Spring is truly, finally here! We haven’t had freezing temperatures in about a week (and even then it was just barely freezing), the sun has shown it’s face once again, there are bits of green grass popping up in the yards, as well as flowers and, the storks are back! Yes, the storks.

Latvia is the “maternity ward,” if you will, for the storks that fly here from Africa. The Latvians like to say that the storks want to start their children off right by being born in Latvia. They are very beautiful. Often, driving through the country, you will find large (LARGE) bird nests perched on top of many of the electric poles along the road. They’re all stork nets. As beautiful as they are, there is a bit of worry this year that they will be bringing the Bird Flu along with them. So far, so good, though.

This weekend was a good time for me to finish up the beginning of stages of my garden. While we live on the 3rd floor, I have managed to create a small container garden and I’m so excited! More than anything, I’m hopeful that I’ll actually get some veggies from it!

I have 3 tomato plants, as well as 2 window boxes of radishes, lettuce and spinach. I’ve started a box with green beans in it, and I’ve got 4 cucumber plants seeding, as well as a zucchini plant seeding. Hope it works!

Saturday evening’s time at Kaspars & Evelyn’s house was fun. We always have fun hanging out with them. And, her Swedish Applecake was wonderful!