April 5, 2009

I woke up to a light dusting of snow today; a far cry from the 7 inches that was forecasted; what is it with weather forecasting lately? It is all done in the vein of alarmist sensationalism - 'major winter storm heading our way, what you and your children need to know . . .'

You always have to add the children line in there; that makes the market share agitate.

We have a rabbit that hangs out by our window. I think we have so many animals hanging out by our house because we don't have a dog or dogs, whereas I think the entire neighborhood has them.  There is this one guy that has 3 greyhounds; quite a sight to see him and the dogs stroll by. 

The male cardinals are starting to mark their territory/look for females.  The pair that live by us were visited by another male trying to announce himself as a new suitor; the paired male was not amused.

Buds are starting to appear on trees. I think the trees in my backyard are a silver maple and a shagbark hickory; I am not entirely certain of the shagbark, though, as the bark is not that detached as is customary for that type of tree.

I finally replaced a faulty interior door knob; even the most simple projects always have their pain points.