Welcome to the first day of spring!! It is sixty one degrees and going to seventy-seven today or so it is predicted. That would be wonderful. I've already been to the Cadillac dealer this morning for our oil change etc. I had to be there at 0800. Then I came home and fixed myself an egg and ham muffin and now I'm getting around to the blog.

We had a good weekend. Saturday was "Chicken Pie" making day at St. Lucas. Even though we aren't members there we still love to go and work with the folks on this annual project sponsored by the Women's Guild. We made 243 pies and they are all sold. People really love them and it has been a long standing tradition of the church and how the Guild has made money that they then use for things  to support the church. We had thirty-three people there to help including some pre-teens. It was a great day.

Saturday evening Ms. Kate and I decided to attend a new type of church service and went to the Celtic Music celebration and worship service at the Trinity Anglican Church. We both really enjoyed it. This particular service was done in honor of St. Patrick's Day and they had twenty three guest musicians playing dulcimers and harps and bagpipes. All of the hymns were Irish hymns and it was a great service. The Anglican Church is a good cross between the Catholic and the Lutheran churches and uses tradition from both.

Yesterday Julie and Jim came over for a while. Jim and I changed out the snow blade for the mower deck on the John Deere. The snow blade went unused this year. My only regret is that I wanted the new JD because it has more power and I wanted to see how it was going to handle the snow removal. But --- the day will come and maybe I should be careful what I ask for.

I've filled up the buffet and I have a lot of happy customers this morning. I have a couple of squirrels out there and most cardinals right now. There is just enough bright sunshine to highlight the cardinals. The Godfinches are turning more and more yellow with each passing day. They are a great contract when the cardinals and the bluejays are out there.

The daffodils have bounced back nicely; (Consider the lilies of the field) froom the severe temperatures. The hyacinths and blooming, the forsythia  is blooming, and peonies are coming up nicely  and it is going to be a lovely spring all thanks to God. I'm not sure what I will do outside today but I will be out there. I think the garden is still too wet to turn over but if I was a potato planter, now would be the time to do that. I think they are supposed to go in the ground by St. Patty's day.

I hope your day is fully blessed. God has blessed us with continuing life and seasons and we need to use every single talent God gave us to better the world around us. So, do something good for someone today. Peace