and happy, curious children all in a row.

We explored the local park with dear friends of ours and found some treasures;

we frolicked in the wind;

we basked in the glittery sun with God's creation;

we imagined what lay beyond the edges and between the grasses;

we listened to the call of the trains passing over the bridge;

we hiked our way around the marshy land...

until it was too difficult to ignore the calling of the shoreline.

We finished the day off with a hot shower and some cocoa. Ahh, the pleasures of an early spring afternoon.