Incremental change

Air temperature 42 F, calm, scattered clouds. Foraging on the schedule, out among the microbes. Maybe bike ride this afternoon. Life finds a way.

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Lavrov tells us that Hitler was Jewish.

Mills grind exceeding slow

Item of some alarm in yesterday's snail mail, an overdue property tax bill. But it was for our old house, not the new one. We will have a phone call to make.

Not really surprised

I note that the overt antisemitism in the Russian proclamations gets lost in all the local noise and smoke. Western liberalism has its own problems.

Tuesday semi-vernal report

Three geese out at the cemetery pond, I presume there was a fourth I didn't see. They tend to come in even numbers at this time of year. No roadkill beyond a small brown bird -- could have been a finch or warbler. Woodchuck and orange cat made good career choices by aborting attempted crossings.

More skunk cabbage, more coltsfoot, bracken unfurling in the bog. Early green haze on the trees. Water level down a few inches from last passage.

Temperature above 60 F, got out on the bike in regular bike gear. Did not die. Still fiddling with route tweaks.

15.45 miles, 1:24:30

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Fuzzy crescent moon.