Pollen

I tried to capture some of the pollen in pictures so I could show you how intensley yellow EVERYTHING is right now. The pictures simply did not do it justice. There is no point in washing the car, in an hour it will be yellow again. It's like walking on a rug of pollen. Any hard surface looks like a child took yellow chalk and scribbled over it so completely covering anything that was blank so that everything would be the same pollen yellow. The dog lays on the back patio and when he gets up he is yellow. The windows are open and the furniture is yellow. My keyboard is yellow. And it's only just begun, this will last well into May. At that point, maybe my eyes will stop itching :-) Oh yes, and after the pollen, then the worms will come out of the trees, but that's a story for another day. In the mean time, if you live here in Austin, you know that to say everything is yellow is not an exageration. I do love my live oaks, they do more for temperature control in the summer than anything else. The pollen is a small price to pay for their beauty. So, I leave you with this lovely image of pollen...

Easter

True to form, Easter turned into a holiday that stretched over a couple of weeks instead of just one day! I guess that's part of being a mom and being active in mom's groups. Pre-Easter we did two separate easter egg hunts and passed up about 3 others. We also dyed eggs in the park one day (which turned out to be a good thing because we never got around to doing it at home). The easter bunny did come Sunday morning and the boys were thrilled. We bypassed the traditional hot cross buns, I made ebelskivers (stuffed pancakes) instead. Steph & Michael came up for lunch. Again, we bypassed the traditional foods and dined on grilled shrimp, fresh fruit, and a nice salad. We had another easter egg hunt and spent the rest of the afternoon just enjoying the beautiful weather.

For the record, you have to leave a window open the night before easter so that the easter bunny can get into the house. It's nice to leave him a carrot too.