Crazy weather. In April we had a couple beautiful weeks with sun and warm temps when nearly everybody wanted to be outside. The last week of this month has been so cold I've had to cover my garden to keep it from freezing!
In early April we attended the 20th Anniversary Celebration concert of the Nebraska Chamber Players. The musicians are lovely people who excel at their craft; Rusty has played with all of them. We heard Robert Jenkins play the English horn in a beautiful
Concertino, the premiere of
Aztlan by Daniel Baldwin, and the
Quintet in f# minor for piano and strings Op.67 featuring Mark Clinton on piano.
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| NE Chamber Players |
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| Rusty and Mark Clinton, the amazing pianist. |
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| Becky gives Mark a hug after his wonderful performance. |
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| Becky, the instigator of NE Chamber Players, celebrating 20 years! |
For my blog readers from Nebraska, check out the
Chamber Players website for Concerts on the Creek in late June and late July. Tickets always sell out, so order early.
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| Ramona Rabbit kept watch as the sunshine in the second week of April inspired green grass, flowering trees, and tulips. |
Olivia, Reece and Pierce joined us for an extended Easter weekend. What fun!!! On Friday night we went to the
Kiechel Art Gallery for a special showing of Keith Jacobshagen's paintings. He was in the gallery for the showing and spoke about his work. He says,
I’m a Midwesterner who has stayed put to make sense of where I live. My interest in the land is crystallized in my paintings about it. Since I love the prairie, it's no wonder he's one of my favorites. The boys picked out their favorite paintings too.
On Saturday afternoon we rode our bikes to Pioneer Park and made our own prairie picture.
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| Rusty, Pierce, Reece, Olivia |
Saturday afternoon I introduced the Fishers to DeLeon's. While we were there an artist was painting a taco on the wall freehand with spraypaint.
The boys were very good about playing with Gretchen, but sometimes the electronic gadgets seemed more interesting.
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| "Hey, who wants to play ball with me?" |
Saturday evening I gave up my ticket to the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra/James Valentine Concert so that Olivia and Rusty could attend. I heard it was very good!
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| James Valentine. Local boy done good. Guitarist for Maroon 5. |
Instead of a concert, the boys and I had great fun coloring Easter Eggs.
Easter Sunday is always a special day! Church, Easter egg hunts, pretty outfits, good food, and FAMILY!
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| The Fishers! |
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| Celeste and GiGi in our Easter bonnets. |
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| The Fishers |
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| Me and one of my gorgeous daughters! |
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| Papaw, GiGi and Reece, Pierce and Ramona Rabbit. |
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| Di & Rusty |
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| Grandkids hunting for eggs. |
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| Celeste on the hunt. |
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| Where are those eggs? |
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| I think I see one! |
Three years ago I planted an asparagus bed. We got our very first harvest!
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| some purple, some green |
Biking season is upon us, so I had my annual tune-up done at Monkey Wrench Cycles.
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| new handlebar tape, new chain, rotated tires, all clean and ready for the summer |
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| I led a ride for Great Plains Bicycle Club to the buffalo and back. Great turnout! |
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| I also led a ride to Ceresco and back. |
We were supposed to join friends in Hastings this last weekend in April for the annual Hastings-Superior ride. It's 60 miles each day with an overnight stay in Superior. Forecast: high of 52, 90% chance of rain or snow, high winds. We decided to cancel.👅
Our home-built canoe has been on the back burner for months and months. Finally the inside sanding is done enough to dampen the surface to see what it will look like when it is finished. Next step will be a little more light sanding and then the precarious job of putting cloth and resin on the inside.
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| It feels good to get this project moving again. |
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