Bright orange newts dotted the trail everywhere today. Some were absolutely tiny, others more typically newtish in stature, and all were make-your-whole-day-happy orange. Amazing. Hiking through the misty rain was refreshing, especially with the new green leaves just beginning to poke their miniature forms out from behind the buds. All these ( Read more... )

this weekend may not have been nearly as productive as it should have been in terms of work, but I'm not going to focus on that right now because it was a pretty good life weekend. For starters, the weather was awesome. Friday was that wonderful spring rain where everything drips but it doesn't feel cold. And then friday night (or saturday ( Read more... )