The California office is now back from Lithuania and enjoying the flower-perfumed air of Berkeley.  It was still chilly over the Easter weekend up there, but it was fun to be able to see the countryside in its pre-verdant state.  Lots of puddles!  I will post more about the trip in the coming weeks, but first, here’s a glimpse from the beginning of the holiday of the neighbor’s tidy snow rows:

and another after the rains began:

In the Lithuanian language, they make it very easy to say, “It is raining” – lyja.  But all those April showers are sure to make it a gorgeous summer!