Monthly Archives: April 2011

Didn’t someone mention spring?

*grump* I’m in a bad mood. You know how it is–a million little things, and they all pile up. I’ve been having a very annoying time with this journal, or more accurately, with this domain it’s on, vyrdolak.com. I have … Continue reading

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Continuing with spring work, without the actual spring

In the past seven days, I’ve logged sixteen and half hours working outside in my yards. I’ve been out every day except Wednesday, when it poured rain. That seems like a lot, somehow. On Friday, I moved two very large … Continue reading

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Can you dig it?

I’ve really been working hard out in the yards this week. Whew. I actually think I’m ahead of a lot of my neighbors. I’ve seen a few people raking, especially those with south-facing property whose bulbs were starting to come … Continue reading

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Ruminations on the cusp of spring

The spring peepers were finally in full-throated cry yesterday. I started hearing them faintly on Monday, but it was still getting too cold at night for them. This is the latest I can ever remember them finally being out and … Continue reading

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