Sunday Walk

Sunday was a brilliantly sunny day-- Spring is finally coming!  It has been cold since November and everyone I know is ready for the warmth.  We went walking through the Olmstead Woods at the National Cathedral, up to the Bishop's Garden, to see what is poking through their garden.

You can see the Cathedral towers through the trees-- soon to be blocked by all the leaves.

Stirling checks to see if we are still with her as we walk along the path.  She should keep checking-- we have a tendency to duck behind trees and play hide and seek with her. 

This is what happens when Will takes over taking photos.  After snapping photos of our behinds--both Stirling's and mine (notice how I did not post those)--he gets glared at.

However, you all love the tartan cap that matches Stirling's collar.



In the Bishop's Garden and noticed that their roses were trimmed back and full of new leaves; their tulips leaves are unfurling, and their mini Japanese irises are all in bloom.  It inspired us to get some tidying done at our house.  Will spent the rest of the afternoon moving and reorganizing the wood pile; sweeping off the patio; and planting even more bulbs.  I spent the rest of the afternoon tackling our pervasive crab grass problem-- just like my father!-- and after 3 hours of pulling up the nasty stuff, manged to clear only about a 3 foot circular  patch of grass.  *sigh*