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I saw the season's first butterfly today. Actually two of them, a pair of viceroys (a monarch butterfly mimic -- we don't have monarchs here).
Looking back in time, I checked last year's late-April LJ entries to see if it's just my imagination that the snow is melting slower this year, and, well ... see for yourself.
Last year on April 30, this is what the yard (and environs) looked like:
And this year, the same general areas look like:
Sigh ...
I spent all day Saturday in a certification course for CPR, first aid and AED (defibrillators). As well as, obviously, being potentially useful, it was quite interesting and I now have all manner of source material for horrible things to do to my hapless characters.
Looking back in time, I checked last year's late-April LJ entries to see if it's just my imagination that the snow is melting slower this year, and, well ... see for yourself.
Last year on April 30, this is what the yard (and environs) looked like:
And this year, the same general areas look like:
Sigh ...
I spent all day Saturday in a certification course for CPR, first aid and AED (defibrillators). As well as, obviously, being potentially useful, it was quite interesting and I now have all manner of source material for horrible things to do to my hapless characters.