St Patrick's Day

Everyone has been out and about, wearing their green, in spite of the fact that there aren't any Irish Americans in Shawnee.   It just seems to be a general US holiday, almost.   I was running round town on my errands, and called at the Senior Centre.

I thought it was time for another little fund raising event in aid of care packages for Veterans, and I decided to donate this for a raffle prize, or silent auction prize, whatever Kate thinks, she is away at the moment as it is Spring Break   I have a few other things, I need to have a little turnout.

At the Democrats fund raiser on Saturday I took a chocolate cake for dessert, and Donna in charge of the event stopped by to return the box it was in.   We agreed that the event was rather boring, half the room left before the end, but she said some speakers had travelled a long distance to get there, so she didn't feel she could limit their time.   However they raised over $2000 for the local Democrats, which was very good.     

Other than that I have just been watching the news, following the mystery of the disappearing aircraft which officially became a criminal investigation today.   One theory being bandied about quite a bit today is that the plane climbed to 45,000 feet, which would cause the oxygen masks to drop down, but they only have 15 minutes of oxygen (I think I would rather not have known that) so the passengers are all dead on the plane and unable to interfere with whatever mischief the pilot or co-pilot is getting up to,

The weather started off chilly, but warmed up.   This is what it's going to be during the night

 

And the next few days.......................