Verifiable

Air temperature 48 F, wind NE about 9 mph, fair sky. Mourning doves cooing before 5 AM. I insist on a better grade of hand-basket.

Tuesday floral report

Wild mustard starting to bloom, think I saw the start of flower spikes on some lupines, bluets in lawns, and saw a patch of red trilliums at the wood-edge on one of my hills.

No roadkill. Saw a live-alive-o woodchuck a couple of houses down the block as I was heading out. Lock up your garden, neighbors.

Windy, sort of warm, got out on the bike. Across to the airport and back, almost got run over by a KC-10 as I pedaled across the end of the runway. KC-135s from Wisconsin parked in the visitor's lot, and a Luftwaffe transport, probably Airbus.

16.34 miles, 1:23:18