April 10th

On this most beautiful day, warm, inviting, delightful, we did not eat breakfast outside (too chilly in the earlier hours of the day), I did not plant a single thing, and weeded very little. Indeed, I spent the better part of the day inside working on federal tax returns. 'Nuf said, right?

Oh yes, I loved my morning walk to feed the animals...

And even the kitchen based meal was very very pleasant (oh that panettone! just so so good!)...

(Observed by our seventh stray, Pancake, who more and more is feeling like this is also her home. We've started reworking her and soon will trap her and take her to the vet to get spayed...)

But then, I had to turn my back to the farmette lands and concentrate on those forms, especially since Ed had some time to help me through the tough spots. Why he, mr. engineer, should have to help me, ms. lawyer, is, I suppose, puzzling, but he is more adept at throwing correct schedules at me, one after another and so the time savings for me were substantial. 

Twice I made a mistake and the online fillable form site rejected the final product, but the errors were readily fixable and by early afternoon, I was done with at least the federal paperwork for myself. I smiled when I saw that I had done the taxes on April 10th last year as well! I seem to always wait until almost the last minute.

I took a five minute walk, which put me face to face with the field of Siberian Squill -- always a beautiful sight!

And then it was time to pick up Snowdrop.

I'm tempted to do something outdoorsy with her, at the same time, I know we both like the calmer pace of a farmhouse afternoon. So I do a compromise: we stop by the playground near me -- she loves to run through the possibilities there and I am really impressed how much her arms have grown stronger in recent months.

(It gives me a chance to swing as well: I'm up to all of 20 seconds! Snowdrop, on the other hand, can nimbly swing from one bar to the next... Hmmm... Could I ever have done that?)

At the farmette, it's easy to get her excited about staying outdoors. I tell her that the hose is on!

(She loves to make rainbows with it...)

(And, of course, to water any new plants...)

(Spring almost never disappoints!)

We'll have a few more such days -- days that properly begin in late May. I'll try to make up for this terrible acquiescence to indoor work. I mean, really, fabulous April warm spells are explosive and exhilarating. I cannot waste them!