Spring, lovely spring

I am told that my precious little 4-year-old niece Cassie, who lives in Iowa and has a photo link to Izzy's blog on her Internet start page, asked recently if Izzy had gone to heaven, since her blog hadn't been updated for so long. Gracious! Time to update more regularly. I've been having some technical difficulties involving stubborn electronics but I will try to defeat them soon. Cassie, Izzy is still here, doing fine, and would love for you to visit her again soon.