Jeanine helps Maya with her hair as she readies herself for a Model United Nations Conference being held at Bentley College today. I assisted by knotting one of my ties for her very business-like outfit. I would have never predicted that Maya would put my tie collection to better use than I. As I mature, I find myself almost religiously opposed to wearing a suit. I’ll take a pair of comfortable hiking boots and soft cotton clothes any day.

Nala, the master of relaxation, set the tone for my day. Having completed a week of back to back 12-16 hour days in the office I needed to just kick back and relax. I expect another week or two of intense work before my schedule returns to a more normal pace.

This has been the strangest winter I can recall as far as snowfall goes. We had a massive storm very early in the season. Then nothing at all. And now, with spring around the corner, we get our first substantial snowfall of the season. Had I been less busy yesterday I would have taken a few hours in the early morning to capture some nice snowscapes of the fresh snowfall. Instead, I spent 16 hours working and had to settle for this day-old shot of the rapidly vanishing snow from my office window.

Jeanine has been plant sitting this cactus (among many others) for two months while its owners were touring in Thailand. When it arrived it was looking rather anemic. Under her care it has thrived and she urged me to photograph it when it started to bloom. I am beginning to think that I should add a few cacti to my collection of bonsai trees in my office at work.