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"Sprung"" just seems way too weak. I drove off to Indiana with the temperature hovering in the 30s with the landscape masked by chill rain and fog and a few pockets of sloppy snow still hiding between the trees. I drove home this morning into 70-something sunshine, and evidence of new green edging every road, woods, and interchange. Startled a couple of deer along my road as I turned in, which was a pleasant surprise. They've been quite rare this winter. The pileated woodpecker is doing its insane call from all directions, the toads are darn near deafening up at the pond, and the sunshine is crazy warm.
Bye, bye, winter. See you in a few months.
Even though the season for it is now past, I've dug into my Rion greenhouse kit and managed to get the roof halfway together this morning. Man, this thing is going to be so much bigger than the little thing it replaced. Gulp.
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