After the war

In the past weeks, spring has had many false starts, but as Easter drew to a close, the surest sign of spring approaching so far: the central heating in the apartment block we live in was switched off. Over the weekend, it snowed heavily, and kids made the most of the late-season wintry weather to engage in a massive snowball fight in Sapiegų rūmų parkas. There was enough of the white stuff to build proper snow fortresses for the warring parties to entrench themselves behind. But come Sunday, temperatures flipped firmly towards the warmer season, and after a days’ melt, all that was left of the weekend’s war games in the park were scattered piles of snow where the fortresses once stood, quickly melting away in the glowing sun,