In Which I Welcome Spring

All right, it's time for me to update this baby. I know you all (all 2 of you) are waiting with belated breath. The question is, should I make one big long post or shall I divvy this up in smaller installments over the next week? Hmmm, what to do? What to do?
First I want to report that we made it through the very cold and snowy winter! The owners of the house have been very good to us and faithfully plowed our driveway all season! I am sorry to say that the house is still 65 (which any girl knows is cold) but the porch is sunny and warm and before I know it the house will be too warm and I'll lament not being able to open half the windows. Still, after a winter in a drafty old house, I'm looking forward to it and am so pleased to sit on the porch in the sun and get so overheated that I can't stand it anymore.

Makenna took this picture of a flowering bush near the house. We've never seen the property in spring so it's a lot like Christmas in April as we watch everything bud and guess what it will look like when it blooms. We are taking a water color class and I'd love to attempt this photo in watercolors. My skills will have to vastly improve so we'll see. Maybe I'll post the results if it's not too embarrassing.