Summer approaches

Air temperature 61 F, wind southeast about 5 mph, mostly cloudy. Humidity rising, dew point 57 F. Runners out early. I'll probably stroll around the neighborhood rather than hop on the bike today. Survival.

We stop for lilacs

Got my morning walk in, defying the rumbles and dark clouds of to the north and west. Met up with Sasha and administered skritches. Lilacs blooming, forget-me-nots, and some of the rhododendrons are showing color.

Deer, maybe-doe, in the back yard of a house across the park. I hadn't seen one before, but did see hoof-prints in the snow. That backs up on a fair-sized patch of undeveloped second-growth forest. And we've had reports of black bears and even a snapping turtle over on that same street.

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Squall line blowing through, with thunder, wind, and pounding rain. So, of course we just got our mail delivered . . .

Nobody died.