Today’s pleasant surprise was the “We love our Seniors” sign delivered by the school district.  The less pleasant surprise was that we’re still running our woodstove on the last day of April.  At least we still have wood left to burn.

We got back into the swing of our Quarantine Game Tournament with a round of Carcasonne (it’s not important who came in second).

Daisy seems to have taken a walk.  Good stuff.

It should have been Spring Break week, but the schools have powered through in favor of an early June end date.  Our plans for break (Arizona — Zoe and Jen; also Arizona — Nadia; and Williamsburg for the rest of us) were not happening anyway.

In a moment of reflection on past travels, Zoe pulled out an Inca Cola from the big Peru service trip of two years ago.  Last year she and Jen were in China at this time.

Of course, there is only so much time one can spend reflecting on past trips when there’s cello to be practiced.

Room rennovation complete.  Next Lanie is setting her sights on cleaning out the basement.  We will have our hands full when Savers and the Swap Shop open up again.

AND, she and her sister Zoe made homemade pasta for dinner — much easier to do now that we have flour.

Theoretically, there’s an actual eagle in this picture.

It’s cherry blossom seaon at the old town landing.  We are fortunate to have such a nice place to walk.  Twice this week we’ve seen a bald eagle flying around.  They’re tough to photograph, though, even when I remember the camera.

We can still consider ourselves sequestered even after a trip to Wagon Hill Farm, because the trails tend to be wide, and in the woods they don’t seem to mind if you step off between the trees to let someone else pass by.

Daisy is prone to socially distancing from other dogs anywat, so we don’t wind up next to people that much. This week we got to the park early enough for “off-leash” hours.

Cemita!

Today’s take out selection (by Zoe) was Street 360.  It was cemita heaven, and good fries, too.

Movie selection (by Nadia): Ocean’s 8.

Here in the artist colony, we’re keeping busy.

Today’s news cycle was totally dominated by Zoe’s official announcement of her committment to the University of Maine at Orono.

It was kind of old news around here, but we had to wait until our load of UMO merchendise came in the mail before we could make the big FB announcement.  Everyone got something, even Daisy.

Lost in all the excitement was the completion of another work table puzzle by Jen and the hardiness of our lettuce seedlings, which survived a torrid snow squall early this morning.

We’re still finding things to bring brightness to our day.  Some involve Daisy the dog.

Mostly they involve sugar.  Take, for example, Lanie’s homemade hot fudge.  It went on Salted Caramel Swirl ice cream tonight.

Also a game of Dutch Blitz  kept some of us occupied.