happy Spring!

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Woke 3 hours ago to snow over everything, which has now melted. Undecided as yet how to celebrate the equinox, although I just now learned that the moment of transition in the Pacific time zone is tomorrow afternoon at 4:21. Ha.

Amid other running round today, an act of hope. But first: our first brown egg! One of the jungle fowl pullets is laying! The little cockerel is frankly a rooster, asserting his spousal rights all over the place. The white hens don't seem to mind, but the Black Minorcas flee him ( Read more... )

Mowed the rest of the yard today with the cordless electric mower. It wasn't so bad, much easier for me than a gas engine. There are tulips that I wish would hurry up and bloom (Cheney is already awash in tulips, but none here) and the apple? pear? other white-flowered fruit tree out by the mailbox in the north 40 is blooming!

Although it's still only 29 out, the sun is shining and the pussy willow is in full fuzzy bud, at least above where the deer can reach. All the snow is gone except the last bit of the huge mound in the driveway. I pried up the "wipe your paws" mat from where it was frozen to the concrete steps on the north porch, and moved it to the little deck on ( Read more... )

I left one set of curtains open in the green room last night, so I was up at 9:30. Weekends are nice because I see my housemates awake ( Read more... )

Not really. The flowers are coming up all over town. Overnight the forsythia (my favorite blossom) burst into that beautiful yellow that I haven't seen for most of the last 25 years. The cherry and apple and plum trees are all pink and white and red. The rosemary bush in front of A's house is blooming, and thanks to her generosity, I get to use ( Read more... )