Just like that, it's spring! All week highs are forecast for the low 70s and lows down to the upper 40s. Just like that. No rain in sight, forest fires here there and everywhere. The ice has been off the lake not 2 weeks and already we saw the mallard mommy trailing 8 tiny babies as she swam through the reeds. Just like that, the leaves are popping out on the trees and the perrenials are coming back.

Noah and I watched 2 Canadair water bombers fly very low northbound directly over the yard today, very cool. I think one was the turbine version, and the really cool loud one had the old-fashioned engines.

The boy has been playing in the backyard and on the deck. His favorite games are throwing the ball for Sheida and digging in the big dirt pile with his trucks. We spent a glorious afternoon sharing a bratwurst at MA's hot dog stand downtown, and then played at the most scenic playground in town - Elderberry Park. Right on the train tracks and view across the inlet to the Alaska Range.

Of course, now that I finally devoted an entire day to planting the carrots and other veggies, the kitchen sink got a clog way back in the wall somewhere. Nasty water everywhere, plumbing apart, nasty chemicals soaking. Joy. At least we got mjuch of the the major flowering things planted on Saturday.