Happy Leap Day! And tomorrow it’s March! The weather forecast sounds like March is definitely coming in like a lamb. We have to hope that the going out like a lion part is just myth.
If the long term forecasts are correct, this could be one of the milder years for the annual O’Mena St. Patrick’s Day parade. The parade is on Sunday afternoon, March 17, starting on Isthmus Road. Afterwards, paraders and on-lookers alike can gather at Knot Just a Bar for Irish fare and live music. Everyone is welcome to march along, or just cheer the paraders.
Kim and Dennis Armbruster recently returned from a fabulous three-week winter getaway to Australia and New Zealand. They spent two weeks aboard their cruise ship, stopping at nine ports, and added additional days in Sydney, Australia upfront and in Auckland, New Zealand before coming home. Some of the highlights of their trip included attending the opera, La Traviata, at the Sydney Opera House, sailing around Auckland Harbor in a former America’s Cup racing yacht, getting up close to many of Australia’s and New Zealand’s unique animals (kangaroos, wombats, emus, Tasmanian devils, sea lions, echidnas, and albatrosses), learning about native peoples and experiencing their cultures, and enjoying the beautiful harbors, cities, landscapes, and botanical gardens.
