celebrating Spring & street art

Or what passes for spring. Yesterday we had snow flurries, today it was in the 60's and the trees seem to be budding if you squint. Last night was the first night of Passover and we had 24 here for the seder, which celebrates and retells the story of the escape of the Israelites from slavery and the crossing of the Red Sea to freedom. The Last Supper was a seder, so frequently the holidays will intersect. This year, Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall during the eight days of Passover (not always the case). A lamb bone and hard-boiled egg are items on the Jewish seder plate; so I find it interesting that lamb is traditional for many Easter dinners and there are Easter eggs. After the Passover meal, our children hunt for the afikomen (half of a matzoh hidden somewhere in the house); an egg hunt is a children's Easter tradition. In any case, happy Passover & Easter to all of us who celebrate these holidays.

Jeremy and my mother, posing for the camera.

David, Josh,and Abby, who actually look like they are paying attention to the service. This was the first time EVER that all six of our offspring and their (5) spouses and the 9 kids (under the age of 13) were together for Passover. To say it was lively is putting it mildly. I am still recovering. Marty passed his stress test this morning with flying colors and we took a Spring walk this afternoon. I finally remembered to take my camera and record this street art. The paving guys must be artists at heart and probably had fun with the buckets of tar as they filled in the cracks. This is only a small sample of what is around. Alison Stanfield's book, I'd Rather be in the Studio, arrived yesterday and I took it with me to the doctor's office this morning. She talks about how critical it is to organize your files. True...but I am somewhat organized in that regard. MY problem is organizing all my surface design tools and "found" objects. Tonight it dawned on me that I need to begin by organizing them into two main categories: things with bumps and things with holes. I started sorting them into plastic bags and will put them into drawers or cartons or something so I can pull them out for teaching without wasting a lot of time hunting. Now why didn't I ever think of that before? It is so obvious.