March 2

Since March is the month when everything alters from winter into spring, I'm altering paper squares for the calendar.  Thanks to the world of scrapbooking, the rest of us have access to all sorts of wonderful archival materials.  There are some very cool scrapbooking papers available.  Back in the day, finding things like different sized paper punches was really challenging.  Now in the average scrapbook store you have a whole wall of different sizes and shapes of ergonomically designed punches.  Very cool.

Today is Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Geisel's 108th birthday.  Not only did Mr. Geisel give us all the amazing Dr. Seuss books, he was also Jan Berenstain's editor for the Berenstain Bear books.  Many a happy childhood hour was spent with all those wonderful books.  Mrs. Berenstain passed away this week, but her books will live on.

We also put a dent in the winter-that-wasn't today with nearly six inches of snow.  All the bushes and trees look like they were coated with the old spray on snow from our childhood.  The stuff that was probably banned because of its carcinogenic properties.  But it sure looks pretty and the quiet at night with muffling snow is so lovely....  Mary