[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope you’re managing to find a little “you” time this weekend. Too bad the weather isn’t pretty and sunny so you could enjoy sitting on the deck for a bit.

It was a fun afternoon for some folks at the Lake Hood seaplane base. Enough of the ice has cleared away for planes to be able to use the lake again. Some pilots got out and put on a show for us viewers, taking off and doing a few touch-and-goes before landing. They’ve waited a loooooong time to be able to use the lake again and were obviously having a blast.

Now I’m waiting to see green start showing up in the trees and on the ground. I think I see hints of it on Gull Island.
It’s time for y’all to have some Spring!

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness...I know the pilots are anxious, but those guys are really anxious.

Glad they put on a good show. I’m sure they are really glad to put the floats back on and pack away the skiis for awhile.