Day 1.092: Worlds above and words below

More signs of Spring. I was never one to remark overly on the passing of the seasons until we came here, but the changes are fairly overwhelming. Two weeks ago we were sledding, today we had temperatures in the 70s. These are leaf buds opening in the trees in our 'yard' - below is a little time-lapse of the past six months - three pictures taken at almost exactly three month intervals. Much as I like the winter (especially fun in the snow), new life is very welcome.

This morning I seeded the bare patch in the front lawn - where the dead tree used to be - with a strange grass seed plus paper pulp product. It means that the patch is now sort of greenish-blue instead of brown and E5N1 has a new flavour-sensation to experience if he slides over there any time soon.

This afternoon we were at a baby-shower for a couple from church - it was closer to tradition than ours, but still included more mainly male activities such as Frisbee throwing and soccer ball kicking than the average 'shower' I suspect.

Although I'm short (not the first time that's been said, but in the sense of 3 out of 4 in this case) it's pop pun 54 for title watchers (and an accurate prediction for tomorrow): even when you're feeling warm, the temperature could drop away.