Spring fever

I don't know what to come up with, almost diverted to a post about Iraq, saying: "I told you so"!
Three years ago I assumed that the "hidden agenda" of the US in Iraq is to establish permanent air-bases, a thing that Rumsfeld always denied. But now it is not a well kept secret anymore. The US is there to stay, perhaps for decades...
In the mean time V is back from Costa Rica, almost drowned his girlfriend in the pool but found some quiet moments together on that bench thereafter...
Meanwhile my "blondes" are jumping, either because spring fever hit them, or because they want to plummet the ball into the basket.
What does your spring fever look like?

(as always, you can click on the pictures in order to enlarge them to a higher resolution)