"Too Much Ain't Enough"

A friend called the other night and said, "enough with the clouds already". Okay then. Just to please you and because there weren't any clouds yesterday or today. It's significantly colder today, but a few sprigs of green are already starting to break through. The chives are starting, the Italian parsley never really left, but is greener now, and some kind of local flower that my mom semi-domesticated has green leaves at its base. I haven't seen a fish in months and the pond is congested with a dark soupy algae. My last attack on gopherville might have taken, but they are tricky devils. The last time must have just made them sick for a few days, then they got mad.

Camron was wandering around the pond by himself and asked me to play frisbee. A video would have been so great - he learned to throw and catch in one setting. I showed him how to hold the frisbee and explained how to snap the wrist for spin. He got both instantly, then he caught one for the first time. After a few minutes we had a fairly nice game (as opposed to neither of us ever catching a single toss).

Thursday

Fairly warm day. Actuallly sort of neutral - not warm or cold. Completely overcast when I woke up but that broke up into some really nice cloud formations.

Cloud Reflections

Thursday's Clouds

Midnights

I don't dislike working midnights, but I dislike trying to sleep during the day. It's still early, but I can't sleep with all of the light outside so I started a new assault on the gophers. They are trashing out the SW and SE parts of the pond berm, and so far nothing has even slowed them down. (What is advertised as "Death to gophers" seems to invigorate them.) My sister told me to saturate cotton balls with pure peppermint oil and put them in the holes. Okay, but if that doesn't work it's hand to hand combat.

Almost 80 degrees and no wind. This is just like the Bill Murray groundhog day movie except no snow.

Because Every Child Deserves -

Immortality via pixel? Cashmere's husband and new child. The main thing I notice is that she is two days old and has already had two different bows stuck to her forehead (I'm not wanting to know how). This is a well dressed girl.

Spring-like Winter

72 degrees and the winds are gusting to 50 mph. I sort of dread work on days like this. The winds incite frenzy in people in general, and especially in the frenzy inclined (meth freaks and witch winds are a nasty combination), and we have to deal with that while waiting for the worst call of all - prairie fire. Otherwise, the clouds are interesting.

9:30 and Still Wide Awake

I drank at least 4 pots of coffee last night and it would be wasteful to sleep. The morning sky was very nice. I can't really capture the total array of colors or their intensities, but sometimes get close.

Summertime - and Living is Easy

Janis Joplin, live in Amsterdam. One of the greatest recordings ever made. I'm only thinking about it because it almost got cold last night. Will the traditional Easter freeze still happen?

The bittern is back, and is twice the size it was last year. How do I know it is the same one? What kind of person wouldn't recognize their own bittern?

Pond

Groundhog Day

This morning the decision was - 6 more months of Winter (The newscaster made a mistake). Getting close to 80 degrees (okay, 70, but it feels much warmer), nice winds, and the sky is incredibly active. I sense a hint of moisture. Bill wants me to put pictures of his new grand-daughter on but haven't gotten motivated to do that yet, maybe today. She is cute for a newborn. Most of the wrinkles are filled in.

The walk was nice. Kilo gets annoyed when I work the night shift. Every time I move she thinks it is time to get up and go and she actually sighs when I get up for a few minutes and then go back to sleep. I'm glad she knows what she wants but wish she could entertain herself occasionally. She also gets annoyed when I read, watch television, use the computer, or talk on the phone. The only people who come over are her friends also, and she dominates their time, so that is generally okay.

Perfect January

The end of the day was as nice as the beginning. Almost 75 degrees by early afternoon with a few clouds and very little wind. It was dark when I came to work and (since we are adjusting the shifts) it will still be dark when I get off, so few pictures for the next couple of days - although I could try for the ducks in the morning. I think that Cashmere made it home with her new child but I didn't bother them to check. She has lots of friends who will be visiting anyway. I know you read this Cash, so good luck with the new project.