Jeanine and Maya helped Marie find an outfit for her son’s July wedding in Galway, Ireland. The trio disappeared for much of the day, returning triumphantly with their mission accomplished. Our whole family is looking forward to attending the wedding, the first of the next generation of Calabrias.

Jeanine, my brother Mark, my sister-in-law Maire, and I enjoyed a visit to Ferjulian’s Farm, where we visited their tulip field and picked a couple of dozen. The photos do little justice to the vibrance of the colors or the number of flowers, more than a quarter million.

After our tour, we looked at their donut-making operation before a brief visit to the Minute Man Air Field (my brother is a former commercial airline pilot). A short hike on the Heath Hen Meadow Brook Woodland Trail helped build an appetite for our dinner at the Less Than Greater Than speakeasy in Hudson.

My brother Mark and his wife Marie arrived this evening and will be staying with us over the weekend. Jeanine picked them up from the airport while I was playing soccer under the lights in a make-up match. We delivered a sound 5-2 thumping to the only team that has beaten us in recent history. Mark and Marie are looking down the road to building a new home for their retirement years, much as we have. While looking online at potential properties, we discovered this aerial view of an adjacent lot, which I found fascinating. If I had to guess, I would say that the tracks were made by a large excavator used for clearing lumber.