Snipers in the trees

Air temperature 38 F, northwest wind 7 mph, partly cloudy. We have advanced the season to the point where I am getting up in light again. Although the benefit of getting out of bed can be debated.

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Have trimmed and raked out the residue of last year's hostas and ferns, and also dragged a few branches out from the sacred grove to the roadside for the city's crew to gather. That's close enough to work for one afternoon.