It seems like spring weather.  We heard red-winged blackbirds for the first time Sunday evening; they are usually the first arrivals.  They have been singing like crazy since then.  Our snow is mostly gone; just patches left scattered around.   Which means we had to engage in the first round of the annual spring pick-up-dog-poop-in-the-yard ritual.  Kathryn’s friend Gaie and her friend Pat Wegman came out  Wednesday-Friday.  We had planned to have them come ski, but the weather has been uncooperative.  Gaie and Pat went up to Egypt Hill where there are free, groomed trails just north of here.  They said it was beautiful if a bit icy.  On Thursday we went  up most of my main trail across the road and the snow was pretty good but not deep so we had to pick our way around wet spots and sticks.  But it was still pretty good.  Kathryn and her friends did a lot of sitting around talking and hot tubbing.  They a lot of fun and it was nice for Kathryn to have sustained time to visit with Gaie.  Pat seemed very nice.

Kathryn has been communicating with a woman who has a senior women’s  team out of Victor.  She went to Victor on Friday to play some with her on just a pick up basis.  Although Kathryn thought she played really well, the woman, Audrey, is really looking for a hitter (which Kathryn am not).  The primary focus is on qualifying for a national tournament.   Kathryn is disappointed as she had gotten my hopes up.  There still might be some opportunity  and it is likely they will be fielding an over 65 team for the Empire Senior Games.

Eric has to have his tonsils out, although we are going to try to wait for that until school is out, since he has missed so much time already.  He also has to have his wisdom teeth out. High school basketball has ended.  The season for him, was mixed; he missed so many practices and games, he was solidly on the 2^nd string and so only played about a quarter a game.   Eric did a 5 day intensive basketball camp over spring break and came away with a certain determination to put more into basketball which lasted about 1 week.  Try-outs / practices for his Mohawk Valley Elite AAU start tonight with tournaments to start in about 1 month.