We've had snow flurries all day, but the temperature got high enough so all that was on the ground melted and we're back to lush green except for a little on trees, roofs, etc. Really unfriendly weather, though.

Bill and Monika took us to a Japanese Steakhouse in West Lebanon, NH last night. It was a fun experience, with the chefs cooking in the dining room. The food was excellent, and we enjoyed it a lot. Bill, Monika and JoAnn have been there several times and wanted us to try it. Portions were huge, and we had leftovers for our lunch today.

We got to the restaurant at 5:30 and there were only a few people there, but it filled up rapidly and by the time we left, it was very busy with several chefs putting on their show as they cooked for the customers.

On the way home, we were traveling into a rain storm, just before sundown and caught a lovely rainbow - actually, another double one, but it didn't show up in our photos as well as the one over Joe's Pond last week. We had left home at around 3 p.m. and it was raining then, but the weather in the Upper Valley was clear while we were there.

Bob and Theresa came today with treats for us, so Mother's Day spanned three days. My waistline will need several days to get back to normal, but it's all been a lot of fun.

I hope you are watching the changing news headlines and links on home page. Fred posts late news items every day that we think will interest some of you who don't get the local papers. Sometimes they are just about something we think is interesting and want to share.

We're awaiting the birth of Fred's brother Tom's second grandchild. Tom and Ellie got back from Colorado about two weeks ago and are now in Connecticut where their son Dean and his wife, Sarah, are expecting their second child any day. Their daughter, Hannah, will be three in November, and I expect she will be excited to have a baby brother or sister.

I can hear Fred splitting the wood for tonight's fire. We've kept a slow fire in the stove all day, but the thermometer is slipping downward again, about 32 degrees after a high of about 37, and we expect it will be a chilly night, so he will need a little more wood than normal. According to the forecast, there isn't going to be a warm up all week. This is the kind of spring weather we should have had in April, when we had unusually warm weather. The extremes are hard to keep up with, but we're keeping a good supply of wood on hand and haven't put away our winter garb yet.

By the way, today was the day of the auction of the condo units at Point Comfort. We'll try to get information tomorrow as to how it went.