Hard to believe it’s Easter weekend already – isn’t the year flying by? My landscaper Carmelo and I take great pleasure in having the front “prayer grotto” and rear bougainvillea looking mighty fine for Easter, and I don’t think front or back has ever looked as good as it does this year.

In the front Carmelo has created a lower arch than we have had in prior years. I’d like to think we’re trying to accomplish two things: 1) accentuate the “grotto” aspect of the prayer grotto, and 2) simulate in our own small way the shape of the rock-hewn tomb Jesus was laid in and rose from on the third day. It’s kind of cool to duck your head underneath and have a look at the candle burning in front of the cross, dontcha think?

In the back, this year the gold bougainvillea really seems to have taken off. OK, so they’re more Christmas colors than Easter. But they still look great against a clear blue sky, don’t they?

Here’s hoping everyone has a blessed Easter weekend. Me? Today is “opening day” of The Great White Shank’s 2019 golf season, teeing it up at Superstition Springs Golf Club. I haven’t had a whole lot of time to work on my golf game given my right hand (feeling 85%, thanks), work, and doing stuff around the house, but I’d like to think the minor changes I’ve been working on with my golf swing in what little time I have had are significant – things I hope to take to the course tomorrow. My sister-in-law Tam has made everyone Easter baskets, which will make for a colorful Easter Sunday.