All change in the 'hood

The past week has seen visible migration at long last....and this time, we're not talking about birds (although we may stretch the metaphor a little further...)
Our mid-western friend (and pseudo-niece), Lisa finally had enough of DC and moved back home - actually, she successfully completed her three month clinical at the National Rehab hospital and is off to Iowa City for the next 12 weeks - congratulations Lisa. Trust us, it will be better doing all that hard work when you receive a salary as well! (and BTW your excess luggage is 'in the mail'...).
As (we expect) those back home in Iowa did, we threw her a sumptuous farewell evening including having Japanese food thrown at her (at the local Hibachi restaurant) and then - surely the highlight of any visit - topped it off with a visit to the 'Pizza Box', our local drinking establishment. (Pictures of Lisa dancing with 'Uncle Jack' available on request....)



Other transient visitors to the neighborhood included former residents Bill & Sylvi and their family, Silke, William, Kristin and Laure. Also joining a riotous (!) Sunday lunch were Kim, Chip and Olivia (with sassy pink cowboy boots no less).

It was great to see everyone and we look forward to many more get-togethers (here in DC, in Pennsylvania or even perhaps Washington state).








Which bring us to April and our annual royal visitor. April Fools Day saw Rhiannon's 15th birthday and today she arrived, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic (and, more impressively, Elliott drove his sister to the airport). The weather is FANTASTIC today - warm and sunny. However it looks like that will break tonight :( and Rhiannon will struggle to get that suntan she wants. Nevertheless we got a bunch of things planned that hopefully won't be spoiled by the weather. Watch this space.....