Rabbit Rabbit

Rabbit mosaic at Cinderella's Castle in Disneyland

Rabbit Rabbit- it is March, and therefore Spring, and therefore I am ready to shed the grays of winter and move into the hopeful greens.  Always loved March, turbulent though it may be- the winds and unpredictable of the weather.  Growing up, you could count on snow for St. Patrick's day, and even here in the southlands it might snow again tomorrow night.  But today is to be windy and sunny- cool and clear, a good introduction to Spring.

Mr. Owens is up early today- he has to drop me off on the way to Southport (wish I could skip school and go with him!  Would love to spend the day wandering around the town, drawing, photographing and hunting down at the wharves....but duty calls).  Anyhoo, he is on the set of Under the Dome, which is a mini-series for TV based on a book by Stephen King.  So guaranteed good and creepy, with a possible dose of cheesy.  It's exciting though because hopefully he will be back and forth until filming wraps in July- so I may have my share of days down in the old port after all.  Today is especially fun because he is cast not only as background but also in the 'churchgoer' scene- so he gets to wear dress clothes.  I had fun last night helping him pick out the right shirt, suit and ties to take- a variety, plus a variety of 'casual wear'.  We don't get to dress up often, and he wears a suit so very well- I am hoping they will choose my favorite dark suit with this lavender shirt and tie of mixed greys and purples.  Looks so lovely with his hair and eyes.  (I think I have a celebrity crush here, eh?)  Absurdly proud wifey.

As for me today, school- endless grading of virtual school, instructional meeting at our school, classes of course and continuation of prom work.  Prom this year has a 'Once Upon Your Time' theme, so it is all Medieval castles and fairy tale stuff which is wonderful fun for me.  (LOTS of work, but fun).  This week I taught the art club about heraldry, and they designed banners for each discipline.  We are in the process of painting them- but they are looking great.  To go, a big backdrop of the castle in moonlight, with sides of heraldic silver unicorn and golden dragon.  The castle facade for the entrance, two 'tapestries' that are painted, wishing well and frog prince, vorpal rabbit and shrubbery.  This is fun to because while the prom-star (Kelly the English teacher) was suggesting princess hats and a pumpkin carriage, we sort of morphed it into Monty Python meets Game of Thrones.  Lots of hidden jokes in the banners, the rabbit is of course from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the big tapestry paintings are going to have all sorts of cool things worked into them.  Finally, a prom that is FUN!  We might even go!

Obviously I am in a better frame of mind this morning- seasons turn, payday, Mr. Owen's cupcaking, fun art- and Grendel gave me boxes of free books from his work which I took to school.  I gleaned out some for LC and I, one for Croson, let Donna come and get first pick, then turned them loose to my second block art kids.  It was amazing and like Christmas- they circled the table like sharks, bartering each other over who got what  (I'll trade you this for that, oh look there is two!  That conversation was not over a popular novel, but over a history book.  I am amazed.)  In the midst of all this Dr. Sullivan comes in- asks what I was doing- some of the kids were sitting and working (non book lovers), others happily filling up boxes and bags with books.  I explained that I was giving the books away and he looked astonished....not so much as that they were free (free books are easy to come by these days sadly) but that the kids were so excited about them.  Then he spotted a few hard bounds of his favorite author, and asked if he could borrow them....one of the kids said 'no, these are for keeps!  You get to keep them!'.  It was so funny..... made me happy though.