Springtime

Beauty! A couple of days ago it was snowing when I went to work, but today I am sitting at the table with the only the screen door between me and the outside for the first time this year.

Last year when I got all excited about the first nice day of the year, it ended up snowing less than a week later, snapping branches off my budding tree. I will try to keep the excitement dialed back this year.

Also, notice in the picture that the screen is intact. Our first year with Clyde he shredded both sliding door screens with his talons. By the end of 2007 they both had holes big enough that he could stick his head through. The screen you see above is the one I replaced it with which was up all last summer. There are a few little marks, but you wouldn't notice them unless you were looking hard. Not really a big deal, I now know how to fix it myself.

Off to go throw some fertilizer down in the front yard. I'm going to just let the back go this year, It won't even be worth spending the money to water.