Very nice . . .

My bent-back-into-shape coal bucket

As incredible as it may seem we went to the new Sterling School and Ps&D's Pop was able to fly off of the wet, saturated left field and I got in 45 minutes of walking around the track and school. 52 degrees, sunny, blue sky and a great day to be out and about. First time I've really walked out of doors in months! To top off this crazy weekend where Kiddo had to stay home because of the snow factor in Moosup UCONN men with Kevin Ollie at the helm won their last game of the season in an overtime over the Friars. Very cool win. They had at least three of their better players with broken body parts on the bench and they still managed a win over a Providence team that has been surging at season's end. I even managed to clean the house too. Whoopee! Nothing special going on this week. Will probably be able to go pick up more fallen branches when the snow finally melts off of the hill. We could go sliding today but hopefully the Friday/Saturday storm will be the end of Winter. Last week as I was cleaning up in the yard I found an old coal bucket right across the wall from the spring. Grampa thinks it's junk but I like it. He pulled it back into some semblance of bucket shape. I will let a friend borrow it for a while as she wants to use it in a painting. As I write Grampa is out pitching horseshoes  past the snow covered garden!

Quote:  It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his stains, and to display his perfection; to bury his weaknesses in silence, but to proclaim his virtues on the house-top.   ___South