§ Hi, Happy Easter.
§ Lots of warm, rainy weather this week. In between showers I poked around the garden. Trout lilies went from nonexistent early in the week to numerous and flowering by the week’s end. The raspberry bush is leafing out, and the asparagus has finally arrived.
§ Yesterday was the hottest April 4th since 1882, breaking a 144 year record. It was a treat. Caroline and I spent all day outside raking leaves, pulling weeds, and pruning bushes. I mowed the lawn for the first time this year.
§ Well over a month later, I finally replaced the tire that had a “slow”—although increasingly fast—leak. I procrastinated longer than I should have but at least I didn’t wait until it popped like last year. The tipping point was when I noticed a frighteningly large bubble in the sidewall.
§ This week marked the three year anniversary of when I started building my little backyard greenhouse / quail coop. If you were to tell me three years ago that the structure would survive increasingly frequent severe storms including a tornado I would be shocked. It was certainly not part of the design spec at the time.
§ I need to thank Alice Bartlett for introducing me to the wonderful world of security envelope patterns.
§ I finished reading Spring. It just might be the best entry point into Knausgaard’s autofiction although I still think The Morning Star is the best introduction to his writing in general.
