Spring Peak

70 degrees brought the daffodils popping up.

Alone at the Top

Surprisingly, considering the ups and downs of this season, KU clinched its 14th consecutive Big 12 title last night against Texas. It was also senior night so a home farewell to Devonte Graham, Svi Mykhailuk and Clay Young. The team is hoisting the trophy. Below, the first 13 trophies with the newest one on its own pedestal.

We Can Do Something

Stacy and I helped Artists Helping the Homeless serve a meal at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza. It may not be much but it's something to help.

Stockings for All

At her bridal shower, Stacy received new Christmas stockings from Susan.

Let's Not Make This Hard

Cover the previous year's sticker up with the new sticker. This isn't hard. Do you think it's colorful to use this approach, do you want to show you've lived here for 6 years, or can you just not follow instructions? I would really like to stop someone who sports this look and ask their philosophy on the task.

Old School for the Fairies

I like that this display had the old metal garden chairs for a fairy garden.

Backyard Meetup

Drew, Chris and Hayden gathered in 1986.

Tipped with Ice

We dodged the worst of the freezing rain but the landscape was dotted with evidence that it had passed through.

Never Too Big

Amazing cinnamon rolls we had for lunch in Topeka. Dinner plate size. And, yes, I ate the whole thing.

Suprise Sunday!

We served cherry pie for the first Surprise Sunday at Colonial. The pie, in celebration of Washington's birthday, was accompanied by trivia about his crossing the Delaware.

#45 Retired

KU's Cole Aldrich was on hand Saturday when his #45 jersey was hung in Allen Fieldhouse during the KU-West Virginia game. Aldrich was part of the 2008 championship team.

 

New and Blue

The new surface of the Round Hill tennis courts is a lovely shade of blue.

Stacks of Color

You can choose a pot along with the plant to express your personality.

Say Cheese!

One of my favorite photos of the Morgan siblings. Such a challenge to get everyone to cooperate for a photo.

A Key Solution

When couples attach their love lock to the old Red Bridge, they have traditionally tossed the key into the Blue River below to lock their love. But that turns out to be bad for the environment. So now they have a box for the keys. In the future an artist will melt the collected keys and shape the molten metal into a monarch butterfly sculpture. The organization Monarchs on the Move has taken on the project in conjunction with the Kansas City parks department. Apparently the river's ecosystem is fragile and important to the healthy migration of monarch butterflies in their annual treks to and from Mexico.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article131979444.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article131979444.html#storylink=cpy

Happy Mardi Gras

A culinary treat to celebrate Mardi Gras today. If you can't be in New Orleans, why not eat a treat?

Spreading the Love

Members of the Colonial Care Committee frosting cookies to be delivered to shut-ins.

Is This the Style?

This is the beginning of Stacy's bridal hair consultation. The style she selected will be beautiful on April 21.

Dreams of the Kings

This 2,000-year-old, life-sized burial suit is from a Han Dynasty tomb in ancient China. The jade pieces are stitched together with gold wire. The theory was that the body would not decay if encased in jade. It's part of a display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum that also includes several art objects from the tombs.

Do You See It?

This is Pablo Picasso's "Large Still Life on a Table." What do you see? Part of Through the Eyes of Picasso at the Nelson-Atkins Museum until April.

Snow Pile Up

Morgan, Hayden and Frances piled up while Kelly looked on. Seems to have been Thanksgiving 1992.

Into the Arctic Kingdom

Florian Schultz, National Geographic photographer, presented a fascinating talk on the Arctic as part of the National Geographic Live series at the Kauffman Center.

Eagles on Eagle

This neighborhood was displaying its preference for the Super Bowl. Should have been some wild celebrating Sunday night.

The Oath

We celebrated Scouts of all ages yesterday

In The Land of Nod

A strange and magical land, ala Robert Louis Stevenson in The Land of Nod:

... But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
All by myself I have to go,
With none to tell me what to do —
All alone beside the streams
And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
The strangest things are there for me ...

SolaNoir Remnant

This amazing mural was painted last August during the SolaNoir Mural Art and Creativity Festival in the Crossroads. It's on the side of Artist and Craftsman Supply. The festival provided primed walls for artists to create solar eclipse art. This one was painted by Jonathan Munden using his daughter as the model.

Now We Know

I wondered why we kept getting paint on our lawn and now we know ... utility work that has resulted in this large hole being dug in our front yard. I see they found lots of large rocks.

Child Abuse

Susan wearing what looks like a hot pad. I don't think this is how parents should treat their children. I'm sure I wouldn't do such a thing (wink, wink).