a peek inside the fishbowl

Progress is heartening.

There are Tiger Lilies…

… and crocuses coming out:

And I am happy to see that stepping stone I made survived the winter:

… but our fairy house didn’t:

… nor did our Christmas lights. (Remember these?) They were chewed to bits by the squirrels!

You win some and you lose some, right?

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Good grades Hard work deserves a reward. So we went to dinner at Dick’s Dairy Dip.

The beer was on sale. Is that even legal?

Sarah told us she was cold. So she kept her hat and scarf on the entire time.

I love this photo:

The dinner ended with a banana split, shared four ways.

Here’s the before shot:

And here’s the after:

If we hadn’t forbidden it, someone would have licked the bowl clean.