Excitment

Today we receive our first guest of the year in the person of our daughter number two, Dar. Her daughter is presently in the Dominican Republic with her school so it was a perfect time to get away for a few days. Hubby is home looking after the house and shovelling snow. this is the first real visit for Dar as she was here for a visit when we bought the house but she never stayed here.

Her plans are to enjoy the sunshine and swim in the pool. The weather here is quite pleasant now with temperatures in the high seventies and sometimes the low eighties. In any case she will see a dramatic change from Ottawa who has had some cool weather as of late.

While here Dar will have a birthday and give us another reason to have a celebration. Dar will experience what I call the miracle grow as the orange and grapefruit will be in bloom and that rush of spring growth will be evident. In the space of three weeks the trees will grow at a phenomenal rate. New branches pop out of nearly dead bark and blooms will appear. I love this season. We left a few fruit on the tree so Dar will be able to pick her own off the tree.

We are excited and ready for some fun days and will take advantage of every minute while she is here.