeake Bay. We didn't see the Maryland State Capitol or the U. S. Capitol.

I'll post some photos of those people we did see.

We had lots of fun with Karis and Olivia (and their parents).

Karis will be seven on July 10 and Olivia will be five on Sept. 4.

We got to visit Lance's new office.

And we are looking forward to seeing our third granddaughter sometime in May.